Person-centered (client-centered) counseling and psychotherapy as Patterson articulated it¶

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Description¶

The article presents person-centered counseling and psychotherapy as the framework Patterson championed, derived from Carl Rogers' philosophy. Patterson encountered it through Rogers' 1942 book and the VA counselor training program Rogers directed at the University of Chicago, and spent his career elaborating it, including his 1969 paper "A Current View of Client-Centered Therapy" in The Counseling Psychologist. He reports that issue "was very popular and was reprinted many times, because it was widely used in courses in counseling," and he extended the approach to group work, arguing "the philosophy and theory of group therapy are the same as the Rogers' philosophy and theory of individual therapy."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Grounding in Rogers' philosophy, which Patterson treats as the framework's source; Patterson's articulation arose from direct training under Rogers and his staff.
• A commissioning editor and venue (the NVGA anniversary volume) to publish the statement, as the chapter arose from Borow's invitation.

Constraints¶

• The article notes the views "are still widely debated," and Patterson's position that counseling's basic science is psychology was unpopular with APGA constituents, costing him a presidential election.
• Rogers never wrote on client-centered career counseling, per Patterson, so the chapter had no direct Rogers source to draw on.

Target Learners¶

• counselors in training
• counselor educators
• counseling psychologists
• career counselors

Target Learning Objectives¶

• client-centered counseling theory
• counseling supervision
• career counseling

Claims¶

• Rogers Book Converted Patterson Client Centered [+M]

Related Theories¶

• Person-Centered Psychology
• Learner-centred facilitation of adult language learning

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Nassar-McMillan, Sylvia C. (1999). The Life of a Legacy Bearer: Biographical Interview with C.H. Patterson. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED435879