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Client Incongruence Condition 2: Client incongruence “Incongruence is a basic construct in the theory we have been developing. It refers to a discrepancy between the actual experience of the organism and the self picture of the individual insofar as it represents that experience.” Biermann-Ratjen defines incongruence as being where “the tendency to defend the self-concept runs counter to the tendency to actualise the self” and goes on to describe anxiety and depression as “the extremes of felt incongruence between what an experience means to the organism as a whole and what it means to the selfconcept”. ~ Incongruence and Psychopathology, 1998 “This condition implies that a person is experiencing sufficient psychological discomfort to seek help, and is at some level willing (however tentatively) to begin the process of self-discovery.” ~Tony Merry, Learning and Being in Person-Centred Counselling • Whilst there is often a focus on the “core conditions”, Rogers identified six conditions that must be present for change to occur. • Two of the six conditions relate directly to the client. • The core conditions focus on the counsellor and what he or she brings to the relationship, but it is a relationship between two people; without the client, there is no therapy. • Client incongruence is at the heart of a personcentred understanding of “psychopathogy”. The development of incongruence - The development of the self structure - Introjected values and Conditions of Worth - Externalised locus of evaluation - The actualising tendency and the need to actualise the conditioned self Client Incongruence “If I let you caress my wings, however gently, will I be able to fly again?” ~ from Buddhist writing