Person-centered therapy
THEORY OF PSYCHOLOGY
Rogerian psychotherapy; Person centered psychotherapy; Client centered therapy; Client-centered therapy; Client centered psychotherapy; Client centered counselling; Person centered counselling; Client-Centered Therapy; Nondirective Psychotherapy; Person centred psychotherapy; Client-Centred Therapy; Rogerian therapy; Person centered therapy; Person-centred psychotherapy; Person-centered psychotherapy; Nondirective therapy; Client-centered; Client-Centered Psychotherapy; Person-Centered Psychotherapy; Client-Centered Counseling; Person-centered counseling; Human-centered therapy; Person-centered approach; Person centered approach; Person-centred approach
Person-centered therapy, also known as person-centered psychotherapy, person-centered counseling, client-centered therapy and Rogerian psychotherapy, is a form of psychotherapy developed by psychologist Carl Rogers beginning in the 1940s and extending into the 1980s. Person-centered therapy seeks to facilitate a client's self-actualizing tendency, "an inbuilt proclivity toward growth and fulfillment", via acceptance (unconditional positive regard), therapist congruence (genuineness), and empathic understanding.