A Rogerian therapist typically views clients as what kind of resource?

• A. Dependent
• B. Resourceful
• C. Fragile
• D. Incompetent

Answer: (B)

In Rogerian therapy, the client is seen as resourceful, capable of guiding their own growth. Carl Rogers believed people bring inner resources and wisdom to the therapeutic process, and the therapist’s job is to create the right conditions for those resources to surface. By offering unconditional positive regard, accurate empathy, and genuineness, the therapist provides a supportive, nonjudgmental environment that helps clients explore their feelings, align their self-concept with experience, and move toward self-directed change. Labeling clients as dependent, fragile, or incompetent would contradict this view of their inherent capacity to find their own solutions; the emphasis is on trusting and facilitating the client’s own potential.