Describe client-centered therapy. Include information about its theoretical background, how it seeks to help people, and its key concepts
What will be an ideal response?
* Client-centered therapy is designed to create an environment (i.e., unconditional positive regard) in which the client is able to find the solutions to his or her problems.
* Client-centered therapy attempts to match a person's ideal self with their real self and relies on one's innate goodness to give one the capability of "curing" oneself.
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a. peripheral motives b. propriate motives c. automatic motives d. covert motives
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a) recent b) basic c) unnecessary d) optional