Description
Module II-BDates |
ScheduleFriday |
Course Outline
This is a hands-on course combining theory and practicum. Promoting elements in therapy will be studied; I-Thou relationships, congruence and
confrontation; empathy as a means of dialogue; The concept of “as if”.
Rogerian and humanistic ideas will be touched upon; phenomenological view and self-identity; Q-sort.
Objectives
The faculty strive for students to gain clarity with the Person-Centered Approach (PCA) as a psychotherapeutic approach. After completion of this course, participants will be able to:
In Module II-B, we will learn about personality in the person-centered approach.
1. Personality Theory of Person-Centered Psychotherapy – Carl Rogers
1.1 – Personality development and self-concept
1.2 – The person’s relationship with their phenomenal field
2. – Congruence versus incongruence
2.1 – Concept of congruence and definitions
2.2 – Congruence and accuracy of self-concept
2.3 – Relationship between high congruence and level of self-worth
2.4 – Defining incongruence
2.5 – How incongruence develops and the impact on one’s health
2.6 – Relationship between our reality and the need to preserve self-concept
2.7 – Relationship between high incongruence and self-worth.
3. – Relationship of congruence and incongruence in child development
3.1 – Child development, self-esteem, and self-worth
3.2 – Connection between incongruence to the development of low self-esteem and self-worth
4. – Person-Centered Psychotherapy and its impact on the development of a healthy personality
We ask all participants to write a reflection — 5 to 20 pages — about their experiences, at the end of each module, and a final paper on a subject of the participant’s choice, at the end of the full course.
