Recent Developments in Person-Centred Therapy: Carl Rogers and Beyond Recent developments in person-centred therapy have been cited in a number of books, in particular The Tribes of the Person-Centred Nation. Written by well-known voices in the world of humanistic therapy such as Nick Baker and Mick Cooper, it explores how the work and thinking of Carl Rogers developed […]
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Phenomenology in Counselling Carl Rogers, the ‘founding father’ of humanistic counselling, embraced Phenomenology in the Person Centred counselling model. Individual perception Conscious experience Developing meanings from our perceptions Frame of reference Phenomenology is an approach in philosophy which concentrates on the study of consciousness and how we experience the world. It focuses on: Phenomenological Theory of Personality Rogers
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How to Develop Empathic Understanding Counselling – Frame of Reference Frame of reference was first used by Carl Rogers, the founder of person-centred therapy, in 1959. He believed: “The state of empathy, or being empathic, is to perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which
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Petruska Clarkson – The Five-Relationship Model Background Petruska Clarkson was a psychologist and psychotherapist who made significant contributions to the field of psychotherapy. She was born in South Africa in 1947, and in 1976 moved to the United Kingdom, where she trained and worked as a psychotherapist. Clarkson died by suicide in Amsterdam in 2006.
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Shame in psychotherapy is one of the most powerful emotions clients can experience, and perhaps the most contradictory and difficult to work with as a therapist. One of the most powerful reflections on shame was quoted by AdamAppleton a writer of personal development books who had suffered an abusive childhood; “Share whatever it is you’re ashamed
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