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Dr. Carl R Rogers - A Study

Presented by:

Ankit - U113186

Bibhu - U113196

Marienne -U113206

Rahul - U113216 Shikha - U113226 Swayambhu - U113236



IntroductionClient – Centered ApproachNon – Directive Theory

Personality TheoryPerson – Centered ApproachConclusionBibliography



Born in Illinois on January 8,1902.Carl Rogers is best known for his viewsabout the therapeutic relationship.Founder of the humanistic psychologymovement.In Europe his methods are taught inacademia.Revolutionized psychotherapy with hisconcept of “client -centered therapy”.

Developed theory of personalitydevelopment.

“Never overlook something that seems to be simple .”



• The therapist should not lead the client, but rather bethere for the client while the client directs the progress of the therapy.

• Supportive, not reconstructive.

• The client needs to achieve independence.

“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if I can let thembe. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying,“Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner”, Idon’t try to control the sunset, I watch with awe as itunfolds”



1. Congruence - Genuineness, honesty with the client.

2. Respect - Acceptance, unconditional positive regardtowards the client.

3. Empathy - The ability to feel what the client feels.



• The approach is based process of skillfully listening to aclient, Understanding and Accepting the way the client isand then skillfully reflecting back the feelings of the client.



• Unconditionalacceptance of aperson, regardless of

their behavior

“When you criticize me, I intuitively dig in to defendmyself. However, when you accept me like I am, Isuddenly am willing to change ”



Self Actualization

OrganismicValuing

PositiveRegard

ConditionalPositive

Regard

PositiveSelf Regard

ConditionalPositive

Self Regard

Conditionsof Worth



Conditions of worth

Actualization

Ideal Self

Positive Regard

Organismic valuing

Real Self

Conditional PositiveSelf regardPositive Self-Regard

Conditional PositiveRegard

Society



Incongruence=Neurosis

Threatening situations

Anxiety

Defenses

Increased Incongruence

Shattered Self (Psychosis)



• Rogers believed that every person could achieve hisgoals, wishes and desires in life. When they did so, self-actualization took place.

• The closer the ideal-self is to the self-image, the morefulfilled and happier the person you will be.

“When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I

look at people I am optimistic.”



• If someone accepts us and everything we are, they setno conditions on respecting or loving us. Rogers calls thisunconditional positive regard and he believes that aconsequence of being totally accepted by others is totalacceptance of ourselves by ourselves.

• Any relationship which reduces incongruence is atherapeutic relationship according to Rogers. It consistsof 3 important qualities:• Unconditional positive regard• Empathy• Genuineness

• If a person feels these three qualities in a relationship,they are said to be in a therapeutic, healing or growingrelationship.

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself

just as I am, then I can change.”



• A little anxiety is good.

• The complex society that we live in nurtures us. But it canalso turn against us to the extent of destroying us.

• Clients are not objects of experimentation.

“The Past has its charm, but nothing new ever happensthere.”

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