HUMANISTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY:

CLIENT-CENTERED
THERAPY
by: Carl Rogers

WHAT IS IT? KEY ELEMENTS

• A humanistic approach in • Actualizing Tendency- the

counseling
• The clients create their own self-
growth and are active self-healer
• Based on the philosophy of human
nature that we are innately capable
of self-actualization
directional process of striving
for actualization
.
• Congruence- the ‘ideal self’ and
the actual experience are
congruent
• Incongruence- the discrepancy
of a person between the real and
ideal self

CORE CONDITIONS TECHNIQUES

• Actualizing Tendency- the directional Nondirectiveness
process of striving for actualization Reflection of feelings
• Congruence- the ‘ideal self’ and the Congruence
actual experience are congruent Empathy
• Incongruence- the discrepancy of a Open Questions
person between the real and ideal self Paraphrasing
Encouragers

GOAL

Clients should achieve independence and have a better

coping skills in problems.

-Dianne