th my own beliefs and values. Person-centered therapy is a humanistic therapy that focuses on individual existence and change. Person-centered therapy makes the assumption that individuals have the natural or innate power to heal themselves. The person-centered or client-centered approach to therapy posits a client-therapist relationship geared toward encouraging these intrinsic healing abilities. The view that each individual has within him or her ability to grow and heal is congruent with my Christian belief that within our self is our power of strength through Christ. As I Chronicles 20: 10 expresses, ôWealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power.ö
Genuineness, unconditional positive regard, and empathetic understanding are the main components of the stance modeled by the therapist toward the client in person-centered therapy. Rogers argued that these three elements in and of themselves are sufficient for promoting change and fuller functioni
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