Reflection Paper
Upon viewing the video recording of Carl Rogers’s conversation with Gloria I was able to observe an extraordinary demonstration of Client-Centered Therapy. The tape provided me with excellent examples of many important traits of a Client-Centered Therapist. These included: allowing the client to find their own internal conclusions, the high use of reflection of content and emotion, the therapist becoming transparent and genuine with the client, and the therapist showing unconditional positive regard. All of these therapist traits were demonstrated in the video recording and proved to be effective in helping the client to open up and trust the therapist, better understand her own issue and begin to resolve the issue.
In the beginning, Carl Rogers used non expert language to start the session. He opened the session by stating, “I do not know what we can make of these thirty minutes together”. This statement made it evident to the client the therapist’s......
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