EXPERIENTIAL

THEORIES
 • It falls under the
affective theories
which are
EXPERIENTIAL concerned about
THEORIES generating impact
on the emotions of
clients to effect
change.
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 • The well-known
experiential
EXPERIENTIAL theorists include
THEORIES ROGERS and
PERLS.

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a. ROGER’S PERSON-CENTERED
COUNSELING
It has been described as “if-then” approach

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 The following conditions were formulated by Rogers:
Condition Description
Counselor This implies that the counselor must be congruent with
Congruence what they experience and what they communicate.

Emphatic This implies that the counselors must attempt to

Understandin understand the client from the client’s perspective or
g frame
Unconditiona This implies that it is vital for the counselors to a sense
l Positive of acceptance and respect to the clients.
Regard
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b. PERLS GESTALT THERAPY

This approach is appropriate for people who

lack awareness and have a feeling of
“out of touch”

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Technique Description

Assuming The method requires the clients to rephrase a

Responsibilit statement to assume a responsibility. Ask the client to
ies end all the statement with – “and I take responsibility
for it.”

Ex: “I will report to the Principal what David did to

Diana and I will take responsibility for it”

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Technique Description

Using The method encourages the clients to take

Personal responsibility by saying, “I or me” instead of stating in
Pronouns general terms such as “we or us.”

Ex: Instead of saying, we got scared of the angry people

who mobbed our car, say; “I got scared of the angry
people who mobbed our car”

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Technique Description

Now I Am The method was means to assist the clients in getting in

Aware touch with her/himself. The counselor may ask the clients
to close their eyes to get in touch with inner world and say
“Now I am aware…..”

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Technique Description

The Empty The method can help clients to work through conflicting
Chair parts of personality. The empty chair technique is done by
Technique putting an empty chair in front of the client. The empty
chair is the chair of the personality that avoids to do what
the clients wants to do.

Ex: A client wants to give a feedback to the teacher but is

afraid of negative reactions.

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 QUIZ:
Write at least 4 sentences
about the experiential
theories of two well-known
theorists Rogers and Perls.

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