In the field of psychology, doctors are more concerned with the therapy of their clients. Studies indicate that Rogers, who was one of the psychologists, came up with seven stages that he observed when dealing with his clients who were in the process of therapy. The process is considered to be unpredictable even though clients tend to move from one stage to the next (Trull, 2013). This essay seeks to explain one of the seven stages of Rogers that the client is at after analyzing the Rogerian technique video.
In the Rogerian technique video, the client was identified to be in the second last stage of the seven stages of Rogers’s therapeutic growth. The sixth stage is described as being distinctive and dramatic since it reveals the previously suppressed feelings of the client in the present moment. At this stage, the client fully accepts what he or she is undergoing meaning that what was somehow fragmented becomes fully accepted by the body, mind, intellect, and emotions of the client as the patient is facing the moments of full congruence (Trull, 2013).
It is clear from the case that the patient fully accepted her feelings and was even willing to reveal them. She shared her feelings with the doctor on how she had felt when her men had broken up with her.
She openly told the doctor what troubled her for many years concerning the issues that contributed to her breakdown. She admitted that she did not use make-up to care for herself and she was unable to lose her weight, a major factor that resulted in her break-ups with men since they claimed that she was not good looking (Rogers, 2013).
At this stage, feelings flow freely, and the client was no longer fearful of the potential destructions of the negative feelings since the fear had already gone, and therefore, she was ready to share her emotions comfortably (Trull, 2013). The client freely shared her emotions with the doctor so that she even admitted that her figure and size could have been the major issue as to why men broke up with her.
This is evident when she said that she had tried to lose weight as well as use the make-ups but all in vain. She told, “… those were the conditions, but I never met them… I kept trying ….” This is an indication that the client had accepted the feeling since they could not be changed or avoided (Rogers, 2013).
The sixth stage, according to the Rogers, involves a striking discovery that is made by individuals under the process of therapy whereby an individual enters into a stage of realization care and concern for one’s life (Trull, 2013). After a close analysis of the video, it is indicated that the client who was in the center of the therapy process was in this stage because she was at a point of accepting her feelings without any fear.
When the doctor asked how she felt after having shared with her the experience of being left by her boyfriends, she appreciated the discussion since she admitted that she was overall good (Rogers, 2013).
The client enjoyed the idea of expressing herself without any internal pressures because when the doctor asked if she experienced any pressure, she responded that she did not experience any external or internal pressure, and she only accepted and took herself the way she was. She stated, “pressures from everyone, well, Brad I guess, and Chuck before him and well, my dad, I guess. Dr. so what feels really good is when you don’t feel pressure to be anyone except who you feel that you are deep inside?” (Rogers, 2013).
References
Rogers, M. (2013). Diffusion of Innovations. New York: Free Press.
Trull, T. (2013). Clinical Psychology, 8th ed. University of Missouri, Columbia: Mitch Prinstein