Rogers's Theory Of Personality Theory

6. Rogers described this stage as being very distinctive and often dramatic. It is characterised by feelings, previously suppressed, becoming fully experienced in the present moment. This awareness is acute, clear and full of meaning. The self which hitherto has been experienced as somewhat fragmented is now experienced as an integrated whole - mind, body, emotion and intellect, and clients experience moments of full congruence. 7.Rogers thought that changes made by clients in stage six tended to be irreversible, and further change was as likely to occur outside of the therapeutic relationship as within it. By this stage people are effecting change for themselves, and the need for therapy is more or less over ( article ref).
What is becoming

She found the sessions therapeutic to release her emotions and she was in fact starting to view herself as a person and no longer a wife but the time was not right for her to explore this .

Conclusion Through looking at the personality theory I have become, not only aware of the processes my clients are going through but I am also relating this theory to my client work in having a more awareness of how a client is responding and how that behaviour may manifest. Reflection after the session or at supervision allows me to hang the practice to the theory and make sense of the person centred approach. I feel it is an exciting time in the field of person-centred therapy as new approach are put forward to embrace change in our approach but holds tightly onto to the fundamental theory of Carl