Person-centred psychotherapy after Carl Rogers
The person-centred approach
Person-centred psychotherapy is a humanistic approach based on the work of Carl Rogers. It assumes that people have inner resources, and that under suitable conditions development, self-clarification and change become possible.
In therapy I create a protected frame in which you can understand yourself better and put your experience into words. I work with the core conditions of the approach: empathy, unconditional positive regard and congruence. This relationship can help you recognise and examine entrenched patterns and inherited convictions, and develop new room to act.
The therapeutic relationship
My aim is a trusting, protected working relationship in which you feel free to name thoughts and feelings openly — without fear of judgement or criticism.
I support you in clarifying your concerns, developing personal goals and finding steps that suit you. In the person-centred approach the therapeutic relationship is a central factor of change.
The three core conditions
Three core conditions form the basis of my work. I aim to offer them reliably throughout the process and to make them tangible together with you:
- · Empathy — I aim to understand your inner experience from your perspective and to reflect that understanding back in a helpful way.
- · Unconditional positive regard — I meet you with respect and regard — regardless of the thoughts, feelings or topics you bring.
- · Congruence — I am present, transparent and authentic in the therapeutic relationship — in a way that supports the process and can offer orientation.
The therapeutic process
In the first session we get to know each other and discuss your concern. Together we clarify whether working in this frame suits you and which goals you want to pursue.
Sessions usually take place weekly and last 50 minutes. Duration and frequency follow your individual needs, goals and the course of the therapeutic process.