In your initial response to the discussion prompt reflect on Rogers' Necessary and Sufficient Conditions and the text. What are the basic concepts of this theory that you might consider incorporating into your personal style of counseling? What is your rationale for the concepts you chose? In counseling clients who have a different cultural background from your own, what potential advantages and disadvantages need to be considered in adopting a person-centered perspective? What personal characteristics do they bring to the counseling relationship that will help or hinder the "necessary and sufficient conditions? Be sure to ground your comments with current, peer-reviewed scholarly sources.

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