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between client and therapist must exist, and it must be a relationship in which each person's perception of the other is important.
# Client incongruence: Incongruence (as defined by Carl Rogers; "a lack of alignment between the real self and the ideal self") exists between the client's experience and awareness.
# Therapist congruence, or genuineness: The therapist is congruent within the therapeutic relationship; the therapist is deeply involved--they are not "acting"--and they can draw on their own experiences (self-disclosure)

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