• Rogers thinks that we have a single real self• rigidity - a person's refusal to change their approaches to different situations• Humanistic Psychology⁃ Roger's Model - 2 parts of personality⁃ Organism: person's actual experiences⁃ Self: perception of experiences, self-concept⁃ Incongruence⁃ Split between organism and self-concept⁃ Also called real self and ideal self⁃ Adjustment is the degree of congruence between organism and self-concept⁃ Protect self from harm via:⁃ distortion⁃denial⁃⁃ Key Ingredients to interpersonal relationships (Three key ingredients to mental health)⁃ Unconditional Positive Regard⁃ Authenticity⁃ Empathy⁃ Qualities of fully functioning person:⁃ Openness to experience⁃ Existential living⁃ Organismic trusting⁃ Experiential freedom⁃ Creativity⁃ Application to therapeutic relationships:⁃Do⁃ Be there for the person⁃ Provide the "3 key ingredients"⁃Don't ⁃ Create conditions of worth⁃ inhibit process of recognizing experiences⁃ inhibit self-actualization⁃ Self-esteem in children (Coopersmith)⁃ Behavioral differences between kids with low and high self-esteem⁃ Certain characteristics of parent-child interaction facilitated high
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