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Carl Rogers (1902-1987) a psychologist developed the person-centred approach theory mainly in relation to the therapist and the client and initially named it the client-centred approach. Rogers later referred to this theory as person-centred rather than patient-centred in order not to reduce the individual’s autonomy and consequently lend the client to difficulties.
The Canadian occupational therapists recognise occupational therapy is at its best when it is client centred. Taking knowledge from Carl Rogers work on person-centred therapy. In 1990 the Canadian Occupational Therapy Association (CAOT) published a set of guidelines to promote client centred practice (Law, 1998).
Carl Rogers defines empathy (as cited in Patterson, 1977) as the ability to accurately perceive the internal frame of reference of another person, as if one were with the other person. That is to say that if you could actually feel the emotions of another, without going through the physical experience. This definition however, has been challenged.
The therapeutic relationship is fundamental to the care of a patient and was described in the 1950’s by famous psychotherapist Carl Rodgers .Rogers defines it as a helping relationship, ‘A relationship in which one of the participants intends that there should come about, in one or both parties, more appreciation of, more expression of, more functional use of the latent inner resources of ...
Rogers (1957) describes unconditional positive regard as the acceptance of person’s positive, negative feelings and experiences. Now that the historical background of the person-centred approach was explained, it is important to understand the concept of a person. This concept represents the humanness and the way one is constructing a way of ...
Nov 27, 2020 · In providing effective care the “person centred care” (Rogers, 1959), approach fits into how the health and social care system work. The service and organisation work around the best interest of the service user. Although there maybe constraints and barriers that can easily rise due to the amount of services working together.
More specifically empathy forms part of the Carl Rogers ‘core conditions’ along with genuiness and positive regard that are vital for the formation of relationships in counselling. According to Rogers (1980) as cited by Vincent (2005), being empathic is a complex, demanding and strong yet also a subtle and gentle- way of being.
Carl Rogers (1902-1987) emphasises three core conditions to promoting good relationships (Rogers, 1991): empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard. Service users may have completely different experiences from the care-worker so it is important to try genuinely to understand a service user’s thoughts and feelings.
Aug 28, 2024 · Carl Rogers (1994) called acceptance unconditional positive regard. It implies that there should be respect for the other person irrespective of what he or she may do or has done. Acceptance of another person involves an non-judgemental attitude as Ruddick (2010) suggests, as this creates a safe environment in which the patient can explore their most sensitive thoughts and feelings.
The third condition vital for effective counseling according to Rogers (1967, cited by Betts, 2002, in Kenworthy et al, 2002) was unconditional positive regard. This can be defined as accepting and caring for the patient without any conditions in place, that is to say accepting the patient for what they are, as a whole, no matter what (Betts, 2002 in Kenworthy et al, 2002).
