Carl Rogers on Person-Centered Therapy

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The founder of the humanistic, person-centered approach to psychology reflects on his life, his contributions to the field of psychotherapy and shares his provocative ideas about. psychotherapy, education, and social justice. This interview was shot shortly before he died and contains an interview between Victor Yalom and Rogers' daughter Natalie.

[@ironhead108]

I’ve been a therapist for over a decade now. I’m primarily mindfulness based in terms of technique or adding to what a person knows how to relate to their emotions and thoughts. But let me tell you, Carl Rogers is at the heart of any good therapy. His understanding of the human to human connection transcends his era or any other. We are deeply, deeply social and intrapersonal creatures seeking acceptance, understanding, care, and love just as much if not more, than knowledge. When in doubt, be Carl Rogers.

[@chance5745]

I would say, when in doubt take inspiration from Carl Rogers, but, to 'be Carl Rogers' would be impossible. In the therapy room, I want to be genuine. I am being facetious, of course. I am presuming you meant just that, too.

[@ironhead108]

@@chance5745 yes, sorry for the imprecise language. Metaphorically, absorb his presence as you can, be inspired by his example.

[@mariarose8705]

Where my PSYCH Majors at?!

[@karolkrystal9378]

open elective I'm design major

[@whatisthishandlegarbage]

ayy cuhh

[@nas19281]

@@LOLBu mAariooo

[@morganbathgate1374]

LES GOOOO

[@tysymone4788]

i have to take psycology for human resources ...but im here

[@iristerhorst598]

beautiful. since the moment i heard rogers talk and read his theories, ideas and experiences, i absolutely adored the way this man uses language to express himself and his ideas. his humility and respect for each human being and the uniqueness of their experiences is amazing. thank you so much for all you did!

[@gwensperling7098]

If you ever find one you must ATTEND a PCA group...they are out of this world...even universe....Amazing experiences. More prevalent in the UK.

[@9cloudrachel207]

this is happening to me right now. read about him in my psych textbook and loved his ideas, now i watched this video and i like him even more. i want to do a deep dive into this guy

[@gwensperling7098]

@@9cloudrachel207 His work is amazing. there is a great interview here called hurt and anger takes about an hour.

[@JoyRob1313]

Now if someone asked me my biggest inspiration or role model, it is this man.

[@gwensperling7098]

@@JoyRob1313 Oh my goodness yes!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to facilitate a Person Centered group and it is quite possible using the internet and zoom or google meet? Are you interested in participating? I have done a lot of these. So yes I can facilitate...I just need those who want to commit to a workshop. I would do the workshop as inexpensive as possible. I can do CEU credits for this. People would have to pay for that on top of whatever fee I attach. Usually the CEU's are like 20$ or at least that was the price. And I would do the workshop for like 25$ per head with minimum of ten people. We would have to figure out time zone too.........I am EST I would like to make this work...and from there anything can happen. 😉

[@annainnsaei4681]

“””I met you”””. in college when taking my bachelor in clinical psychology back in my country Brazil. I fall in love with your theory it all made sense to me. Today I am a Masters Mental health counselor in USA. I got closer to you :) and even more to all yr teachings. Self Actualization of the organism is mindfulness. Is just go with the organismic follow and balance it without judgement or stagnation. Empathy is one of the most important principles that I learned in your theory when experiencing with clients. Yr essence still works among us ! Thank you for reminding us of being essentially more human. Or to practice who we really are ! Anna

[@Starwarp02]

Gotta be loving like God to be able to help others! Showing the love that He shows us is a blessing!

[@JOHNYCHINGAZ]

I love PCT. As a MFT intern I am surprise how many professionals in the psychology field think I am strange for liking his approach. In my experience most people react favorably when someone is truly empathic and caring during therapy.

[@nelsonferreira-aulasdearte]

JOHNYCHINGAZ I did that approach and I'm now extremely critical of it. One of the main criticisms is that it's a bit fake! Also, Rogers ideas are hard to prove, seem simplistic to me and not sure if his approach is any better than just having a friend. Especially this thing of 'exploring self' and 'love self' is usually non-productive to loads of people and offers no real prognostic/method/strategies.

[@jenniferhergert4447]

Your main criticism is that its a bit fake. I dont think that you understand that you werent supposed to fake empathy, you were actually to accept the person fully. Not approve of everything but be empathic about all aspects of their being. It takes some time and involves that you accept yourself in your entirety. I understand that this method is hard to prove, I dont get your other points of criticism. Some people coming to psychotherapy might not have a friend who unconditionally accepts them. I dont have data on this but I suppose many mental health issues may lead to or cause some kind of lack of support. One example of how this method may benefit the patient: I feel that you notice in a conversation if the other is uncomfortable with parts of your being and you tend to hide that. Hiding parts of yourself again leads to it being harder to solve. I dont understand why you feel that exploring self and loving self is unproductive to "loads of people". I've never heard of it being unproductive. Only if you know what your problem is, if you can accept it and still look into the mirror without feeling horrible can you start finding solutions and asking for help.

[@filmpjesgaliano]

I wholeheartedly agree with you, JohnyChingaz. I am pursuing my masters in counselling & psychology. To me this is key in effective counseling.

[@georgekayser2479]

I'm an MFT intern right now and have not learned anything really about Carl Rogers. I looked him up because my supervisor said I'm more Rogerian than I realize. I practice from a solution-focuses model, but SFBT and PCT seem to integrate nicely

[@rossentownsend4936]

@@nelsonferreira-aulasdearte Helping a person transcend on there own is not about cognitive tinkerbell drone repair.

