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Michiel Coenraad Welgemoedt
66391946
PYC3705 Assignment 1 (872450)
21/05/2021
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Contents
Introduction 3
What is a helping relationship in counselling 3
Why counselling is different from other
helping relationships 3
Cultural empathy 4
What is meant with self-reference criterion 4
The five stages of the helping process 5
The Person-centred approach 5
Resources 6
Introduction.
The helping relationship, according to Carl rogers … one of the participants intends that
there should come about in one or both parties, more appreciation of, more expression of,
more functional use of the latent inner resources of the individual. (Rogers 1967: 40).
Counselling differs from other helping relationships in that there is a more official
relationship between the counsellor and client. Cultural empathy is just a respect and
awareness of another culture's distinctions and similarities in relation to one's own and people
Michiel Coenraad Welgemoedt
66391946
PYC3705 Assignment 1 (872450)
21/05/2021
, 2|Page
Contents
Introduction 3
What is a helping relationship in counselling 3
Why counselling is different from other
helping relationships 3
Cultural empathy 4
What is meant with self-reference criterion 4
The five stages of the helping process 5
The Person-centred approach 5
Resources 6
Introduction.
The helping relationship, according to Carl rogers … one of the participants intends that
there should come about in one or both parties, more appreciation of, more expression of,
more functional use of the latent inner resources of the individual. (Rogers 1967: 40).
Counselling differs from other helping relationships in that there is a more official
relationship between the counsellor and client. Cultural empathy is just a respect and
awareness of another culture's distinctions and similarities in relation to one's own and people
