PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Rogers, unconditional positive regard involves showing complete support and acceptance of a person no matter what that person says or does. The therapist accepts and supports the client, no matter what they say or do, placing no conditions on this acceptance.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carl Rogers described unconditional positive regard as: “… caring for the client, but not in a possessive way or in such a way as simply to satisfy the therapist’s own needs… It means caring for the client as a separate person, with permission to have his own feelings, his own experiences” (Rogers, 1957).

Detailed explanation-3: -Unconditional positive regard, also known as “UPR” is associated with Carl Rogers the founder of Person-centred therapy. Unconditional positive regard refers to accepting and valuing the client precisely as they are without judgement, criticism or evaluation.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Carl Rogers, people have two fundamental psychological needs, positive self regard and self-actualization. Positive self regard refers to the need for love, affection, and respect from other people. Rogers concluded that most people seem to satisfy this need in a reasonable manner.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rogers’ terms for the acceptance we need from others is. positive regard.