ABSTRACT
By definition, clients for person-centred therapy are incongruent, being vulnerable or anxious. This may very well limit their ability for sustained contact – certainly contact at depth (but note that the basic hypothesis does not require ‘depth’ of contact and there are differences of opinion about the quality of contact). In some cases, the potential client may be in a state or have a way of being that prevents meaningful contact. This is where pre-therapy and contact work come into their own. These are dealt with separately (Points 34 and 68). Clients who have the capacity for contact but for whom it is (temporarily) difficult can be facilitated in the direction of deeper and more sustained contact.
