Client-Centered Therapy
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Client-Centered Therapy is a humanistic form of psychotherapy that emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and the client’s innate capacity for personal growth and self-directed change.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Client-Centered Therapy canonical | 3 |
| person-centered therapy | 2 |
| Client-Centred Therapy | 1 |
| Person-Centered Therapy | 1 |
| Rogerian Therapy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T147707 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Client-Centered Therapy Context triple: [Carl Rogers, notableWork, Client-Centered Therapy]
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Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers was an influential American psychologist and one of the founders of humanistic psychology, best known for developing client-centered (person-centered) therapy.
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Constructivism
Constructivism is an early 20th-century avant-garde art and architectural movement that emphasized abstraction, modern materials, and functional, socially oriented design.
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ABA
The ABA (American Basketball Association) was a professional basketball league that operated in the United States from 1967 to 1976 and later merged with the NBA, known for its flashy style, three-point line, and red-white-and-blue basketball.
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ABA
ABA is the commonly used acronym for the American Bar Association, the national professional organization for lawyers and the legal profession in the United States.
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On Practice
"On Practice" is a philosophical essay by Mao Zedong that expounds a Marxist theory of knowledge, emphasizing the primacy of practical experience in the formation and testing of ideas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Client-Centered Therapy Target entity description: Client-Centered Therapy is a humanistic form of psychotherapy that emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and the client’s innate capacity for personal growth and self-directed change.
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A.
Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers was an influential American psychologist and one of the founders of humanistic psychology, best known for developing client-centered (person-centered) therapy.
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B.
Constructivism
Constructivism is an early 20th-century avant-garde art and architectural movement that emphasized abstraction, modern materials, and functional, socially oriented design.
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C.
ABA
The ABA (American Basketball Association) was a professional basketball league that operated in the United States from 1967 to 1976 and later merged with the NBA, known for its flashy style, three-point line, and red-white-and-blue basketball.
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D.
ABA
ABA is the commonly used acronym for the American Bar Association, the national professional organization for lawyers and the legal profession in the United States.
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E.
On Practice
"On Practice" is a philosophical essay by Mao Zedong that expounds a Marxist theory of knowledge, emphasizing the primacy of practical experience in the formation and testing of ideas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
humanistic psychotherapy
ⓘ
non-directive therapy ⓘ psychotherapeutic approach ⓘ talk therapy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Client-Centered Therapy
ⓘ
surface form:
Client-Centred Therapy
Client-Centered Therapy ⓘ
surface form:
Person-Centered Therapy
Client-Centered Therapy ⓘ
surface form:
Rogerian Therapy
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| appliedTo |
couples counseling
ⓘ
group therapy ⓘ individual therapy ⓘ |
| assumes |
innate capacity for growth
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tendency toward self-actualization ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
behavior therapy
ⓘ
psychoanalytic therapy ⓘ |
| coreCondition |
congruence in the therapist
ⓘ
empathy ⓘ unconditional positive regard ⓘ |
| developedBy | Carl Rogers ⓘ |
| developedInDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
client autonomy
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congruence ⓘ empathy ⓘ personal growth ⓘ self-actualization ⓘ self-directed change ⓘ therapeutic relationship ⓘ unconditional positive regard ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
client’s feelings
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client’s perceptions ⓘ here-and-now experience ⓘ subjective experience of the client ⓘ |
| influenced |
counseling psychology
ⓘ
humanistic counseling ⓘ humanistic psychology ⓘ
surface form:
motivational interviewing
|
| minimizes |
therapist advice-giving
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therapist direction of content ⓘ use of formal techniques ⓘ |
| techniqueIncludes |
clarification of feelings
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minimal use of interpretation ⓘ paraphrasing ⓘ reflective listening ⓘ |
| theoreticalOrientation | humanistic psychology ⓘ |
| therapistRole |
is genuine and congruent
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non-directive facilitator ⓘ provides empathic understanding ⓘ provides unconditional positive regard ⓘ |
| usedFor |
adjustment difficulties
ⓘ
anxiety disorders ⓘ depression ⓘ |
| viewsClientAs | expert on own experience ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Client-Centered Therapy Description of subject: Client-Centered Therapy is a humanistic form of psychotherapy that emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and the client’s innate capacity for personal growth and self-directed change.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Person-Centered Therapy
this entity surface form:
Client-Centred Therapy
this entity surface form:
Rogerian Therapy
this entity surface form:
person-centered therapy
this entity surface form:
person-centered therapy