ABSTRACT
Research evidence indicates that, in the process of therapeutic change, much of what happens is as a result of the client’s contribution (see, for example, Bohart 2004; Bohart and Tallman 1999, 2010). This can be in the form of the client/therapist relationship and/or what are sometimes called ‘extratherapeutic variables’ which include such things as the client’s resources. That is to say, as well as responding to the therapist’s congruently expressed unconditional positive regard and empathy, clients are somehow actively contributing to their process of constructive personality change. In effect, therapy is a collaborative effort and not something the therapist does to or for the client. Indeed, it may even be that the client is doing most of the active work.
