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In Client-Centered Therapy, Dr. Nathaniel J. Raskin demonstrates this Rogerian style of therapy. This empathic approach is based on the empirically proven fact that a safe, accepting relationship between the therapist and client is key to the process of client self-discovery and actualization. In this video, Dr. Raskin works with a 30-year-old woman, named Cynthia, who is trying to understand why she seems to be drawn into relationships with violent men. This video features a client portrayed by an actor on the basis of actual case material. Read about precipitating events and preceding sessions with the client
As a client-centered therapist, Dr. Raskin tries to convey to his client implicitly, and occasionally explicitly, this cluster of attitudes: "I believe I can be of most help to you by offering you a relationship in which I try to understand, in your own terms, your problems, your feelings, your hopes and fears, the way you see yourself and others. As we go along, you will be able to correct me when I am off the mark. Working with you in this way, I hope to help you clarify the problems that brought you here and how you might resolve them, to come to know yourself more fully, and to become more of the person you want to be. I see myself more as a companion in this search than the traditional expert who figures out what is wrong with you. I won't try to change you to fit my model of what you should be but will respect your values. I'll look to you to bring up whatever you choose in each session, to decide how often you would like to meet, and when you would like to stop coming."
Nathaniel J. Raskin, PhD, received an MA from Ohio State University in 1941 and a PhD from the University of Chicago in 1949. He studied with Carl Rogers at both universities. Currently, Dr. Raskin is professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Medical School, where he taught and did research in a clinical psychology program for 34 years.
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