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Person-Centered Approach: Theory Overview
Person-Centered Approach: Theory Overview
Theory Overview
Congruence (realness, genuineness, transparency, authenticity,
openness)
Acceptance (respect, unconditional positive regard)
Empathic understanding (a deep understanding for the feelings
and meanings of the other)
(Motschnig-Pitrik I & Santos, 2006)
History:
Rogers was a professor at the University of Ohio 1940 when he developed the “non-directive” method of approaching
clients. This was influenced by students he worked with from 1928-1940 in a Child Study Department in Rochester. He
used the client-center approach along with teaching it for years getting data on how it can influence the therapeutic
relationship by fostering growth in the individual.
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Implications
Students have greater results in self-growth with higher self-confidence, creativity,
respect towards self and others, openness to their experience in an environment where
the facilitators hold to the 3 core conditions.
(Motschnig-Pitrik & Santos, 2006)
References
Motschnig-Pitrik I & Santos (2006). The Person Centered Approach to Teaching and Learning as
Exemplified in a Course in Organizational Development.
https://www.zfhe.at/index.php/zfhe/article/view/117/164
Motschnig-Pitrik, Renate, & Mallich, Katharina. (2004). Effects of Person-Centered Attitudes on
Professional and Social Competence in a Blended Learning Paradigm. Educational Technology &
Society, 7(4), 176-192.
CORNELIUS-WHITE, J. H. D. (2005). Teaching Person-Centered Multicultural Counseling:
Collaborative Endeavors to Transcend Resistance and Increase Awareness. Journal of Humanistic
Counseling, Education & Development, 44(2), 225–239. https://doi-
org.proxy.lib.utk.edu/10.1002/j.2164-490X.2005.tb00033.x
Hickson III, M., & Couvillion, M. B. (1991). Three Fallacies in the Teaching of Person-Centered
Interpersonal Communication. Florida Communication Journal, 19(2), 9–14. Retrieved from
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