... Three concepts from the original model are the core conditions used in contemporary person-centred counselling, they include congruence, empathy and unconditional positive regard. This combination of attitudes and skills are also considered sufficient to facilitate therapeutic progress because the belief is that the relationship between counsellor and client (or person to person) is the central element in effective therapy (Dryden and Feltham, 2004). However, there remains considerable debate over the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the necessary and sufficient model and much effort has been invested by person centred theorists and researchers to clarify what the concepts mean, and identify the various facets of them (McLeod, 2003). In order to consider the level of ease in which a person centred counsellor might use these attributes, it is important to first explore the meanings of each concept individually and in adequate depth. The Dictionary of Counselling (Dryden and Feltham, 2004) describes empathy as ...

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