On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotheraphy

by Rogers, Carl R.

• ISBN13: 9780395755310
• ISBN10: 039575531X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-09-07
• Publisher: Mariner Companies, Inc.

Summary

The late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement, revolutionized psychotherapy with his concept of "client-centered therapy." His influence has spanned decades, but that influence has become so much a part of mainstream psychology that the ingenious nature of his work has almost been forgotten. A new introduction by Peter Kramer sheds light on the significance of Dr. Rogers's work today. New discoveries in the field of psychopharmacology, especially that of the antidepressant Prozac, have spawned a quick-fix drug revolution that has obscured the psychotherapeutic relationship. As the pendulum slowly swings back toward an appreciation of the therapeutic encounter, Dr. Rogers's "client-centered therapy" becomes particularly timely and important.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Preface: To the Reader
"This is Me"	p. 3
Some Hypotheses Regarding the Facilitation of Personal Growth	p. 31
The Characteristics of a Helping Relationship	p. 39
What We Know About Psychotherapy - Objectively and Subjectively	p. 59
Some of the Directions Evident in Therapy	p. 73
What It Means to Become a Person	p. 107
A Process Conception of Psychotherapy	p. 125
"To Be That Self Which One Truly Is": A Therapist's View of Personal Goals	p. 163
A Therapist's View of the Good Life: The Fully Functioning Person	p. 183
Persons or Science? A Philosophical Question	p. 199
Personality Change in Psychotherapy	p. 225
Client-Centered Therapy in its Context of Research	p. 243
Personal Thoughts on Teaching and Learning	p. 273
Significant Learning: In Therapy and in Education	p. 279
Student-Centered Teaching as Experienced by a Participant	p. 297
The Implications of Client-Centered Therapy for Family Life	p. 314
Dealing with Breakdowns in Communication - Interpersonal and Intergroup	p. 329
A Tentative Formulation of a General Law of Interpersonal Relationships	p. 338
Toward a Theory of Creativity	p. 347
The Growing Power of the Behavioral Sciences	p. 363
The Place of the Individual in the New World of the Behavioral Sciences	p. 384
Appendix: A Chronological Bibliography of the publications of Carl R. Rogers. 1930-1960	p. 403
Acknowledgments	p. 413
Index	p. 415
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