That's great. I agree about the demands of an 'evidence base', but how ironic when Carl Rogers pioneered the original psychological research and the person-centred evidence Base has been growing steadily for over four decades. I notice a recent trend in 'new' psychological therapies such as DBT and MBT which seem to have extracted elements of Carl Rogers' six 'necessary and sufficient conditions' to create seemingly 'new' treatments.

I hope the person-centred approach continues to grow in strength and recognition but, sadly, taking a humane approach to treating individuals as trustworthy human beings seems to be at odds with capitalism and consumerism, where money is everything...

The underlying philosophy of the approach is sound, but often misunderstood by those not knowledgeable about it - it's sometimes mistakenly viewed as overly simplistic and little more than 'being nice', whilst doing nothing more than smiling and nodding! How far from the truth could this be? But what's so wrong with people being treated 'nicely', with respect and integrity, anyway?

Were/are you training as a therapist? I'm just finishing my training but still identify very much as the 'client' I also am...

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