Talk Therapy
The client at the center
Client-centered talk therapy is one of the approaches/techniques of humanistic psychology. In humanistic therapy, the human being is viewed as a healthy, creative, and productive personality with the goal of self-realization and is at the center with all their talents, possibilities, wishes and needs. They are psychologically healthy and equipped with a natural tendency to develop; they actually know what is good and right for them to live happily and in harmony with themselves.
Carl Rogers, the founder of client-centered psychotherapy, assumed that emotional disturbances can arise when external influences block one’s self-development and there is an inconsistency between experience and self (incongruity).
For example, if a person with strict parents was not allowed to express certain needs and feelings (such as disobedience and anger) as a child, they were forced to ignore these needs and from then on no longer lived in full harmony with their Self. As a result, the child grows into an adult, who, for example, finds difficulty in saying “no” to other people’s demands, leading to suffering in many interpersonal situations, such as with a partner or at work, and the possible development of other symptoms, e.g. depression.
Aim of talk therapy
In talk psychotherapy, self-actualization and self-realization should be promoted in a targeted manner. The aim is to develop a positive self-concept with positive self-esteem. Rogers sets the “fully functioning person” as the goal. The most important characteristics being openness to experience, alignment of self-image and experience, self-regard, self-confidence, accountability, undistorted perception of reality, and mature, satisfying social interactions.
Talk therapy is therefore mainly about detecting discrepancies in the inner experience of the person, working them out through self-awareness, and changing them through the power of self-healing.
You are the expert on your life
I stand by you and support you on your path to self-discovery and finding your own way to improve your situation. In the process, you identify your issues and find your own solutions. This therapy method focuses on you as a whole – not your problems or symptoms. Since you are the expert on your own life, your personal desires and possibilities are the focus. I am just helping you find your own way, because no one knows you better than you know yourself.
Talk Therapy
The client at the center
Client-centered talk therapy is one of the approaches/techniques of humanistic psychology. In humanistic therapy, the human being is viewed as a healthy, creative, and productive personality with the goal of self-realization and is at the center with all their talents, possibilities, wishes and needs. They are psychologically healthy and equipped with a natural tendency to develop; they actually know what is good and right for them to live happily and in harmony with themselves.
Carl Rogers, the founder of client-centered psychotherapy, assumed that emotional disturbances can arise when external influences block one’s self-development and there is an inconsistency between experience and self (incongruity).
For example, if a person with strict parents was not allowed to express certain needs and feelings (such as disobedience and anger) as a child, they were forced to ignore these needs and from then on no longer lived in full harmony with their Self. As a result, the child grows into an adult, who, for example, finds difficulty in saying “no” to other people’s demands, leading to suffering in many interpersonal situations, such as with a partner or at work, and the possible development of other symptoms, e.g. depression.
Aim of talk therapy
In talk psychotherapy, self-actualization and self-realization should be promoted in a targeted manner. The aim is to develop a positive self-concept with positive self-esteem. Rogers sets the “fully functioning person” as the goal. The most important characteristics being openness to experience, alignment of self-image and experience, self-regard, self-confidence, accountability, undistorted perception of reality, and mature, satisfying social interactions.
Talk therapy is therefore mainly about detecting discrepancies in the inner experience of the person, working them out through self-awareness, and changing them through the power of self-healing.
You are the expert on your life
I stand by you and support you on your path to self-discovery and finding your own way to improve your situation. In the process, you identify your issues and find your own solutions. This therapy method focuses on you as a whole – not your problems or symptoms. Since you are the expert on your own life, your personal desires and possibilities are the focus. I am just helping you find your own way, because no one knows you better than you know yourself.