For the record, Rogerian therapists do more than “repeat back what the patient has said in the form of a question” plus “a small number of other stock questions.” To do it right requires the insight to know what questions to ask when, in order to force the other person to complete a line of reasoning and learn from it. It is, in effect, a Socratic approach to therapy.There is film of Roger working live, and he was very, very impressive indeed. Not merely a reflexive questioner.
For the record, Rogerian therapists do more than “repeat back what the patient has said in the form of a question” plus “a small number of other stock questions.” To do it right requires the insight to know what questions to ask when, in order to force the other person to complete a line of reasoning and learn from it. It is, in effect, a Socratic approach to therapy.There is film of Roger working live, and he was very, very impressive indeed. Not merely a reflexive questioner.