ABSTRACT
We each have individual emotional responses to life events. What makes one of us anxious depresses another while someone else may feel fine. When it comes to helping clients who present with an emotional reaction as a presenting issue, person-centred therapists are not likely to be concerned with its cause except in as much as it matters to the client. There are, however, aspects of the person-centred understanding of, for example, depression or anxiety and panic which are likely to be helpful in the therapeutic endeavour.
