empathy

Rogers outlines the following six conditions required to exist and continue for constructive personality change to occur:

Empathy is a cornerstone of the person-centred counselling (PCT) approach developed by Carl Rogers. It is one of the three core conditions within the six necessary and sufficient conditions for therapeutic change. Empathy refers to the therapist's ability to deeply understand and resonate with the client's subjective experience and communicate that understanding back to the client in a supportive, non-judgmental manner.