"ACCEPTANCE" AND RELATED ATTRIBUTES AS DEMONSTRATED IN PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVIEWS.

The article presents a study which analyzes the usefulness of concepts of acceptance and rejection in describing the dynamics of non-directive psychotherapy and in evaluating non-directive techniques has been demonstrated in a previous theoretical discussion. The purpose of this investigation is to determine if any validity, significance, or reliability might be presumed from a classification of such subjective aspects of counselor responses. Four categories were used in the final study, namely, a category for responses which demonstrated acceptance of the client's position, a category for responses which demonstrated support of the client's position, another category for responses which demonstrated denial of the client's position or rejection and a final category for responses which were neutral.