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According to Carl Rogers, must a therapist share every feeling and thought with their client? Is this a necessary part of the therapy? Or, does he see limits to the amount of personal information a therapist should disclose?

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The ideas of Carl Rogers on the topic of therapist-client interaction,in particular on the topic of disclosure is discussed in this solution to help students tackle the problem set on the matter (see above). Resources are listed for further exploration of the topic. An MS-word version is also attached.

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Carl Rogers is one of the pioneers of humanistic approach to psychology and psychotherapy research. He established what we now call the person-centered approach wherein treatment is founded upon talk - the facilitated communication between therapist and patient. In this 'talk' the patient is presented a secure environment that encourages feelings of security and comfort wherein the psychotherapist works towards gaining trust and ...

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