Person-Centred Counselling

Developed by influential American psychologist Carl Rogers, Person-Centred Counselling is a widely practiced facilitative style of talk-therapy that views the client as the best authority on their own experience. Given the right conditions, anyone can manifest meaningful change.

The role of the therapist is to provide the environment for this kind of personal growth by maintaining genuine and empathic presence and taking a non-judgemental stance. A Person-Centred counsellor aims to create a safe space for mutual exploration, build a trusting relationship and gain an understanding of what life might be like from the client’s perspective. The relationship is in itself considered to be healing. Insights born from this honest way of engaging can bring about change without any direct intervention by the therapist.