Abstract
Person-centered therapy enhances humans’ personal growth toward self-actualization and deepens quality personal relationship. This article aims to (1) explain the concepts of person-centered therapy and (2) link its contribution to humans’ personal growth and healthy relationship. Personcentered therapy believes in human’s positive qualities as being trustworthy and owning ‘inner resources’ to pursue ‘self-actualization and health.’ The therapeutic goals are to assist clients to be true to themselves and acquire their full potentials. Person-centered therapy emphasizes the qualities of the therapist and therapeutic relationship as the most powerful components to help clients grow. The therapist needs to maintain positive attitudes, to believe in client’s potentials and motivation to become actualized, to accept one’s and others’ uniqueness and needs and to be trustworthy, warm, open and kind. Person-centered therapy reflects that pain and obstacles in life are necessary and can stimulate humans to grow. Person-centered therapy helps the therapist; clients and humans pursue self-actualization and possess better humans’ qualities, which can contribute to world peace as Rogers hoped.
Highlights
Person-centered therapy can be mentioned in other terms as ‘client-centered counseling or nondirective, humanistic, Rogerian and Self theory’ (Kottler & Brown, 2000)
The person-centered therapy bases its concepts on humanistic psychology (Corey, 2005) which views humans positively
Carl Rogers is a pioneer of person-centered therapy
Summary
Background: Person-centered therapy can be mentioned in other terms as ‘client-centered counseling or nondirective, humanistic, Rogerian and Self theory’ (Kottler & Brown, 2000). The person-centered therapy bases its concepts on humanistic psychology (Corey, 2005) which views humans positively. Carl Rogers is a pioneer of person-centered therapy. He created his theory that reflected his ways to overcome struggles in his own personal life. He believed that humans are ‘trustworthy’ and have their own potentials to understand themselves, deal with their issues, pursue ‘changes’ and personal growth toward ‘self-actualization tendency.’. Person-centered therapy enhances both therapist’s and clients’ personal growth (Corey, 2005) and it can be applied to humans’ positive qualities and healthy relationship
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