Carl Rogers (1957) \ theorised that in the realm of person-centred therapy, a psychological relationship must exist as a basis for successful personality change to occur. He believed that incongruence did not occur due to events in an individual’s life, as he shifted the focus on the perception of the individual’s experience of the event. He pioneered an extremely mainstream form of therapy based on the humanistic school of thought; where he believed that each individual had within himself the ability to reach the state of holistic congruence. (Thorne, 1992) He published several extremely imperative pieces of literature in psychological therapy that have brought about advances in therapy as early as the 21st Century. Rogers heavily emphasised …show more content…
The root cause of any perceived incongruence that the client may be experiencing could be unconscious, but it is fundamental that the counsellor be present and completely integrated with the needs of the client. Furthermore, the therapist is required to display complete and genuine acceptance of the client for any issues that the client may be willing to share, all the while showcasing unequivocal positive and empathic understanding of the client’s problems. It is also paramount to a successful therapeutic relationship that the therapist interprets the client’s emotional state in the most accurate way …show more content…
This, however, could be seen as morally ambiguous because the virtue of unconditional positive regard could conflict with the ethical aspect of counselling. I used open questions at appropriate times to elicit a clearer picture of client’s problems and explore the issues in a mutually understood, appropriate and inoffensive way. I was seeking to understand the emotional and psychological state of the client and interpret objectively the client’s uniquely subjective point of view and thought process in relation to the current point of view of client and the issues at hand. I aimed to confirm a holistic picture of client’s problems in a clear cut, objective and conclusive manner towards the end of the