The Therapist’s Personality

Module 6 Discussion

 The Therapist’s Personality

According to Carl Rogers, unconditional positive regard involves basic acceptance and support of a person, regardless of what the person says or does.  The therapist gives space for the client to express whatever immediate feeling is going on—confusion, resentment, fear, anger, courage, love, or pride.

Discuss the role of the therapist’s personality in person-centered psychotherapy.

Are there particular people who have been or would be especially dif?cult for you to unconditionally positively regard?

Submission Instructions:

Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.  Your initial post is worth 8 points.

You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 

All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Attention: Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 11:59 PM ET Friday.

Late work policies, expectations regarding proper citations, acceptable means of responding to peer feedback, and other expectations are at the discretion of the instructor.