On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of PsychotherapyA landmark book offering a therapist's perspective on psychotherapy--a must-read for anyone interested in clinical psychology or personal growth. Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement, revolutionized psychotherapy and the helping relationship 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. 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 and deeper interpersonal relationships, Dr. Rogers's "client-centered therapy" becomes particularly timely and important. In these essential essays, Rogers explores:
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Contents
This is Me | 3 |
How Can I Be of Help? | 29 |
Some Hypotheses Regarding the Facilitation of Personal Growth | 31 |
The Characteristics of a Helping Relationship | 39 |
What We Know About Psychotherapy Objectively and Subjectively | 59 |
The Process of Becoming a Person | 71 |
Some of the Directions Evident in Therapy | 73 |
What It Means to Become a Person | 107 |
What Are the Implications for Living? | 271 |
Personal Thoughts on Teaching and Learning | 273 |
Significant Learning In Therapy and in Education | 279 |
StudentCentered Teaching as Experienced by a Participant | 297 |
The Implications of ClientCentered Therapy for Family Life | 314 |
Dealing With Breakdowns in Communication Interpersonal and Intergroup | 329 |
A Tentative Formulation of a General Law of Interpersonal Relationships | 338 |
Toward a Theory of Creativity | 347 |
A Process Conception of Psychotherapy | 125 |
A Philosophy of Persons | 161 |
To Be That Self Which One Truly Is A Therapists View of Personal Goals | 163 |
A Therapists View of the Good Life The Fully Functioning Person | 183 |
Getting at the Facts The Place of Research in Psychotherapy | 197 |
Persons or Science? A Philosophical Question | 199 |
Personality Change in Psychotherapy | 225 |
ClientCentered Therapy in Its Context of Research | 243 |
The Behavioral Sciences and the Person | 361 |
The Growing Power of the Behavioral Sciences | 363 |
The Place of the Individual in the New World of the Behavioral Sciences | 384 |
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Acknowledgments | 413 |
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Other editions - View all
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy Carl Ransom Rogers No preview available - 2003 |
On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy Carl Ransom Rogers No preview available - 1995 |
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