Talk The­ra­py

 

The cli­ent at the center

Cli­ent-cen­te­red talk the­ra­py is one of the approaches/techniques of huma­ni­stic psy­cho­lo­gy. In huma­ni­stic the­ra­py, the human being is view­ed as a healt­hy, crea­ti­ve, and pro­duc­ti­ve per­so­na­li­ty with the goal of self-rea­liza­ti­on and is at the cen­ter with all their talents, pos­si­bi­li­ties, wis­hes and needs. They are psy­cho­lo­gi­cal­ly healt­hy and equip­ped with a natu­ral ten­den­cy to deve­lop; they actual­ly know what is good and right for them to live hap­pi­ly and in harm­o­ny with themselves.

Carl Rogers, the foun­der of cli­ent-cen­te­red psy­cho­the­ra­py, assu­med that emo­tio­nal dis­tur­ban­ces can ari­se when exter­nal influen­ces block one’s self-deve­lo­p­ment and the­re is an incon­sis­ten­cy bet­ween expe­ri­ence and self (incon­grui­ty).

For exam­p­le, if a per­son with strict par­ents was not allo­wed to express cer­tain needs and fee­lings (such as dis­o­be­dience and anger) as a child, they were forced to igno­re the­se needs and from then on no lon­ger lived in full harm­o­ny with their Self. As a result, the child grows into an adult, who, for exam­p­le, finds dif­fi­cul­ty in say­ing “no” to other peo­p­le’s demands, lea­ding to suf­fe­ring in many inter­per­so­nal situa­tions, such as with a part­ner or at work, and the pos­si­ble deve­lo­p­ment of other sym­ptoms, e.g. depression.

Aim of talk therapy

In talk psy­cho­the­ra­py, self-actua­liza­ti­on and self-rea­liza­ti­on should be pro­mo­ted in a tar­ge­ted man­ner. The aim is to deve­lop a posi­ti­ve self-con­cept with posi­ti­ve self-esteem. Rogers sets the “ful­ly func­tio­ning per­son” as the goal. The most important cha­rac­te­ristics being open­ness to expe­ri­ence, ali­gnment of self-image and expe­ri­ence, self-regard, self-con­fi­dence, accoun­ta­bi­li­ty, undis­tor­ted per­cep­ti­on of rea­li­ty, and matu­re, satis­fy­ing social interactions.

Talk the­ra­py is the­r­e­fo­re main­ly about detec­ting dis­crepan­ci­es in the inner expe­ri­ence of the per­son, working them out through self-awa­re­ness, and chan­ging them through the power of self-healing.

You are the expert on your life

I stand by you and sup­port you on your path to self-dis­co­very and fin­ding your own way to impro­ve your situa­ti­on. In the pro­cess, you iden­ti­fy your issues and find your own solu­ti­ons. This the­ra­py method focu­ses on you as a who­le – not your pro­blems or sym­ptoms. Sin­ce you are the expert on your own life, your per­so­nal desi­res and pos­si­bi­li­ties are the focus. I am just hel­ping you find your own way, becau­se no one knows you bet­ter than you know yourself.

Talk The­ra­py

The cli­ent at the center

Cli­ent-cen­te­red talk the­ra­py is one of the approaches/techniques of huma­ni­stic psy­cho­lo­gy. In huma­ni­stic the­ra­py, the human being is view­ed as a healt­hy, crea­ti­ve, and pro­duc­ti­ve per­so­na­li­ty with the goal of self-rea­liza­ti­on and is at the cen­ter with all their talents, pos­si­bi­li­ties, wis­hes and needs. They are psy­cho­lo­gi­cal­ly healt­hy and equip­ped with a natu­ral ten­den­cy to deve­lop; they actual­ly know what is good and right for them to live hap­pi­ly and in harm­o­ny with themselves.

Carl Rogers, the foun­der of cli­ent-cen­te­red psy­cho­the­ra­py, assu­med that emo­tio­nal dis­tur­ban­ces can ari­se when exter­nal influen­ces block one’s self-deve­lo­p­ment and the­re is an incon­sis­ten­cy bet­ween expe­ri­ence and self (incon­grui­ty).

For exam­p­le, if a per­son with strict par­ents was not allo­wed to express cer­tain needs and fee­lings (such as dis­o­be­dience and anger) as a child, they were forced to igno­re the­se needs and from then on no lon­ger lived in full harm­o­ny with their Self. As a result, the child grows into an adult, who, for exam­p­le, finds dif­fi­cul­ty in say­ing “no” to other peo­p­le’s demands, lea­ding to suf­fe­ring in many inter­per­so­nal situa­tions, such as with a part­ner or at work, and the pos­si­ble deve­lo­p­ment of other sym­ptoms, e.g. depression.

Aim of talk therapy

In talk psy­cho­the­ra­py, self-actua­liza­ti­on and self-rea­liza­ti­on should be pro­mo­ted in a tar­ge­ted man­ner. The aim is to deve­lop a posi­ti­ve self-con­cept with posi­ti­ve self-esteem. Rogers sets the “ful­ly func­tio­ning per­son” as the goal. The most important cha­rac­te­ristics being open­ness to expe­ri­ence, ali­gnment of self-image and expe­ri­ence, self-regard, self-con­fi­dence, accoun­ta­bi­li­ty, undis­tor­ted per­cep­ti­on of rea­li­ty, and matu­re, satis­fy­ing social interactions.

Talk the­ra­py is the­r­e­fo­re main­ly about detec­ting dis­crepan­ci­es in the inner expe­ri­ence of the per­son, working them out through self-awa­re­ness, and chan­ging them through the power of self-healing.

You are the expert on your life

I stand by you and sup­port you on your path to self-dis­co­very and fin­ding your own way to impro­ve your situa­ti­on. In the pro­cess, you iden­ti­fy your issues and find your own solu­ti­ons. This the­ra­py method focu­ses on you as a who­le – not your pro­blems or sym­ptoms. Sin­ce you are the expert on your own life, your per­so­nal desi­res and pos­si­bi­li­ties are the focus. I am just hel­ping you find your own way, becau­se no one knows you bet­ter than you know yourself.