Upon completion of Chapter 8, you should be able to describe

• Basic principles associated with the experiential theories;
• Rogers’ personality theory;
• Rogers’ “if-then” approach;
• The dynamics of helping clients move from dependence to independence;
• How clients minimize anxiety by being integrated and centered in the now;
• The “now I’m aware” technique and the “empty-chair” technique;
• The use of “personal pronouns” to enhance clients’ awareness of choices and help them assume responsibility for their behavior;
• How existential anxiety can be beneficial in everyday life;
• Paradoxical intention as a treatment for anxiety;
• Self-transcendence and the existential encounter;
• The four phases of multimodality creative arts therapy and their use in counseling;
• Brief models of experiential counseling; and
• Diversity issues in experiential counseling theories.