Person-centered theories

What is Person-centred care?

• Treating everyone the same

• Putting the needs and wishes of a person first

• Only applies to care homes

Who was the main contributor to person-centered therapy?

• Skinner

• Rogers

• Jung

• Freud

Person-centered therapy's view of human nature: If a therapist can get to the core of the individual, he/she will find a __________________, _______________ center

• trustworthy

• disappointing

• negative

• positive

The concept of self-actualization means realizing ones _________________

• ability to control the situation

• growth

• flaws

• full potential

Key concepts of person-centered therapy:

Increase awareness of clients' ______________ and how to make productive use of them.

• strengths

• affect

• emotions

• genuineness

According to Rogers, the two subsystems of the self are the

• ego and the superego

• self-concept and the ideal self

• self-system and the real self

• proprium and the ego

According to Rogers, this is a person's need to be loved, liked, or accepted by another person.

• enhancement

• positive regard

• positive self regard

• conditions of worth

For Rogers, the source of people's positive self-regard is -

• other people's positive regard toward them.

• outstanding personal achievements.

• the conditions of worth they receive from others.

• a pattern of successfully responding to other's criticisms.

Rogers stated that therapists will be more effective if they communicate _______________ to the client.

• all genuine feelings

• only negative genuine feelings

• only positive genuine feelings

• conditions of worth

The person-centered approach’s view of human nature:

• views people as basically competitive.

• states that humans are driven by irrational forces.

• emphasizes clients' abilities to engage their own resources to act in their world with others.

• assumes that, while humans have the potential for growth, we tend to remain stagnant.