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Dec 14, 2020 · Carl Rogers summarizes the importance of the therapeutic relationship and writes, “When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, and terrified; or when he or she is...
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Carl Ransom Rogers was born in 1902 in Oak Hill, Illinois. His father was a civil engineer, and his mother was a housewife; he was the fourth of six children. Rogers was a high achiever in school from an early age: He started reading before age 5 and was able to skip kindergarten and first grade. When he was 12, his family moved from the suburbs to...
After receiving his Ph.D., Rogers spent a number of years working in academia, holding positions at Ohio State University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin. It was during this time that Rogers developed his approach to therapy, which he initially termed "nondirective therapy." This approach, which involves the therapist ac...
Self-Actualization
Rogers believed that all people possess an inherent need to grow and achieve their potential. This need to achieve self-actualization, he believed, was one of the primary motives driving behavior.
Unconditional Positive Regard
For psychotherapy to be successful, Rogers suggested, it was imperative for the therapist to provide unconditional positive regardto the client. This means that the therapist accepts the client as they are and allows them to express both positive and negative feelings without judgment or reproach.
Development of the Self
Rogers believed that the formation of a healthy self-concept was an ongoing process shaped by a person's life experiences. People with a stable sense of self tend to have greater confidence and cope more effectively with life's challenges.
With his emphasis on human potential, Carl Rogers had an enormous influence on both psychology and education. Beyond that, he is considered by many to be one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century. More therapists cite Rogers as their primary influence than any other psychologist. As described by his daughter Natalie Rogers, he w...
"Experience is, for me, the highest authority. The touchstone of validity is my own experience. No other person's ideas and none of my own ideas are as authoritative as my experience. It is to experience that I must return again and again, to discover a closer approximation to truth as it is in the process of becoming in me." – Carl Rogers, On Beco...
Rogers, C. (1951) Client-Centered Therapy: Its Current Practice, Implications, and Theory.Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Rogers, C. (1961) On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Rogers, C. (1980) A Way of Being.Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Cohen, D. (1997) Carl Rogers. A Critical Biography.London: Constable. Thorne, B. (1992) Carl Rogers.London: Sage.
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Jan 29, 2024 · Central to Rogers’ personality theory is the notion of self or self-concept . This is “the organized, consistent set of perceptions and beliefs about oneself.”. Carl Rogers’ self-concept is a central theme in his humanistic theory of psychology. It encompasses an individual’s self-image (how they see themselves), self-esteem (how much ...
In this article, I discuss the points of convergence and divergence between Carl Rogers' core constructs for therapy (Rogers, 1957; see record 2007-14639-002) and the theories and practices of feminist therapy (Brown, 1994, 2007). The value of Rogers' insights about the importance of the relationship in therapy is reviewed, and the lacunae in ...
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Oct 15, 2010 · Carl Rogers, founder of person centered psychotherapy, outlined three essential ingredients of a successful therapeutic relationship – unconditional positive regard, genuineness and empathy.
In Rogers’ (1951) initial description of his theory of personality, the experiential field is described in four points, the self-actualizing tendency in three points, and the remaining eleven points attempt to define the self. First and foremost, the self is a differentiated portion of the experiential field.
Dec 1, 2010 · Carl Rogers’ legacy of human dignity. By Saybrook University. Saybrook Forum, Uncategorized. - Wednesday, December 01, 2010. Recently, Time Magazine compiled a list of the twenty-five most powerful and influenential women of the century.
