8 Wednesdays, Starting January 20th. 10am to 12:30pm.
Client-Centered Therapy (later, Person-Centered Therapy) was the original humanistic therapy, founded by Dr. Carl Rogers in the 1940s. Based entirely around the inherent nature of the client, Rogers continued to research, develop, practice and teach this method until his death in 1987. He was joined by a great number of talented theorists, researchers and practitioners in developing this creative and optimistic approach, and Person-Centered therapy continues to thrive today (albeit mostly outside the USA).
Many contemporary therapists would endorse the Rogerian “core conditions” of authenticity, unconditional positive regard, and accurate empathy — even to the point of seeing these qualities as being obviously necessary for successful therapy. Yet these same therapists often don’t know where these ideas came from, or the theory and philosophy that underlies these principles.
Other therapists are under the mistaken impression that this form of therapy has been somehow superseded, or even “proven wrong.” Still others imagine that client-centered therapy is “easy,” or that it might function as a sort of dull but helpful prerequisite before commencing the “real” work of therapy — using other methods.
None of this is true.
Person-Centered therapy remains immensely powerful in the hands and hearts of anybody willing to learn its discipline. Far from being proven “wrong,” research continues to support the effects of Rogers’ principles on therapy outcomes. as well as the efficacy of Person-Centered Therapy itself.
There is much more to being a Person-Centered therapist than “being nice,” and “repeating what the client says,” as was the old caricature. There is, in fact, an intricate Person-Centered theory of how people come to suffer, and how they can be helped. Come learn it.
What: A course on Person-Centered Therapy
Who: Clinicians who want to learn Rogerian theory and practice, and enhance their clinical effectiveness.
When: 8 Wednesdays, 10am to 12:30pm
- January 20th & 27th
- February 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th
- March 3rd & 10th
Where:
GETME
615 Congress Street / 142 High Street
Suite 423
Portland, ME, 04101
Instructor: Tom Kubasik, LCPC, NCC
Cost:
Students: $450
Conditionally Licensed Clinicians: $500
Fully Licensed Clinicians: $550
A deposit of $95 dollars is required to hold your space.
If cost is your only obstacle, please contact me.
A certificate of 20 Contact Hours will be awarded for the completion of this program.
Register for this course at the bottom of this page.
Topics Include:
– The history of Person-Centered Therapy
– Person-Centered Theory
– Person-Centered interventions
– The Conditions for Therapeutic Change
– Rogerian Empathy
– Therapeutic Presence
Learning Objectives:
This course will help participants to:
– Articulate the central features of Person-Centered theory and practice.
– Develop their personal therapeutic presence.
– Strengthen therapeutic relationships with clients.
– Identify the most important and productive client material.
Meeting 1
Introduction to Person-Centered Therapy
Meeting 2
The Actualizing Tendency and The Necessary & Sufficient Therapeutic Conditions
Meeting 3
Rogerian Empathy: What it Is, What it Isn’t.
Meeting 4
The Client-Centered Repertoire
Meeting 5
Client Processes
Meeting 6
Further Explorations of Person-Centered Interventions
Meeting 7
Others’ Contributions to Person-Centered Therapy
Meeting 8
Integration
