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PDF-6 Humanistic - Exixential Model
PDF-6 Humanistic - Exixential Model
Rogers does not agree with the view that clients cannot be trusted
Rogers has identified there are three basic human needs which create
promoting atmosphere in which clients can become what they are capable
of becoming.
Congruence : - Where a person’s ideal self and actual experience are
as it is his own
According to Rogerians the following characteristics distinguish
person centered counseling from other approaches.
of his wife at the time, Laura Perls. Both Fritz and Laura
were trained in psychoanalysis and Gestalt psychology.
depersonalization.
The model has not had much influence on the field, due, in
part, to its disapproval of the scientific approach, but this is
changing somewhat.