Karen's Case Study
Karen's Case Study
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Shamini Subramaniam
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Introduction
Karen came for personal counseling with me and being trained and comfortable in
Rogerian Therapy and Gestalt Therapy, following are the approaches that was taken. All the
responses in this assignment are framed around the questions provided in the said assignment.
As discussed in the introduction, the first approach utilized in personal counseling for
Karen is Rogerian Therapy. From a Rogerian point of view, the philosophical assumption
underlying this approach is that counselling is more than just solving issues and providing
information. It is mainly intended to help clients tap their inner resources to better address their
current and future problems. In the case of Karen, counsellor can best achieve their objective by
Counsellor work on the presumption that their clients possess the capacity to lead in a
particular way in their sessions and that the client can profit without the counsellor directive
involvement. The three attributes of a counsellor that are crucial in a Rogerian therapy to release
a client’s growth force are genuineness, positive regard, and empathy. Hence in the case of
Karen, when counsellor truly experiences these attributes towards Karen and interact effectively
with her, the opportunities are that Karen will diminish her defensive ways and progress towards
becoming her true self, the individual she is capable of becoming. Therefore the Rogerian
therapy establishes a relationship that helps the client to engage themselves in self-exploration
resolution. Our techniques, it turns out,are only helpful if the client sees them as relevant and
credible”(p.433).
from elementary school to graduate school.The core conditions of the therapeutic relationship
journeys taken by different teachers who have moved from being controlling managers to
According to Rogers and Freiberg, both research and experience show that more learning,more
problem solving,and more creativity can be found in class rooms that operate within a person-
centered climate. In such a climate learners are able to become increasingly self-directing,able to
assume more responsibility for the consequences of their choices,and can learn more than in
traditional classrooms
The person-centered therapist focuses on the constructive side of human nature,on what is right
with the person,and on the assets the individual brings to therapy. The emphasisis on how clients
act in their world with others,how they can move forward in constructive directions, and how
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they can success fully encounter obstacles (both from within themselves and outside of
their clients to make changes that will lead to living fully and authentically, with the realization
A consistent theme underlies most of Rogers' writings - a deep faith in thetendency of humans to
develop in a positive and constructive manner if aclimate of respect and trust is established
(Corey, 1986). Rogers believed thatpeople are essentially good and that human nature possesses
a basic sense oftrust in the client's ability to move forwards in a constructive manner ifconditions
conducive to fostering growth are present. Furthermore, he perceivedhuman nature as a product
of environmental and societal factors as well asheredity, early development, and an innate self-
drive striving for growththroughout life. In short, Rogers, and the humanistic view in general,
seeshuman nature in an extremely positive light.
This positive view of human nature greatly directs the practice of Rogers'person-centered
therapy. Because of this ideathat a person has an innate, inherent capacity to escape the wrath
ofmaladjustment and to enter the realm of psychological health, the primaryresponsibility is
directed at the "client." Therefore, person-centeredtherapy is rooted in the client's capacity for
awareness and his or her abilityto make decisions (Corey, 1986). And, by perceiving
individuals/clients in thispositive light, the focus is shifted to what is right with the person not
onwhat is wrong with him or her.
Rogerian Therapy, commonly known as person centered therapy, the aim of this therapy
is to provide a secure, nurturing atmosphere where clients are usually within close contact along
with the fundamental positive elements associated with themselves which have been hidden or
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even altered. Hence therapy leads to greater trust due to more congruence and less distortion
from client for effective reactions to people and situations. Based on Karen’s case study, the
counsellor’s basic aim is to create a therapeutic climate that will assist Ruth to learn what kind of
individual she is, apart from what others expected her to be.
Rogerian Therapy does not focus on the client’s problem instead focuses on the client
itself. Hence client chooses specific goals for themselves during the therapy and is responsible
for the direction of the therapy. As per case study, Karen is disappointed to where she is in her
life and not able to be herself surrounding her friend or family, therefore with the goal of this
therapy she is able to express her feeling freely without any judgement and experience the
freedom to be whatever she is in that moment, Karen would start to reconsider her roles and drop
her masks. Therefore when Karen’s facades fall as a consequence of the therapeutic process, four
attributes are likely to become apparent: (1) her openness to experience, (2) a higher degree of
self-confidence, (3) her inner source of assessment, and (4) her desire to live more
Rogerian Therapy counselor takes a non-directive role as most of the responsibility of the
therapy comes from the client. The counselor’s primary function is to encourage in-client
experiential and cognitive learning. The development of the client’s self-knowledge is thus far
more important than what the therapist learns about the client. The therapist’s primary function is
to facilitate experiential and cognitive learning in the client. Thus, the client’s discovery of
personal knowledge about self is much more relevant than what the therapist knows about the
Rogerian therapy counsellor' role is rooted in their attitudes and ways of being, not in
techniques intended to be done for the client. Research on Rogerian therapy appears to suggest
that counsellors' attitude encourages changes in the client character, rather than their knowledge,
client and during the one-to-one therapy session, counsellor is not lost in a professional role. It is
the attitude and belief of the counsellor in the inner resources of the client that creates a
One of the most crucial roles of the counselor in Rogerian Therapy is as a facilitator of
learning. Life continually teaches us significant lessons about ourselves, about others, and about
life in particular. At moments, counselor takes up the role to assist client “learn how to learn” and
respond to Karen by adjusting to her self-learning style, which can often be inferred through
observation or conversation.
Person-centered theory holds that the therapist’s function is to be present and accessible to clients
and to focus on their immediate experience. First and foremost, the therapist must be willing to
be real in the relationship with clients. By being congruent, accepting, and empathic, the
categories, the therapist meets them on a moment-to-moment experiential basis and enters their
world. Through the therapist’s attitude of genuine caring, respect, acceptance, support, and
understanding, clients are able to loosen their defenses and rigid perceptions and move to a
higher level of personal functioning. When these therapist attitudes are present, clients then have
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the necessary freedom to explore areas of their life that were either denied to awareness or
distorted
Expectations the Counselor has of the client and how the relationship is viewed for
Rogerian Therapy
counselors and the client. Counsellor takes cues from client on the best possible approaches or
responses during the therapy session which would be most helpful to client. Based on Karen’s
case study, counsellor can work closely with Karen to find which approaches or responses that is
executed during the therapy session is helpful as Karen knows best how the counsellor can serve
her during the therapy session. Counsellor basic question in executing any technique is “Does it
fit?”.
As a Rogerian therapy counsellor, my expectations are the quality of the relationship with
my client. Both counsellor and client maintain a trusting, supportive, safe and encouraging
atmosphere and based on the case study, when these attributes are applied the outcomes of the
therapy are that Karen will start listening to herself, learn from her experiences, and apply her
Expectations the Counselor has of the client and how the relationship is viewed for Gestalt
Therapy
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