PCT and CBT

PCT

person centered therapy

conditions of therapy PCT

confruence, unconditional positive regard and empathic understanding

the therapeutic relationship is

the mechanism of change

therapists establish relational conditions that allow clients to engage in

natural self-discovery and personal growth

History of PCT

Carl Rogers was depressed in his fundamentalist Christian family

rogers created a ________ therapeutic environment

accepting, nonjudgmental

PCT theory of personality

self-theory, phenomenology, learning and growth potential, and conditions of worth

PCT self-theory

every person exists within an ever-changing world in which that person is the center

PCT phenomenology

valuing of experience

PCT learning and growth potential

movement toward actualization, formative tendency

PCT conditions of worth

standards children and adults believe they must meet to be acceptable and worthy

PCT theory of psychopathology

failure to learn from experience

PCT theory of psychotherapy

the big three relational conditions

rogers' six conditions of effective psychotherapy

1. two persons are in a psychological contact

2. the client is in a state of incongruence, being vulnerable or anxious

3. the therapist is congruent or integrated in the relationship

4. the therapist experiences unconditional positive regard

5. the therapist experiences empathic understanding and communicates this to the client

6. communication of the therapist's empathic understanding and unconditional positive regard is at least minimally achieve

congruence

authenticity or genuineness

unconditional positive regard

clients are valued and respected as separate individuals

empathic understanding

therapeutic condition professionals most directly link to Carl Rogers and PCT

subjective empathy

identifying with clients in the here-and-now through intuition and imaging clients' experiences

interpersonal empathy

two-way communication regarding clients' phenomenological experiences

objective empathy

using theoretical knowledge and resources to better understand clients

a way of being with clients

two types: classical and contemporary

classical PCT

don't employ standardized assessment or diagnostic procedures

contemporary PCT

employ assessment procedures

expressing empathic understanding

being sensitive from moment to moment with the client's changing meanings and emotions

expressing unconditional positive regard

indirectly communicate through being mentally present and listening with interest

expressing congruence

not be deceiving the client as to himself

REBT

Rational Emotional Behavioral Therapy

CBT

cognitive behavioral therapy

SIT

self-instructional training

REBT ABC Model

Activating event, Belief about the event, Consequent emotional/behavior, Disputation of irrational belief, Effect, Feeling (new)

collaboration not confrontation

modification possible via cognitive therapy

SIT focuses on

clients' response to stressful life events (preparation, coping, aftermath)

SIT preparation

inner speech that occurs before the stressful situation

SIT coping

inner speech that occurs during the stressful situation

SIT aftermath

inner speech that occurs after the stressful situation