Thursday, July 23, 2009
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Carl Rogers
- Carl
- Oak Park, Illinois, United States
- I was born in Oak Park, Illinois on January 8, 1902. I received a B.A., from the University of Wisconsin in 1924, a M.A., from Columbia University in 1928, and a Ph.D. in psychotherapy from Columbia University in 1931. In 1940 I became a professor of psychology at Ohio State University where I stayed until 1945. I then transferred to the University of Chicago in 1945 where I served as the professor of psychology and the executve secretary at the Counseling Center. In 1957 I took a position in the departments of psychology and psychatry at the University of Wisconsin. I became one of the leading figures within psychotherapy and developed a breaking theory of personality development. I was frustrated with the authoritive analysis that therpists were imosing upon their patients. I placed much emphasis on personal awareness and allowed the client to have flexibility in determining the treatment. I believe it is important for the individual to learn to understand himself and make independent choices that are significant in understanding the problem
Eugene Gendlin
Experiencing "ing" always in process. I guess you did learn something in class. Hope you enjoy the lecture circuit.
Virginia Axline
Play Therapy. Virginia I enjoyed the book. Good luck on your next adventure. Stay in touch.
Art Bohart
Active Self-Healing. Thanks for contributing to a deeper understanding of empathy in the therapeutic practice. Are there any promising students in your classes?
Jeanne Watson
Powerful Tool. Thanks for demonstrating that when empathy is operating on the cognitive, affective, and interpersonal levels, it is one of the therapist's most powerful tools. Enjoy your well deserved vacation.
C.H. Patterson
Universal System! Thanks for showing how client-centered therapy is a universal system of psychotherapy. Enjoyed your lecture at Sacramento state last month, sorry we counldn't spend more time swaping stories.
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Otto Rank
Thanks for your inspiration. Salute to Self Acceptance! I am eternally grateful for all of your advice and support during those early years.
Jessie Taft
Thanks for the feedback. Inspirational insight relationship therapy. I have missed our chats about the direction person-centered therapy is headed. I will always value your input.
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Thank you for developing experiential techniques such as focusing, as a way to enhance client experiencing.
ReplyDeleteIt has been along time since those Univ. of Chicago days. Great to witness an old student excell! Your conclusion that a person's experience is always changing and never fixed is so true. What a simple concept adding an "ing". Great job!
ReplyDeleteHello Dr Rogers,
ReplyDeleteMy name is William Adams and I am a senior at Boise State University. I am taking an argument class and my textbook offered a form of argumentation called "Invitational Argument." I did a little research and learned that the Authors whom they credited for the idea actually proffered an "Invitational Rhetoric." You were mentioned briefly in the article and I think that they rely heavily on your theory of psychotherapy. Anyway, I am trying to write an argument, in the spirit of Invitational Rhetoric, offering a perspective that sees this as misplaced in an argument class, and could have semantic consequences for the word argument itself. In short I thing that, while their ideas are good, and everyone should aspire to practice such rhetoric, it should remain being taught as rhetoric and not argument because they are diametric.