Empathy

I experience an accurate, empathic understanding of the person’s world as my own, but without ever losing the “as if” quality. This is empathy. To understand the person’s feelings, never in doubt about what the person means; my remarks fit in just right with the person’s mood and content, and my tone of voice conveys the complete ability to share the person’s feelings.

Carl Rogers

Unconditional Positive Regard

An acceptance of and caring for the person as a separate person, with permission to have their own feelings and experiences.

Carl Rogers

Congruence (Humility?)

I am exactly who I am not a façade, or a role, or a pretense, but an accurate matching of experience with awareness in the moment.

Carl Rogers