Person Centred
“It is the client who knows what hurts,what directions to go,what problems are crucial,what experiences have been deeply buried”.
Carl Rogers
What is Person Centred Counselling?
What is Person-Centred Counselling?
The person-centred approach to counselling and psychotherapy was developed in the 1940’s and 1950’s by Carl Rogers, who argued that when clients are able to ‘direct’ the therapy themselves they generally make better progress than when they are told what to focus on and what to talk about.
It emphasises the quality of the relationship between the client and counsellor or therapist, seeing this as the most important thing helping a client get things off their chest and determine the right way forward for themselves. It does not involve being given advice or being told what to do by someone else. The person-centred counsellor or psychotherapist works to help the client learn to trust themselves and realise their potential.