unconditional positive regard

n. In Rogerian theory, an unaffected valuing, caring for, and interest in another individual which is not dependent on the other's feelings, attitudes, or behavior and which is conducive to reclaiming ignored parts of the self, reforming distorted self-concepts, and self-actualization. It is an attitude which a therapist must possess in order to be helpful to clients; it is also characteristic of a good parent's relationship to his or her child and is used by the child to form a healthy conception of the self.