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- Congruence has both intrapersonal and interpersonal features; it is a personal characteristic (intrapersonal) of the therapist and patient as well as an experiential quality of the relationship (interpersonal). As such, genuineness is a much broader and more inclusive construct.
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Oct 25, 2021 · Definition. Feltham and Dryden (1993, p. 36) define ‘congruence’ as ‘genuineness, honesty exhibited by the counsellor as an essential part of her person and her work; likewise, the genuineness of the client’. Origin of Congruence as a Counselling Concept. The concept of congruence was first mentioned in relation to person-centred counselling.
- Why Person-Centred Therapy?
- Person-Centered Approach
- CORE Conditions of Client-Centered Therapy
- Common Person-Centered Therapy Techniques
- Contemporary Branches
- Person-Centered Training and Supervision
- Conclusion
Rogers strongly believed that therapists should be warm, genuine, and understanding for a client’s condition to improve. The starting point of the Rogerian approach to counseling and psychotherapyis best stated by Rogers himself: Rogers (1961) rejected the deterministic nature of both psychoanalysis and behaviorismand maintained that we behave as w...
A person enters person-centered therapy in a state of incongruence. It is the role of the therapists to reverse this situation. Rogers (1959) called his therapeutic approach client-centered or person-centered therapy because of the focus on the person’s subjective view of the world. One major difference between humanistic counselors and other thera...
Congruence in Counseling
Congruence is also called genuineness. According to Rogers, congruence is the most important attribute in counseling. This means that, unlike the psychodynamic therapist who generally maintains a “blank screen” and reveals little of their own personality in therapy, the Rogerian is keen to allow the client to experience them as they really are. The therapist does not have a façade (like psychoanalysis); that is, the therapist’s internal and external experiences are one and the same. In short,...
Unconditional Positive Regard
The next Rogerian core condition is unconditional positive regard. Rogers believed that for people to grow and fulfill their potential, it is important that they are valued as themselves. This refers to the therapist’s deep and genuine caring for the client. The therapist may not approve of some of the client’s actions, but the therapist does approve of the client. In short, the therapist needs an attitude of “I’ll accept you as you are.” The person-centered counselor is thus careful to alway...
Empathy
Empathy is the ability to understand what the client is feeling. This refers to the therapist’s ability to understand sensitively and accurately [but not sympathetically] the client’s experience and feelings in the here and now. An important part of the task of the person-centered counselor is to follow precisely what the client is feeling and to communicate to them that the therapist understands what they are feeling. In the words of Rogers (1959), accurate empathic understanding is as follows:
Learning Check
Joyce is a successful teacher and is liked by her colleagues. However, Joyce has always dreamed of becoming a ballroom dancer. She spends much of her free time with her partner practicing elaborate lifts and can often be seen twirling around the classroom during break times. Joyce is considering leaving teaching and becoming a professional dancer. Her colleagues described her plans as ‘ridiculous,’ and her parents, who are very proud that their daughter is a teacher, have told Joyce that they...
Child-centered play therapy applies the nondirective principle to therapy with children, using play as children’s natural mode of expression. Pioneered by Virginia Axline and Garry Landreth, it believes in the child’s capacity for inner growth and healing through play and creativity in an accepting relationship. Focusing-oriented psychotherapy come...
In training and supervision, the focus is on using person-centered relating to stimulate trainee/therapist personal growth and self-understanding. The assumption is that their own actualization will transfer to more effective practice.
Because the person-centered counselor places so much emphasis on genuineness and being led by the client, they do not place the same emphasis on time and technique boundaries as a psychodynamic therapist. A person-centered counselor might diverge considerably from orthodox counseling techniques if they judged it appropriate. As Mearns and Thorne (1...
Congruence or genuineness is a relationship element with an extensive and important history within psychotherapy. Congruence is an aspect of the therapy relationship with two facets, one intrapersonal and one interpersonal.
- Gregory G. Kolden, Chia-Chiang Wang, Sara B. Austin, Yunling Chang, Marjorie H. Klein
- 2018
Dec 1, 2018 · Congruence or genuineness is a relationship element with an extensive and important history within psychotherapy. Congruence is an aspect of the therapy relationship with two facets, one...
Mar 1, 2011 · Congruence or genuineness is a relational quality that has been highly prized throughout the history of psychotherapy, but of diminished research interest in recent years. In this article,...
Congruence or genuineness is a relationship element with an extensive and important history within psychotherapy. Congruence is an aspect of the therapy relationship with two facets, one intrapersonal and one interpersonal.
Congruence or genuineness is a relational quality that has been highly prized throughout the history of psychotherapy, but of diminished research interest in recent years. This chapter defines and provides examples of this attribute of the therapy relationship and present an original meta-analytic review of the empirical literature showing its ...
