What are the basic themes of humanistic therapy, and what are the specific goals and techniques of Rogers' client-centered approach?
What are the basic themes of humanistic therapy, and what are the specific goals and techniques of Rogers' client-centered approach?
Both psychoanalytic and humanistic therapists are insight therapies—they attempt to improve functioning by increasing clients' awareness of motives and defenses. Humanistic therapy's goals have included helping clients grow in self-awareness and self-acceptance; promoting personal growth rather than curing illness; helping clients take responsibility for their own growth; focusing on conscious thoughts rather than unconscious motivations; and seeing the present and future as more important than the past. Carl Rogers' client-centered therapy proposed that therapists' most important contributions are to function as a psychological mirror through active listening and to provide a growth-fostering environment of unconditional positive regard, characterized by genuineness, acceptance, and empathy.
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