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Carl Rogers. Self Theory. Client Centered Therapy. Rogers called people he counseled “clients” Patient implies illness Rogers concerned with the path to self-actualization He called it “full functioning” Believed that people suffer from a conflict of: What they value in themselves
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Carl Rogers Self Theory
Client Centered Therapy • Rogers called people he counseled “clients” • Patient implies illness • Rogers concerned with the path to self-actualization • He called it “full functioning” • Believed that people suffer from a conflict of: • What they value in themselves • What they believe others value in them • Different people have different potentialities but everyone wants to reach these potentialities
Carl Rogers • Rogers is a HUMANIST
Rogers “Self” • Definition: One’s experiences or image of oneself • Essentially your image of who you are and what you value in yourself and others (and in life) • “Self” is gradually acquired over many years by observing how other people react to you • You want approve or POSITIVE REGARD
Positive Regard • Definition: Viewing oneself in a positive light • Ask yourself the following question about your boyfriend or girlfriend: • “How does she see me?” • If the answer is “She loves me. She likes what I am and what I do.” then you begin to develop positive regard for yourself. • But what there are conditions on whether she will like you or not? “If you do what she wants, she likes you.” • This is called CONDITIONAL WORTH
Conditional Worth • Definition: the conditions a person must meet in order to regard himself or herself positively • You’re young and impressionable, right? • You accept your significant other putting conditions on your worth • By cutting off part of your being to be loved by your boyfriend/girlfriend, you are experiencing only a part of who you are
Unconditional Positive Regard • Definition: Perception that individuals significant others value them for what they are, which leads the individuals to grant themselves the same favorable opinion or view • Your boyfriend/girlfriend values you for what you are (and soon you’ll allow yourself to do this too). • You will become FULLY FUNCTIONING
Fully Functioning • Definition: an individual whose person and self coincide • The person and self are one, and you are able to develop all of your potentialities