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Acknowledgment

I would first like to express my gratitude for my research supervisor, colleagues, and peers and family whose immense and constant support has been a source of continuous guidance and inspiration.



Declaration

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Contents

Acknowledgment2

Declaration3

Chapter 1: Introduction5

Background5

Aims and objectives5

Research questions5

Reliability and Validity6

Chapter 2: Literature review7

Main search terms7

The results of the literature search8

Personal development9

The link between personal development and personal therapy within training12

Change in the student as a result of personal development in training15

The impact of training on the students' relationship15

Summary of the research discussed19

Chapter 3: Methodology20

Search Technique22

Literature Search22

Inclusion and exclusion criteria23

Search terms - key terms24

Additional Online searches24

Management24

Search rationale24

Critical Appraisal tool25

Appraisal limitations25

Chapter 4: Conclusion26

References27

Chapter 1: Introduction

Background

The term "Person-Centred" as opposed to some of the earlier names applied to Rogers' approach-Nondirective, Rogerian, and Client-Centred--is intended by Rogers to encompass all aspects of the varied relationships to which the approach has been applied. These include counselling, teaching and learning, group work, friendships, as well as workshops and international relations (Rogers, 1980).

The actual term Person-Centred describes the emphasis of the approach. It is the person (client, student, group member, etc.) who is in control of her own life, and, ultimately the counselling. Consequently, counselling is geared to responding to the client's needs. For the duration of this study the term Person-Centred will be used when alluding t Rogers' approach except when the historical context requires the use of a more dated term.

Aims and objectives

In this research the major aims is to get an in depth study of person centred counselling and to get an idea of the framework and its element.

Research questions

This research aims to answer the following question

•What is person centred approach?

•What is the framework for person centred counselling?

•What are their elements?

•How it will affect the trainee's external relationships?

Reliability and Validity

The term bias is a historically unfriendly pejorative frequently directed at secondary research. As much as possible, the absence of bias constitutes conditions in which reliability and validity can increase. Most vulnerable to charges of bias are secondary research inquiries with a low saturation point (i.e., a small N), limited interrater reliability, and unclear data triangulation. Positivist studies make attempts to control external variables that may bias data; interpretivist studies contend that it is erroneous to assume that it is possible to do any research—particularly human science research— that is uncontaminated by personal and political sympathies and that bias can occur in the laboratory as well as in the classroom. While value-free inquiry may not exist in any research, the critical issue may not be one of credibility but, rather, one of recognizing divergent ways of answering questions associated with purpose and intent. Secondary research can meet determinants of reliability and validity if primary contextual variables remain consistent and if researchers are as ...