change or corrective experiences to occur.
In terms of the client-therapist relationship, person-centered therapy emphasizes a non-directive approach in which a good proportion of feedback is aimed at reflecting the thoughts and feelings of the client with the approach emphasizing respect for the client and the creation of a feeling of the therapist sharing or "being with" the client (Cain, 1990b).
In other words, using the nondirective approach, the therapist never advises the client or tells him or her what to do. Instead the therapist often reflects the thoughts and feelings of the client by repeating or stating in different words what the client has said or by noting the client's emotional state. The following conversation between a client-centered therapist and a patient provides a feeling for the general approach and the technique.
CLIENT: Sometimes, maybe often, I tell lies. I don't know why I do this.
CLIENT: I just don't know why. I feel like something, a force o
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