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Carl R. Rogers

Born

in The United States

January 08, 1902

Died

February 04, 1987

Website

http://www.mythosandlogos.com/Rogers.html

Genre

Health, Mind & Body, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality

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"Experience is, for me, the highest authority. The touchstone of validity is my own experience. No other person's ideas, and none of my own ideas, are as authoritative as my experience. It is to experience that I must return again and again, to discover a closer approximation to truth as it is in the process of becoming in me." -Carl Rogers, On Becoming a Person

DEVELOPED THEORIES - THERAPIES
Person-Centered; Humanistic; Client-Centered; Student-Centered

TIMELINE
1902 - Carl Rogers was born in Oak Park, Illinois.
1919 - Enrolled at University of Wisconsin.
1924 - Graduated from University of Wisconsin and enrolled at Union Theological Seminary.
1926 - Transferred to Columbia.
1931- Earned Ph.D. from Columbia.
1940 - Began teaching at University of ...more

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	On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy by Carl R. Rogers, Peter D. Kramer (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.16 avg rating — 19,240 ratings — published 1961 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Way of Being by Carl R. Rogers, Irvin D. Yalom (Introduction) 4.22 avg rating — 3,079 ratings — published 1980 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Client-Centered Therapy: Its Current Practice, Implications and Theory by Carl R. Rogers, Thomas Gordon, Nicholas Hobbs 4.21 avg rating — 703 ratings — published 1951 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Carl Rogers Reader: A Personal Look at Client-Centered Therapy, Personal Growth, and Human Development by Carl R. Rogers, Howard Kirschenbaum (Editor), Valerie Land Henderson (Editor) 4.20 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 1989 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Active Listening by Carl R. Rogers, Richard Evans Farson 4.01 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1957 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freedom to Learn by Carl R. Rogers, H. Jerome Freiberg 4.25 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1969 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Person to Person: The Problem of Being Human by Carl R. Rogers, Barry Stevens 4.22 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1967 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Encounter Groups 3.93 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1969 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Personal Power: Inner Strength and Its Revolutionary Impact 4.16 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1977 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becoming Partners: Marriage and Its Alternatives 3.90 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1972 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
― Carl R. Rogers, On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

tags: counselling, paradox, self-awareness, self-improvement

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“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”
― Carl R. Rogers, A Way of Being

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“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”
― Carl R. Rogers

tags: knowledge

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