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Patient-Centered Therapy  Discussion by Yuanith, Jorge, Yaquian, Kristina. Use the following video and resources to answer the discussion questions. You may also use the attached PowerPoint as a reference. Discussion Questions - Choose one 1. In a Person-Centered Therapy, the goal is to empower the patient. The therapist does not guide the conversation, instead the therapist lets the patients take the lead in determining what they want to talk about. For example, questions such as “What would you like to talk about today?” let the client initiate the therapy session. The therapist is not the “expert” who will lay out the plan of care, guide or give advice during the session. On the contrary, the patient will gain insight to their inner feelings and experiences, giving them absolute power in developing their own answers and plan of care. Review the following articles, what are the pros and cons of this approach? What are some the things the therapist may miss by allowing the client to take the lead?

Why we need a more humanistic positive organizational scholarship: Carl Rogers’ person-centered approach as a challenge to neoliberalism. The Humanistic Psychologist. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000151 Patel, M. M. (2016). The theory and rhetoric of person-centered therapy from the view of Carl Rogers. International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 2(3), 58-61. https://ijrar.com/upload_issue/ijrar_issue_275.pdf