Client centered psychotherapy
Werthmann, H.V.
Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychoanalyse 25(4): 310-318
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0340-5613 PMID: 543319 Document Number: 140608
In the discussion concerning which psychotherapeutic methods should come under the auspices of the medical health system in West Germany, the question is raised regarding the client-centered therapy of Carl Rogers. Can it be considered a distinct psychotherapeutic method? A review of the scientific literature dealing with this method shows that it provides neither a theory of mental illness nor a theory of clinical application based on individual cases or specific neurotic disturbances, Therefore it should be categorized as a useful method of communication in the field of psychology and not as a therapeutic method for treating mental illness.