1. Client centred practice

2. Carl Rogers Humanistic psychologist
Founded the person- centred approach to counselling the client- centred approaches to helping and the student centred learning approaches.
He believed that all human beings have an inbuilt capacity to reach their full potential (self-actualisation) to resolve their own difficulties given the right conditions
He believed self actualisation would occur naturally in the ‘right conditions’ and that the role of the therapist was provide those conditions
Central to this is the ‘Therapeutic Alliance’

3. The Hierarchy of Needs
Abraham Maslow

4. The three core conditions
Unconditional positive regard.
Congruence or genuineness.
Empathy

5. Core Conditions
Carl Rogers (humanist perspective) identified importance of non-judgmental acceptance of clients.
that for growth to take place three core conditions need to be present.
Rogers described them as being ‘Necessary & Sufficient’

6. Unconditional Positive Regard
Describes a attitude that you hold
towards another person which values
their humanity. Rogers believed that the
need for this is universal for all humans
It is an acceptance and warmth towards
another person even if there are aspects
of their behaviour you do not
like.

7. Unconditional positive regard
non judgemental acceptance of the client
If a person is in an environment where they feel UPR
then they are more likely to ‘prize’ themselves and take a
more caring attitude towards themselves
It is important that it is offered consistently and is not
determined by or subject to the client’s behaviour
It requires that we suspend our criticisms and judgements
but doesn’t mean we have to approve of the person’s
behaviour

8. Genuineness Or Congruence Allowing the client to know who you are
Being real or open
Demonstrating willingness to relate to the other person and not hide behind a professional facade

9. EMPATHY Seeing the situation as the client does
From the client’s own Frame of Reference:
Seeing the world through their eyes, trying to feel what it is like for the client and putting ones own experiences to one side
People feel appreciated when they are understood, not evaluated or judged, just understood

10. The CLIENT – CENTRED APPROACH.
Its all about You (Me).
The focus is on the person and not the illness, label or diagnosis.
That the client is the expert
The belief that the client has within him/herself the resources necessary to help themselves.
The role of the therapist is to help them access this to empower not dis-empower.
It is about valuing the client as a human being.

11. Client Centred Practice
Therapy which is Client-centred is as an enabling
process.
Enablement refers to helping approaches that
involve people as active agents in learning to
help themselves.  
The emphasis is on collaborative approaches,
participation and partnership in contrast to
treatment where something is done to or for the
person.

12. What is client centred practice
“ It is the therapist demonstrating respect towards clients, helping to involve them in any decision making, they can advocate with and for clients' needs, recognising the clients' experience and knowledge."

13. What is Client Centred Practice
It is a partnership, an equal relationship between the client and the therapist
in which both actively participate thus helping to increasing the client’s autonomy, choices, responsibility and control over her or his care and life.