CARL ROGERS AND GLORIA COUNSELLING PT 2
Thank you for ...
Thank you for saying it. This video is a great illustration of the "emphatic confrontation" that both paved the way for our therapeutic approaches as well for the movement that Rogers is greatly known for.
i'm a therapist/ ...
i'm a therapist/counselor in training and being empathetic is way more difficult than it seems. rogers was a brilliant man and amazing at what he did.
he was very sweet ...
he was very sweet with her but I think Peris actually caused her to think more about her condition and circumstances in a way that will benefit her more in the future
He should ...
He should introduce her to rabbit fever
I am a person ...
I am a person Centered therapist and trainer , Carl Rogers changed the way professionals in all helping professions interacted with their clients.
One thing I noticed ...
One thing I noticed, he never looked at a clock or his watch! I adore the humanistic movement, and Carl Rogers lead us down the path to understand ourselves. How can any one individual understand what another feels? All we can do is listen, and allow them to talk.Reinforce self-esteem, and know that most are only human. People are not tidy, they cannot be summed up in a "tiny little box" wrapped up with a bow that tells others "This is who I am".
Summary Gloria: ...
Summary Gloria: I'm a whore and I feel bad. Rogers: Mhm. Mhm. Gloria: What should I do? Rogers: There no possible way I could know.
True. Empathy and ...
True. Empathy and compassion can create a safe environment in order to allow difficult issues to rise to the surface. If we explore the fantasies of the client then they could lead us somewhere. It is important for a therapist to remember that resistance is not malicious ill will but a coping strategy on the part of the client to avoid pain. In other words the defence systems are there for a reason and you are advised to ensure that the client has a healthy ego before you engage in challenge.
I agree with you. ...
I agree with you. Person Centered theory sounds "easy" but it really isn't. From my experience from Lay Counseling and my psych. courses (going for an M.S. in Counseling, MFT). It's tricky to articulate this therapy to accurately reflect and show unconditional positive regard. People can't "read" people because they're not them.
....I've seen some ...
....I've seen some REALLYreally bad therapists out there who go about 'counselling' people just to satisfy their own ego, be directive awith the client and falsely & arrogantly think they understand their world - then little if any long term therapeutic change occurs. I know people will disagree, which they are entitled to do so, but please don't be blinded by just looking at things skin deep. Person Centred training is very experiential and you can't just 'read up' on it and know it all!
Some of the ...
Some of the comments on here really make me laugh. Unless you are trained in the person centred approach and can be truly present, you're not really going to truly understand how it works and how it facilitates people exploring their own feelings, able to actualise and self heal. The same can be said if you don't understand CBT, TA, Psychodynamic etc... No one model is 'best' and counselling isn't a miracle cure, nor does it work for everybody....
person-centered ...
person-centered psychotherapy
is this ...
is this interpersonal therapy ? or some other form?
The thing here is ...
The thing here is that the world is full of these "sweet girls" that you often won't know a "bad girl" if you saw one. There needs to be no shame in being honest with yourself in letting people know who you really are.
I suppose
I suppose
BTW thanks for ...
BTW thanks for ALLOWING me the right to exercise my right to respond. U R too magnanimous. The people I was responding to were not offering insight either, just crude comments.
OK, insight. 1. ...
OK, insight. 1. Gloria was living in an age where women who slept with men outside of marriage were considered trash. As a grown woman she wanted a relationship with a man, but did not really want a commitment, so her first instinct was to appease her sexual drive. 2. she wanted to be told that what she was doing was ok and she could continue to live in a lifestyle she felt morally wrong. 3. she only wanted to be validated as a person. Roger's style fulfilled that need.
thank you very ...
thank you very much :)
Yes, some people do ...
Yes, some people do just want to "rent a friend" as it were i suppose. But the aim of person centered therapy isnt to be someones friend, or to tell them things will be ok, because it wont. Things go wrong but they do not stay terrible all the time, like things generally dont stay amazing all the time. A lot of people will seek counsel for their own reasons and when they see how different it might be from their expectations, they get scared and stop going or chose someone else.
I was basing that ...
I was basing that on her statement that basically said she thought she was a nice guy but wasn't helping her. I know Rogers is respected but I feel like his methods can reinforce bad or overly passive behavior in a lot of situations. I'm glad it works for you but some people just want to rent a friend for an hour or have people tell them they are ok, or to have someone rub vaseline on their bottom and tell them it is special and different than everyone else's, to quote a movie.
to continue, I know ...
to continue, I know this method of therapy does not work for everyone, vice versa with any type of therapy i suppose. From my point of view, it seems to have an effect on Gloria by observing how she reacts to what Rogers said/to what she has begun to think. Whether she would continue to seek that type of therapy again is unknown, so its long term affects are indeterminable by us. I just dont see how you can assume you know the therapy hasn't affected her at all.
If you read the end ...
If you read the end of my statement, i said that i didnt assume you were arrogant or close minded. I do agree that it seems like an unorthodox approach. Your basing your "common Sense" on opinion, persona centered therapy works on a variety of people, else it wouldnt still be practised and discussed like any other method of therapy. It has and is working for me and works very well for many people i know who have also recieved different methods of therapy with negative results.
That's the " ...
That's the "unconditional" part of Rogers' approach. You can do anything you want and the therapist will smile and nod and reflect and coddle you.
I said nothing ...
I said nothing close minded or arrogant, simply common sense. A Person centered approach doesn't seem to have a behavioral component and isn't supported by peer reviewed research.