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Carl Rogers Paper
Dr. Rogers used the Person-Centered Therapy approach in the thirty-minute counseling
session with Gloria. The Person-Centered Therapy aims to focus on the client and it involves the
three key concepts of unconditional positive regard, genuineness and empathy. A major tech-
nique that Dr. Rogers did very well was reflecting on feelings and paraphrasing thoughts directly
from the client. By reflecting the client’s words in a different way it informs the client that you
are paying attention, thinking about what they are saying to you, and lets you empathize with the
client on their underlying thoughts and feelings. Dr. Rogers also used reflection in order to let
Gloria hear her own thoughts in a different way. His reflections helped confront Gloria with her
feelings, thoughts and self-criticism.
Gloria made it clear in the beginning of the session that the way Dr. Rogers talked to her
