Question

In 1965, a company called Educational and Psychological Films produced a series of therapy vignettes called “the

Gloria Tapes,” featuring the same woman, Gloria, in therapy sessions with the founders of three important psycho-therapeutic approaches: Carl Rogers (client centered), Fritz Perls (Gestalt), and Albert Ellis (rational emotive).

For this discussion, first watch the video.

The captioned version of this video can be found here. 

Then watch the video.

The captioned version of this video can be found here.

After viewing, please answer the following questions:

Identify and describe the basic counseling strategies that you see Carl Rogers using with Gloria.

In your assessment, how effective were these techniques in beginning this therapeutic alliance?