Unconditional Positive Regard is a term used in psychology to describe an attitude of acceptance, warmth and caring towards another person without any judgment or conditions.
Full definition
As a primarily person - centred practitioner, I aim to offer supervisees the same empathy, genuineness, and
unconditional positive regard which characterize my online counselling and psychotherapy practice.
Even without coordinating specific strategies, a common mindset toward the child goes a long way —
see Unconditional Positive Regard or Kids Do Well If They Can as examples.
The reconceptualization entails (a) genuineness being viewed as a therapist state of readiness that enables the therapist to better experience the client with empathic understanding of the client's internal frame of reference and to
experience unconditional positive regard towards the client; (b) empathic understanding being viewed as the action state of the therapist in which the client is accepted as he or she is at any given moment.
In the course of their work health and wellness coaches
display unconditional positive regard for their clients and a belief in their capacity for change, and honoring that each client is an expert on his or her life, while ensuring that all interactions are respectful and non-judgmental.
When a young person who believes they lack value and believes that the world is a frightening place encounters caregivers who
extend unconditional positive regard, they may find this to be uncomfortable and / or unbelievable.
This approach draws upon many models (e.g. Person - centred, Gestalt and Existential) and holds empathy, non-judgement and
unconditional positive regard highly, meaning the relationship you build with your counsellor is just as important as the techniques they use, which encourage your personal growth and help you reach your fullest potential.
A therapist who embodies Self and
feels unconditional positive regard in the face of whatever the person in treatment may be experiencing nurtures the therapeutic relationship.
I truly believe in providing each individual with
unconditional positive regard while working with them to overcome whatever barrier, no matter how small or overwhelming, that is preventing them from reaching their goals.»
Whether married or co-parenting, single parenting or fostering, mothers and fathers have the choice to model healthy, forgiving, mutually respectful relationships full
of unconditional positive regard to enhance their family life.