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Person centred

Person-Centred therapy, developed by Carl Rogers, is a humanistic approach that emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and congruence. This section helps you understand how to create a non-directive, client-led environment that fosters self-exploration, growth, and personal development.
The 7 Stages of Process

Rogers’ seven stages of process describe a client’s journey from rigidity to openness. This fluid, non-linear model helps therapists track…

Carl Rogers Biography

Offering an in-depth look at Carl Rogers’ groundbreaking work, this resource explores his core theories, including the six conditions for…

Carl Rogers’ 19 Propositions

Rogers’ 19 propositions form the backbone of person-centred theory, describing how individuals perceive, grow, and change. Rooted in phenomenology, they…

Carl Rogers and Gloria

Discover the untold story behind Gloria—the real client who featured in the iconic ‘Three Approaches to Psychotherapy’. From her powerful…

Carl Rogers’ Core Conditions

The 'core conditions'—empathy, congruence, and unconditional positive regard—are central to person-centred therapy. Though Rogers never used the term, these elements…

Carl Rogers’ Theory

Carl Ransom Rogers and Person-Centred Theory Carl Ransom Rogers Carl Ransom Rogers (1902-1987) is best known for devising person-centred theory…

Conditions of Worth

What do you believe you must do to be loved or accepted? Explore how these learned ‘conditions of worth’ shape…

Configurations of Self

We all have different parts of self—voices that show up in different situations. Mearns’ 'Configurations of Self' offers a way…

Counselling-Frame of Reference

Learn how empathy, congruence and UPR unlock a client’s world from within. By truly entering their frame of reference, you…

Humanistic school of Psychology

Explore how humanistic counselling reshaped psychology by putting individual experience at the heart of healing. Discover why thinkers like Maslow…

Introjected Values

Introjected values are messages we absorb from others and mistake as our own truth. Often hidden and distorted, they create…

Carl Rogers – Locus of Evaluation

Where do you place your sense of worth—in yourself, or in others’ approval? Explore the concept of locus of evaluation,…

Maslow Hierarchy of Needs

Maslow’s hierarchy includes safety, love and belonging, esteem, and finally self-actualisation—where individuals reach their full potential through creativity, growth and…

Organismic Self

What if the real you has always been there—just buried under years of “shoulds” and expectations? The organismic self is…

Person-Centred Approach to Counselling

The person-centred approach to counselling belongs to the humanistic school of therapy, and was devised by Carl Rogers, an American psychologist. In the 1950s, Rogers…

Phenomenology Person Centred Counselling

How we perceive shapes how we heal. Discover how Rogers embraced phenomenology—centering therapy around lived experience, not theory. Learn why…

Recent Developments in Person-Centred Therapy

Curious how Carl Rogers’ legacy has evolved since his passing? Discover how new approaches like fragile process, relational depth, and…

Self Concept

Want to go deeper with your counselling theory or self-work? Here's a helpful dive into self-concept, conditions of worth, and…

Self-Concept in Person-Centred Therapy

Emma Chapman explores the development of self-concept through a person-centred lens, highlighting its role in psychological maladjustment and how it…

The Six Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Therapeutic Personality Change

Carl Rogers proposed six necessary and sufficient conditions for therapeutic change—three of which became known as the "core conditions": empathy,…