[Indication for client-centered therapy (author's transl)]

Ways to come to an indication for Client-centered Therapy are described. Client-centered Therapy is defined as a psychotherapeutic method. The present state of empirical knowledge is summarized and discussed including aspects of differential indication for psychotherapy. The article includes some comments about the interaction of the problem of psychotherapy-indication and the social status of psychologists within the traditional medical health system of the Federal Republic of Germany.