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Rogers Model: Conclusion
Because the person-centred coach places so much emphasis on
genuineness and on being led by the coachee, they do not place
the same emphasis on boundaries of time and technique as
would a psychodynamic therapist. If they judged it appropriate,
a person-centred coach might diverge considerably from
orthodox counselling techniques.
As Mearns and Thorne (1988) point out, we cannot understand
person-centred counselling by its techniques alone. The personcentred coach has a very positive and optimistic view of human
nature. The philosophy that people are essentially good, and
that ultimately the individual knows what is right for them, is
the essential ingredient of successful person centred therapy as
“all about loving”.
In the Rogerian model, content and structure of the coaching
process and the indivual sessions are determined by the
coachee.
The coache’s role consists in identifying himself with coachee’s
world and helping the coachee by creating a st