Client centered
Client- centered refers to an approach, a procedure in which the person concerned (patient, client) is the focus (center) of efforts. The term, which is mainly used as an adjective (nouns are client- centered and client- centered ) originally comes from psychotherapy , but is used today as a paradigm in other contexts as well.
The term client-centered goes back to the American psychologist and psychotherapist Carl Rogers (1902–1987), who spoke of Client-Centered Therapy (CCT) since the 1940s . Hence the developed person-centered therapy (also non-directive counseling / psychotherapy ). At first he called the procedure non-directive , because Rogers was of the opinion that the therapist should not lead "his" client. Rather, he should support the client as he explores himself and determines the progress of the therapy himself. Later, Rogers also used the broader termPerson -Centered Approach Person-Centered Approach (PCA) , which does not exclusively refer to a relationship between therapist and client.
Today the term is also used in German outside of psychotherapy. Often, however, in connection with other forms of therapy to make it clear that an approach is or should be chosen in which the focus of efforts is not the therapist's ideas, but the wishes and possibilities of the patient / client. The patient / client is seen by the therapist as an equal partner, as an expert on his own person. For example, the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance (CMOP) is considered an instrument in occupational therapy for developing client-centered treatment guidelines.
The concept of patient centering , which is often used vaguely in general medicine , cannot be derived directly from Carl Roger's approaches. It comes from the context of salutogenesis and describes a paradigm in the health system .
- See also: conversational psychotherapy