Humanistic Congruence - Happy self Incongruence - unhappy Grow from environment Self-actualization - being one’s best self Empathy - listening to understand Fully functioning person - open to experience +/- emotions - existential living - live in the moment - trust feelings - trust instinct and gut feelings - creative - take risk/ new experiences (do something out of the norm) - fulfilled life - happy and satisfying - look for new challenges Client is the expert about their life Positive regard for self Conditional self-regard to client Environment - positive person happy - negative person unhappy