Client Centred Therapy: Its Current Practice, Implications and Theory

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This book has been on my in progress list for a year, as I've been dipping in and out of it while reading other books. x,xi) This quotation is reminiscent of Socrates who once considered himself a midwife to men concerning their souls and self-knowledge. This was back when Rogers was still used to writing academic papers, so parts of it are pretty heavy going, with a lot of transcriptions of counselling sessions.

How could this make sense, given Rogers' approach of offering the client a non-judgmental, non-personal mirror?All in all I feel like this book helped me to grow as a counselor and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is seeking a better understanding of client-centered therapy. It is the role of the therapist to reflect (and accept) the expressions of the client with the emotional obfuscation removed. I'm not going to go through it line-by-line, but there a series of fantastic chapters outlining the depth of PCT in the genuine, clear, and positive language which we're all used to with Dr Rogers' writing.

By contradicting experience with self-concept (I shouldn't be attracted to the same sex [because society, relatives, and religion say so], I can't be attracted to the same sex [because this would render me unlovable], therefore I am NOT attracted to the same sex [because I fear the outcome, whether consciously or otherwise]), anxieties and disconnect with one's self arise. What happens next is what makes Client Centered Therapy more subtle and complex than the touchy-feely impression people may get from it. It's interesting to see Rogers talk about introjected values at length, too and shows just how much of a pioneer he was in an age were psychoanalysis was largely still the dominant force. By reflecting his inner reality back, this provides the client with an opportunity to dive more deeply into his psyche, down to the layer of conflict. Essential reading for me right now, I love Carl Rogers but am feeling a little bogged down by his language in this book.This was really hard for me to review as on one hand the concept of person centred therapy and what he brought to the field is incredible, but on the other I found it quite hard going in places. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This review could go on for well over twenty pages if I was to cover the most important concepts developed in this book.