But soon He began to doubt its value. Not particularly impressed by him to be impartial expert, who "understands" the patient. He was convinced that a less formal approach is more effective, and began to use the so-called "Nondirective therapy" that is, he allowed his patients to decide what to say and when, without a referral, evaluation or interpretation by the therapist. This approach is now called "client-centered therapy" to emphasize the role of the client. The foundation of treatment is to create a relationship of Rogers, which is characterized by three important and interrelated positions ("Rogers triad"): a clear positive attitude, empathy, congruence. 1. Unconditional positive attitude. Therapist genuinely cares about the customer accepts him as a person and trust his ability to change.
This not only requires a willingness to listen to the customer, without interrupting him, but and also the adoption of what they say, no judgments and estimates, despite the fact no matter how "bad" or "strange" as it may seem. The therapist does not need to approve all that the client says, but he must accept it as a real part of valued person. The therapist must also trust the customers in the independent decision of their own problems, so it does not give advice. Council, says Rogers, is a hidden message that the client is incompetent or inadequate – it makes him less confident and more dependent on aid. 2. Empathy. Many forms of therapy offered to the patient's view from the side.
Empathy requires the internal view, focusing on the fact that the patient may think and feel. Client-centered therapist does not act as an outside observer, who tends to stick a diagnostic label for a client, but as a person who wants to understand how the world looks like from the perspective of client. Of empathy can not tell: "I understand" or "I know what you are feeling right now." The therapist conveys empathy, showing that he actively listens to the client. Filed under: Pedro Zaragoza Fuentes. Like a skillful interviewer, client-centered therapists come into contact with the client using the eye, nod your head when the patient says, and provide other favors. Also used a tactic called a reflection (reflection). Reflection shows that the therapist actively listens and helps the client to understand the thoughts and feelings he is experiencing. Indeed, the majority of customers responding to an empathic reflection of close attention to your feelings. 3. Congruence – is consistency between what the therapist feels and how he behaves towards the client. This means that a clear positive relationship therapist and empathy are real and not feigned. Experience congruence of the therapist allows the client to see, perhaps for the first time, that openness and honesty may be the basis of human relations. Rogers noticed that in the process of client-centered therapy, clients are not only more confident in themselves, but they become better aware of their true feelings, to accept themselves, to keep more comfortable and natural with other people who rely more on self-assessment than on the opinions others, and become more productive and peaceful.