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The Person-Centred Approach: The Person-Centred approach is based upon a deep respect for the person and the belief that the relationship between the counsellor and the client is of primary importance. It is the client who knows what hurts and who has the capacity, within the safety of a therapeutic relationship, to begin a healing process. The essential qualities for creating a safe, supportive and challenging therapeutic environment, where growth and possible change may take place, include:
These qualities, offered professionally and consistently, are the central and distinctive characteristics of the Person-Centred Approach. Working with image in a Person-Centred way: For some people, working with images in a non-directive, non-interpretive way, can be extremely rich and spontaneous. Ability to draw is not at all necessary.
Working in a Person-Centred way with art enables a client to discover the message of the image for her/himself, thus gaining self-awareness as well as moving towards a more autonomous way of being. By bringing the Person-Centred facilitative approach to images expressed in art-form, integration, healing, and growth can occur. At Concepts, we can offer both talking or image therapy, or a combination of the both, depending on how you wish to work. If you are interested in finding out more about the work of Carl Rogers or Liesl Silverstone, please go to our Related Sites Page.
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There
are many different approaches to counselling and psychotherapy. At
Concepts we offer the Person-Centred Approach to Counselling, as
originated by Carl Rogers, and also, where appropriate and where
requested, we work with image in a Person-Centred way, as originated
by Liesl Silverstone.
