Quick Quiz: Person-Centered Therapy

Here's a new quick quiz taken again from the psych pages on Wikipedia. This one's all about person-centered therapy. We won't say anything more about the topic--we don't want to give anything away. Your job: fill in the blanks about person-centered therapy. Consider it a quick workout to develop your knowledge for the social work licensing exam. And...go!

1. Person-centered therapy was developed by ____________________. That's why it's also known as 2. _____________________.

In person-centered therapy, the three core conditions necessary for therapeutic change are:

3. _______________ – the willingness to transparently relate to clients without hiding behind a professional or personal facade.

4. _______________ – the therapist offers an acceptance and prizing for their client for who he or she is
without conveying disapproving feelings, actions or characteristics and demonstrating a willingness to attentively listen without interruption, judgement or giving advice.

5. _______________ – the therapist communicates their desire to understand and appreciate their client's perspective.


And those are the very basics of person-centered therapy. These are not, however, what questions look like on the ASWB exam, where you won't encounter fill-in-the-blank questions. You will face multiple choice questions, usually in vignette form. The best way to prepare for those is practice. And practice. And a little more practice. Try SWTP for effective, reasonably-priced practice tests.

Good luck on the exam!

Oh, you want the answers? Scroll down....






















1. Carl Rogers
2. Rogerian Therapy (also Client-Centered Therapy)
3. Congruence
4. Unconditional Positive Regard
5. Empathy (or Accurate Empathy)