Person-centred therapy, also called person-centred counselling or client-centred counselling, is probably the most commonly used approach in counselling today. Its principles have also been widely incorporated into other human services and healthcare disciplines, as the importance of centring a client in their own care has become the focus.
This role-play demonstrates the use of counselling skills in a non-directive style of counselling and focuses on the relationship between the client and counsellor as the primary means of therapeutic change. Throughout you will see the use of the ‘core conditions’ of person-centred therapy which are also the main ‘techniques’ that are used to facilitate change within a client. They are congruence, unconditional positive regard, and empathy.