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The Client-Centered Approach: Carl Rogers and “Gloria”

In this activity, you will have an opportunity to observe one of the therapists discussed in this chapter—Carl Rogers—as he conducts therapy with a client named Gloria. Although the video is from 1965, it provides an excellent illustration of client-centered therapy. You can locate the footage on YouTube by typing in: Carl Rogers and Gloria-Full Session. Using your textbook and examples from the video, answer the following questions:

Question 1

Why is Rogers’ approach referred to as a person-centered therapy?

Question 2

According to Rogers, there are three qualities that a therapist must employ in order to promote self-awareness, psychological growth, and self-directed change in clients. List the three qualities, and provide examples from the video that illustrate those qualities.

Question 3

Quality 1:

Question 4

Quality 2:

Question 5

Quality 3:

Question 6

How does Gloria respond to Rogers’ approach to therapy? That is, do you think his approach is effective? Explain, providing examples from the video.

Question 7

What is active listening, and how does it benefit the client?

Question 8

Carl Rogers believed that people develop psychological problems primarily because they have consistently experienced

conditional acceptance.

poor parenting.

a lack of empathy.

abuse.

Question 9

Gloria explained that she felt guilty for telling her daughter a lie. What did the lie concern?

her mother’s infidelity

Gloria’s previous marriages

a minor crime Gloria committed

sex

Question 10

Gloria repeatedly tells Rogers that she doesn’t like ______.

sex

responsibility

her ex-husband

children

Question 11

According to Rogers, what must the therapist do to convey empathic understanding, and why is this important?

According to Rogers, empathic understanding requires the therapist to listen actively for the personal meaning beneath the surface of what the client is saying. In other words, when the therapeutic atmosphere contains genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and empathetic understanding, change is more likely to occur. Moreover, the client moves toward the direction of self-actualization, or the realization of his or her unique potentials and talents.