client-centered therapy

[ klahy-uhnt -sen-terd ]

/ ˈklaɪ ənt ˌsɛn tərd /

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noun Psychology.

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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Words nearby client-centered therapy

clickthrough, clicktivism, clickwrap, client, clientage, client-centered therapy, client-centred therapy, clientele, client/server network, client state, Clifden nonpareil

How to use client-centered therapy in a sentence

“We all shook hands and my client told me to leave,” he said.
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Though tissues are present and tears are not uncommon, the Dinner Parties are distinctly not grief counseling or group therapy.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She says she will have to fight in “other ways” to get her client freed.
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“Our first few months we had maybe one client and then we went on The Tyra Banks Show,” says James.
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Thus begins an episode of The Mindy Project centered around a guy trying to have butt sex with his girlfriend.
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David Arden, as he promised, had dictated to him in outline the awful case he had massed against his client.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
At a circuit dinner, a counsellor observed to another, "I shall certainly hang your client."
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
If a client goes to a lawyer for advice the first thing the lawyer asks him to do is to make a clean breast of it.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
All her interest seemed to be centered upon the delicacies placed before her.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He was especially noted for his success in criminal cases, almost always clearing his client.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various

Medical definitions for client-centered therapy

client-centered therapy

[ klī′ənt-sĕn′tərd ]

A system of psychotherapy based on the assumption that the patient has the internal resources to improve and is in the best position to resolve his or her own personality dysfunction.