Rogers: Person Centered Theory

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The two basic assumption of Rogers:

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Formative Tendency
Actualizing Tendency

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when this need exists without any conditions or qualifications.

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Unconditional Positive Regard

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this tendency is the only motive people possess

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Actualizing Tendency

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they perceive that their parents, peers, or partners love and accept them only if they meet those people’s expectations and approval.

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Conditions of Worth

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can occur suddenly, or it can take place gradually over a long period of time

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Disorganization

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Roger’s believed that there is a tendency for all matter, both organic and inorganic, to evolve from simpler to more complex forms.

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Formative Tendency

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whereas vulnerability exists when we have no awareness of the incongruence within ourself.

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anxiety and threat

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follow an if - then framework

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Person centered theory

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the tendency to actualize the self as perceive in awareness

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self actualization

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congruence exists when a person’s organismic experiences are matched by an awareness of them and by an ability and willingness to openly express these feelings.

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Counselor Congruence

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two chief defenses are:

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Distortion
Denial

Distortion - we misinterpret an experience in order to fit it into some aspect of our self concept.
Denial - we refuse to perceive an experience in a awareness

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this happens if the organism and the self are not aligned.

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Incongruence

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many people have difficulty accepting genuine compliments and positive, even when deserved.

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Denial of Positive Experience

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strong desire to learn and willingness to change

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enhancement

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the tendency within all humans to move toward completion or fulfillment of potentials.

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Actualizing Tendency

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people are vulnerable when they are unaware of the discrepancy between their organismic self and their signature experience.

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vulnerability

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Conditions of Therapy

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• Counselor Congruence
• Unconditional Positive Regards
• Empathic Listening

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the person who we really want to be

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Ideal self

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Includes such basic needs as food, Air, and safety, but it also includes the tendency to resist change and to seek the status quo.

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Maintenance

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defined as one’s view of self as one wishes to be

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ideal self

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includes all those aspect of one’s being and one’s experiences that are perceived in awareness by the individual

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self concept

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Rogers defined _____________ as the symbol representation of some portion of our experience.

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Awareness

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defined as the experience of prizing or valuings one self

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Positive self regard

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the person who we really are

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organismic self

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our perception of other people’s view

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external evaluations

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Three levels of awareness:

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Ignored or denied
Accurately Symbolized
Distorted form

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empathy exist when therapists accurately sense the feelings of their clients and are able to communicate these perceptions so that clients know that another person has entered their world of feelings without prejudice, projection, or evalation.

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Empathic Listening

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Barriers to psychological growth

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Conditions of worth
Incongruence
Defensiveness
Disorganization

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is the protection of the self concept against anxiety and threat by the denial or distortion of experiences inconsistent with it.

in order to prevent this inconsistency between our organismic experience and our perceived self, we react in a defensive maner.

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Defensiveness

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the person develops a need to be loved, liked, or accepted by another person.

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Positive regard