Janice T. Rabalais. Critical Thinking Questions about Controversies in Psychology 1. Chapter 16 states that people with more education are more apt to seek psychotherapy. Satisfied clients of psychotherapy will say it is hard work to face painful thoughts and memories and yet the result is often a heightened sense of well being and positive self-regard. Behavior therapists point out that humans are not born with social finesse.
People acquire their social skills through learning.
Unfortunately, some people have not learned how to be friendly, how to make conversation, how to express anger appropriately, and so forth. Carl Rogers stressed the importance of creating a warm, accepting, and supportive environment for the psychotherapy client. An environment in which the client feels safe to reveal, examine, and question their thoughts and actions goes a long way toward a successful therapeutic interaction. Creating an accepting and supportive environment can be done through several means. The therapist, Mary Tasker, describes a group session that took place the day after the murder of rap singer Tupac Shakur.