Unconditional positive regard was coined by the humanist Carl Rogers and is defined as "basic acceptance and support of a person regardless of what the person says or does." In therapy, the key to mustering unconditional positive regard can be summed up in one word: acceptance. Rogers believed that all people have the internal resources required for personal growth and that it's the therapist's suspension of judgment and his expectation that the client before him can change that makes change far more likely.
