Hi, I need help with discussion board-Initial Post-10 meaningful sentences-

Initial Post: Reflect on what you imagine it would be like for you tobe a client with a person-centered therapist. How do you think you wouldreact to a lack of structure and direction from a therapist? Additionally, ifyou were to restrict your counseling practice to the framework ofperson-centered therapy, how would this be for you? Be sure to connectyour response to something you learned in Chapter 7. To clearlyillustrate that connection, your response must contain the page number from thetextbook in order to earn full credit.

Attached is chapter 7.

I also need reply (5 meaningful sentences) to the following post: This does not need to be connected to content in the textbook.

POST for reply: I think that the lack of structure and direction of client-centered therapymight be a little shocking at first, for me as the client. I think itwould take some getting used to this manner of therapeutic change which “dependson clients’ perceptions both of their own experience in therapy and of thecounselor’s basic attitudes” (7-3c). I can see how some might experiencesome anxiety at being the center of attention with little direction from thetherapist. I know that I, as a more introverted person, would feel put onthe spot. But I also agree that we create certain masks for ourselvesthrough socialization, and that we can lose touch with our true selves if we donot tap into our more authentic selves. I think that the environment of aclient-centered therapy session can be the perfect place to try out this formof honesty and self-disclosure, with a counselor who is nonjudgmental,expresses empathy, and unconditional positive regard. I think that aftergetting used to the process of client-centered therapy I would find it veryuseful. I think I would gain greater insight into my own situation andgoals and become better at articulating what is on my mind.

I think it would be difficult to restrict my counseling practice solely tothe framework of any therapeutic orientation, including client-centeredtherapy. I use techniques and concepts from areas such as CBT,psychoanalysis, existential therapy, Adlerian therapy, and more, so it wouldseem unnatural to suppress the tendency to think or act only in theclient-centered perspective. However, I think it would be a usefulexercise to try to become more competent in that particular perspective.I think it would enhance the skills of empathic listening, suspending judgment,and learning how to reflect back what the client is expressing. Beingable to work within limits can strengthen the skills within those limits.For example, the counselor can take a closer look at how well they reflectcontent or feelings, where they might find it difficult to expressunconditional positive regard, or areas they need to work on to become moreempathic with certain clients.