Some considerations on empathic responses or reflections in person-centered psychotherapy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14942113Keywords:
Reflection, empathic responses, empathic understanding, personcentered psychotherapy, Carl RogersAbstract
This article reflects on the empathic responses or reflections of the therapist in person-centered psychotherapy. The objective is to elucidate theoretical and methodological aspects of this way of accompanying, given various misrepresentations or reductionist visions in its use. First, it is conceptualized, then some frequently asked questions are answered, and in a third moment, some examples are offered. Finally, it is concluded that it is relevant to use therapeutic resources with the theoretical and epistemological clarity on which they are based.
References
Corsini, R. (1979). Current psychotherapies. F. E. Peacock.
Friedman, N. (2005). Escuchar experiencial. The International Focusing Institute. Traducción de Edgardo Riveros.
García, R., y López, A. (2022). Un recorrido por la evolución teórica del enfoque centrado en la persona. Revista Espacio ECP, 3(1):77-97.
Gendlin, E. (1962). Experiencing and the creation of meaning. Northwestern University Press.
Gendlin, E. T. (1968). Client-centered: the experiential response. En E. F. Hammer (Ed.), Use of interpretation in treatment: technique and art. Grune & Stratton.
Greenberg, L., Rice, L., y Elliott, R. (1993). Facilitating emotional change. Guilford.
López, A. (2020). Nociones sobre el enfoque centrado en la persona de Carl Rogers: teoría, práctica e investigación. Revista Espacio ECP, 1(1):4-15.
Mearns, D., y Thorne, B. (2009). Counseling centrado en la persona en acción. Gran Aldea Editores.
Prouty, G. (2007). Pre-therapy: the application of contact reflections. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 61:283-295.
Rogers, C. (1951). Psicoterapia centrada en el cliente. Paidós Ibérica.
Rogers, C. (1957). The necessary and sufficient conditions of therapeutic personality change. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 21:95-103.
Rogers, C. (1959). Terapia, personalidad y relaciones interpersonales. Nueva Visión.
Rogers, C., y Kinget, G. (1962). Psicoterapia y relaciones humanas. Alfaguara.
Sánchez, A. (2008). ¿Qué es el counseling? Ediciones Lea.
Snyder, W. U. (1947). Casebook of nondirective counseling. Houghton Mifflin.
Weiser, A. (2016). Focusing en la práctica clínica. Desclée de Brouwer.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Alejandro López Marín (Autor/a)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Copyright and Access
Authors retain the copyright to their works published in the journal. By submitting and having an article accepted for publication, authors authorize the journal to disseminate it under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. This license allows anyone to copy, distribute, adapt, and reuse the content for non-commercial purposes only, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s) and to the journal as the original source, a link to the license is included, and any changes made are indicated.
The journal promotes open access: no processing or publication fees are charged to authors, and all content is freely available to readers.
Authors may deposit and share their articles in repositories, institutional platforms, or other non-commercial media, provided that full reference to the original publication in this journal is maintained and the CC BY-NC 4.0 license is respected.
