Person Centered Key Terms Flashcards
What is Accurate Empathic Understanding?
The act of perceiving accurately the internal frame of reference of another; the ability to grasp the person’s subjective world without losing one’s own identity.
What is Actualizing Tendency?
A growth force within us; a directional process of striving toward self-regulation, self-determination, realization, fulfillment, perfection, and inner freedom.
What is Congruence?
The state in which self-experiences are accurately symbolized in the self-concept. For therapists, it involves matching one’s inner experiencing with external expressions.
What is Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)?
Therapy based on understanding the role of emotion in psychotherapy, involving strategies such as strengthening self-regulation, enhancing affect, and creating meaning.
What is Empathy?
A deep and subjective understanding of the client.
What is Expressive Arts Therapy?
An approach that uses multiple art forms—movement, drawing, painting, sculpting, music, and improvisation—in a supportive setting for healing and growth.
What is the Hierarchy of Needs?
The idea that self-actualization is possible only after basic needs (physiological, safety, love, and esteem) are met.
What is Humanistic Psychology?
Often referred to as the ‘third force,’ this movement emphasizes freedom, choice, growth, self-actualization, creativity, humor, and psychological health.
What is Immediacy?
Addressing what is occurring in the relationship between the client and therapist at the present moment.
What is Motivational Interviewing (MI)?
A humanistic, client-centered, psychosocial directive counseling approach developed by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick in the 1980s.
What is Positive Psychology?
A movement focusing on the positive aspects of human existence, such as strengths and well-being.
What is Presence?
The ability to ‘be with’ someone fully in the present moment, being engaged and absorbed in the relationship.
What is Self-Actualization?
The central theme of Abraham Maslow’s work, emphasizing the realization of one’s potential.
What are the Stages of Change?
A model outlining five stages of readiness to change in the counseling process: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance.
What is The MI Spirit?
The concept that therapists must embody the philosophy of MI rather than merely applying techniques, emphasizing a client-centered approach.
