Unconditional positive regard came about in 1956 while Carl Rogers was working as a clinical psychologist. His clients were mental health clinic patients, and to be specific, children.When I realized that these were the subjects Rogers was working with, the concept of unconditional positive regard suddenly made a lot more sense to me. Jessie Taft was a social worker who worked alongside Rogers, and she believed that relationships between patients and their therapists were where there was the most potential for positive influence. Developing client-centered therapy (also called Rogerian psychotherapy and person-centered therapy, among other terms) from this viewpoint led Rogers to develop four characteristics that were most important in treatment. I'm going to touch on each briefly. 1. Empathy Okay, we've talked about this one. You can listen to Audrey Hepburn talk about it too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=yOjL6baOwu0 2. Unconditional positive rega...