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The key concepts of person-centered therapy are empathic understanding, congruence, unconditional positive regard, immediacy, and reflection (Corey, 2023). Firstly, empathic understanding identified as the counselor showing empathy and understanding of the client’s feelings. Then, congruence is the act of the counselor humanizing themselves, showcasing that they are a genuine character. Next, unconditional positive regard is where the counselor accepts the client as they are with no need for any justification or reasoning for it. Then, immediacy is the act of the counselor acknowledging the current situation between them and the client. Lastly, reflection involves the counselor repeating the feeling the client has portrayed allowing the client to feel understood and feel encouraged to open more. The therapeutic process for this type of therapy is the active “listening, accepting, respecting, understanding, and responding…” (Corey, 2023) on the counselor’s part. It is essential to notate that the foundation within person-centered therapy is for the counselor to remain non-judgmental and create a safe environment in order for them to come to their realizations. Client: I just keep looking for love in all the wrong places, but I don't know why! Counselor: Tell me more about why you feel you are looking for love in all the wrong places. Client: It seems that no matter how hard I try, nothing goes well with my relationships. I think we are going well and then he drops this bomb on me that he’s decided to try and mend his last relationship. Counselor: I have experience with an ex-partner of mine also wanting to see if things would work out with his ex-partner before me. I thought we were doing well also, but it was something he thought would be best for the child they shared together. Congruence Client: I am such a failure. I am not good enough to have them want to stay with me long-term. Counselor: This sounds like this is something you have thought about plenty. I noticed when I shared my personal story, your facial expressions changed. Reflection and Immediacy. Client: I fear that I won’t ever have the family I have always dreamed of, having kids, a husband, our family home. Counselor: It sounds like looking for love is becoming more of a chore; it seems like you feel that Empathic Understanding

you are running out of time. I am sorry to hear that this how you have been feeling for some time now. Client: Yes, that’s so true. I am already 25 years old and feel like my clock is ticking and it is about to explode, and my life will be over, but I also know that I want to finish school first before I have kids. Counselor: Tell me more about why you feel your life is over. You are still so young. Client: My mom and aunts constantly ask me when I’m going to get married and when I’m going to have kids. It gets overwhelming that I have started to avoid being around my family, so I don’t have to deal with that. Counselor: It sounds like your family is a part of your stress when you, yourself, want to finish school first. Those feelings are rightfully valid, you know where you are at in life and how much you can take, not anyone else. Unconditional positive regard Client: Exactly! I do want a family and would love to start having my significant other in my life already. But I also feel that I am under scrutiny and being judged for not having THE ONE. Counselor: Describe how you will know you have found the one. Client: Personally, I would want someone stable. Someone who has similar interests as me and wants children. Preferably, someone who is family-oriented, however not someone who already has children. Is that bad? Counselor: No, of course not. You are valid for having your preferences, and it sounds like you would want to start a family with someone who has yet to start one, as well. My husband and I started a family together and although it was nerve-wracking because we didn’t know what we were doing, but we were learning together. Unconditional positive regard and Congruence Client: That is so true. I feel that would be amazing learning together.

Counselor: It seems you have a clearer understanding of what you want and how you are feeling. Immediacy Client: Yes, I feel better with my breakup. I still some sadness, but I know my time will come when I find exactly what I am looking for. Counselor: I am glad you know exactly what characteristics you are seeking for in a partner. It is important to keep that in mind. Corey, G. (2023). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (11th ed.). Cengage Learning US. https://capella.vitalsource.com/books/9780357764473

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