On Becoming A Person

A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

Carl Rogers

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780395755310
• eBook ISBN: 9780544086661
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Index: Psychology

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.

Index

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Italicized numbers indicate a bibliographic reference.

A

Acceptance, 20, 54, 67, 82, 109, 207, 305, 357, 375

definition of, 34

of feelings, 151

of others, 174

of self, 51, 63, 75, 207

Actualizing tendency, 351

“Adjustment score,” 235, 236

Adlerian psychotherapy, 266

Aggression, 194

Alcoholics, therapy with, 46, 47

American Psychological Association, 125, 363

Asch, S. E., 372, 381

Attitudes:

of the helping person, 50

of the therapist, 63, 74, 84

parental, 41, 42, 43

positive, 52, 65, 75

Autonomic function in relation to therapy, 251–253, 267

Awareness, 104–105

emergence of feelings into, 78

Axline, V. M., 242

B

Baldwin, A. L., 41, 57

Barrett-Lennard, G. T., 263, 269

Becoming, process of, 55

Beier, E. G., 371, 381

Bergman, D. V., 253, 270

Berlin, J. I., 267

Bertalanffy, L. von, 370, 381

Beston, W. H., 381

Betz, B. J., 57, 58

Block, Jack, 369, 381

Block, Jeanne, 369, 381

Brady, J. V., 377, 382

“Brainwashing,” 375

Breese, F. H., 57

Buber, Martin, 55, 57, 109

Butler, J. M., 225, 256, 370

C

California Institute of Technology, 59, 364

Cameron, D. E., 374, 381

Cartwright, D. S., 158, 225, 244, 267, 270

Choice:

effective, 154

personal, 203

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Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contents
• Copyright
• Introduction
• To the Reader
• SPEAKING PERSONALLY
• “This is Me”
• HOW CAN I BE OF HELP?
• Some Hypotheses Regarding the Facilitation of Personal Growth
• The Characteristics of a Helping Relationship
• What We Know About Psychotherapy—Objectively and Subjectively
• THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A PERSON
• Some of the Directions Evident in Therapy
• What It Means to Become a Person
• A Process Conception of Psychotherapy
• A PHILOSOPHY OF PERSONS
• “To Be That Self Which One Truly Is”: A Therapist’s View of Personal Goals
• A Therapist’s View of the Good Life: The Fully Functioning Person
• GETTING AT THE FACTS: THE PLACE OF RESEARCH IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
• Persons or Science? A Philosophical Question
• Personality Change in Psychotherapy
• Client-Centered Therapy in Its Context of Research
• WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR LIVING?
• Personal Thoughts on Teaching and Learning
• Significant Learning: In Therapy and in Education
• Student-Centered Teaching as Experienced by a Participant
• The Implications of Client-Centered Therapy for Family Life
• Dealing With Breakdowns in Communication—Interpersonal and Intergroup
• A Tentative Formulation of a General Law of Interpersonal Relationships
• Toward a Theory of Creativity
• THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND THE PERSON
• The Growing Power of the Behavioral Sciences
• The Place of the Individual in the New World of the Behavioral Sciences
• Appendix
• Acknowledgments
• Index
• About the Author
• Connect with HMH
• Footnotes