AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -During person-centered therapy, a therapist acts as a compassionate facilitator, listening without judgment and acknowledging the client’s experience without shifting the conversation in another direction.

Detailed explanation-2: -the techniques a therapist uses are less important than his or her attitudes. The person-centered therapist is best described as a: facilitator.

Detailed explanation-3: -Client-centered therapy operates according to three basic principles that reflect the attitude of the therapist to the client: The therapist is congruent with the client. The therapist provides the client with unconditional positive regard. The therapist shows an empathetic understanding to the client.

Detailed explanation-4: -The therapist avoids the use of judgment, suggestion, or solutions toward the client’s problems in a way that feels supportive. Person-centered therapy is a type of non-directive therapy that is empathetically driven toward providing a person with a safe space to talk and self-actualize positive changes in their life.