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Richard Small Introduction to Counselling [14/01/04] How can the person-centred core conditions help me to understand and change my life? In 1957 a groundbreaking paper entitled 'The Necessary and Sufficient Conditions of Therapeutic Personality Change' was published in the United States. The author of the paper was the founding father of the person-centred model in counselling, Carl Rogers. Rogers had joined the University of Chicago in 1945 and it was there that he developed his theory. It grew out of Abraham Maslow's humanistic approach to counselling and developed speed because of the number of new patients needing counselling after World War II. Rogers' paper included six 'core conditions' which he felt were vital for a successful therapeutic relationship. These were later narrowed down to three conditions: congruence, unconditional positive regard and empathy. During the course of this essay I will briefly examine what is meant by each three of these elements and then...

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