The authors maintain that the core theoretical constructs of person-centered counseling (e.g., unconditional positive regard, congruence, and empathy) provide a valuable framework in which counselors can connect with clients in ways that facilitate more productive and healthy functioning. Moreover, person-centered counseling is congruent with the relational needs of women that suffered from sexual abuse as children and may represent the optimal intervention for many.

Lemoire, S.J. & Chen, C.P. (2005, Spring). Applying person-centered counseling to sexual minority adolescents. Journal of Counseling and Development, 83(2), 146-151.

The authors are educators and counselors at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto who report that Carl Rogers's (1987) person-centered counseling can be used to good effect in addressing the psychological distresses of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender/sexual (LGBT) adolescents, particularly during their disclosure of their sexual orientation. Authors argue that person-centered counseling approach can help counteract the stigmatization...
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