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client-centered therapy

American  
[klahy-uhnt sen-terd] / ˈklaɪ ənt ˌsɛn tərd /

noun

Psychology.

  1. a nondirective method of psychotherapy in which treatment consists of helping patients to use effectively their own latent resources in solving problems.

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The book also frowns on modern "client-centered therapy," particularly when a doctor tries to solve "religious and moral difficulties" by dissecting the patient's psyche, then letting the patient put the pieces together again in whichever way his instincts suggest.

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