4 Exploring what person-centred means

On the first tab, headed ‘Unconditional positive regard (non-judgemental)’ is the following text: Unconditional positive regard means being non-judgemental. An individual will not feel comfortable revealing information about themselves to you if they feel that you will judge them. It is particularly important to remember this if you wish to obtain accurate and honest information. On the next tab, headed ‘Congruence (authenticity)’ is the following text: ‘Congruence in this context refers to being authentic, genuine and honest. This suggests that in sport a practitioner can be enthusiastic, bored, angry, sensitive and sympathetic (Rogers, 1969). Those facilitating others’ development can use the full range of emotions that inevitably accompany practice. This is not to suggest that coaches should take this literally and act upon every emotion. Instead, they can live their feelings and where appropriate choose to share these feelings if they believed they might benefit learning (Nelson et. al., 2014).’ In the third tab, headed ‘Empathy’ is the following text: ‘Empathy can be defined as putting yourself in the other person’s shoes and an ability to show this understanding to the other person. Empathy helps to make the other person feel listened to and helps to begin establishing a trusting connection. Watch the animation illustrating more detail about empathy. In particular, it views empathy as partly showing an ability to be ‘with’ others.’ A video then appears.