client-centered therapy

[ klahy-uhnt sen-terd ]

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.

Example Sentences

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.

From Time Magazine Archive