Problem: The concepts of being genuine, having a positive regard for, and seeing clients as having basic goodness and an internal capacity for self-growth can guide our encounters with clients. Being genuine means finding the balance between being a professional and being just another human being. That might mean admitting mistakes when I make them (which we do) and not hiding behind a rigid therapeutic stance. Rogers discussed genuineness as the ability to be aware of one's own feelings and not present a façade. He further described genuineness as the willingness to express and behave in ways consistent with the various feelings and attitudes that one is actually experiencing. Need Assignment Help?