[@paddyk3748]

As a trainee therapist this is amazing insight

[@gabeslife0601]

I just found Carl Rogers because of my personality type results. We share the same type and after listening to him, that makes me happy. I have always felt different from everyone else in this world. This man makes me feel like I'm not alone.

[@MarcoSilesio]

thats so good

[@annainnsaei4681]

My guide ! Thank you Rogers

[@pezavenk696]

unconditionally fantastic!

[@SabreLeonheart]

CACREP M.S. graduate in Family/Child Counseling and Rogers is one of my heroes. We have learned so much from his theory and teachings in both life and counseling. 💕

[@ramadaproductions3704]

So basically..It's all about love

[@herbertnorkus6229]

Ramada Productions if a member of the south African army is "the worst among us" then you've lived a life very sheltered from reality.

[@jakecorynthian3516]

herbert norkus , you are missing the point

[@RunningCrow265]

@@herbertnorkus6229 I don't think you understand what was happening in South Africa at the time of the interview

[@psicologiajoseh]

Clever, beautiful, and inspiring.

[@reprogrammingmind]

Down to earth and compassionate

[@jburckhardt]

yeah, just like madre Theresa. joke aside

[@spacegirl881]

Very well said

[@batoulalaaeldin8246]

all what we need is only one relationship where we can be completely accepted unconditionally

[@lagituaivaflinders6587]

Thank you.

[@Lotuslaful]

Refreshing!

[@StefanoilNicoletti]

This is the definition of friendship. All you need is a good friend and you don't even pay

[@joshbeltran6769]

sounds like what a friend should be

[@zoopdiwop]

Does anyone know whether there is a transcript of the interview with the south african man?

[@claudiamanta1943]

Person- centered therapy is the only form of real therapy. How can others be called therapies if they’re not person- centered? It’s respectful. And it requires a certain- alas, rare- qualities of the soul of the therapist i.e. healthy intellectual humility, openness, respect.

[@charlottecady9417]

right? I was so confused when an intern called my approach "very person-centered". Like, what other options are there?

[@michael2700]

Hi i done my Diploma in Person Centred Counselling at CONEL some time back. I am looking for a copy of a paper called the'" final paper" it was a list of questions. can anybody help ?

[@jonyj5500]

Very successful universities are following his approach.

[@globalheartwarming]

If you see this, can you tell me which ones?

[@animainfrangibile]

Has anyone created the APA format reference for this video?

[@billywalker47]

Legend.

[@markatingi8645]

accept you fully just as you are

[@kg4234]

Legend

[@msvalsworld1]

A god he was an amazing man!

[@LalalaurenGray]

This philosophy is getting me through this current election season.

[@deanmccrorie3461]

What about this one? Lol

[@madeleine8662]

@@deanmccrorie3461 haha

[@deanmccrorie3461]

@@madeleine8662 I guess it didn’t him through this one. RIP

[@madeleine8662]

@@deanmccrorie3461 yeah 😔

[@BulentBasaran]

​​@@deanmccrorie3461 😊 This attitude (it's more than pure conceptual philosophy, and CR is more like a Socrates for our times) can get us through any difficult relationship by owning our contribution to that difficulty. 🙏🏻

[@d3v1lsw0rstn1ghtm4r3]

a true humanist trying to find a human solution to the human condition and not through the promotion of intolerance of varying human beliefs and using technology to make more non-human things such as gene manipulated entities, robots and virtual sex as dawkins and asimov school of humanism advocates. socialization and tolerance is key to saving humanity.

[@sierraj7480]

who else is here because of school 😶

[@90reasons]

Shoutout all my PSYCH majors! We got this!

[@gwensperling7098]

I love Carl...if you like Carl LOOK UP Peggy Natiello...she worked with Carl and is the female version.

[@Pattylove826]

Can psychoeducation be used in person centered approach ?

[@adriancaldona237]

Me watching this because my teacher told me too :)

[@fairymafia5669]

here from pyschology at de anza

[@100musicplaylists3]

It should be "EMPATHY" centered therapy with each partipant empathising with the other family members not "SELF CENTERED" therapy.!!!! Empathy is the basis of drawing a person out of depression and frustration. "Being Yourself" is important but not if the self is a complete pain in the ass to everyone else.

[@dbuck1964]

SELF is the central developmental construct from which the theory begins, it is totally about the potential development of SELFhood in the other through compassionate empathetic dialogue. While it contains empathy, it does not revolve around it.

[@dreamerweaver]

Letters next your name doesn’t make a good counselor, being a good counselor makes a good counselor.

[@herbertnorkus6229]

what's wrong with being an officer in the south African army?

[@amberfinnicum-simmons6778]

My guess is that Rogers might have struggled to support and understand a person who was actively perpetuating the South African apartheid.

[@herbertnorkus6229]

Amber Finnicum-Simmons all countries have an army for defence, during the aparteid era 92% of all murders were black on black, mostly down to the animosity between the Zulu and the anc, if you were a young girl growing up in south Africa wouldn't you feel safer knowing there were people to protect you?

[@M3Lucky]

Why are you asking her? She was telling you the explanation of why Carl Rogers had an issue with it.

[@herbertnorkus6229]

M3Lucky fair enough.

[@John-tr8yp]

I returned all items to Rogers, have the receipt from Canada Post, made sure all items were in the carton, Rogers received the carton intact, and yet DAVE at Rogers, calls me a liar, claiming I did not include one item. Since I was not staying with Rogers, why would I keep the item I wonder. The first thing I think is, did DAVE keep the item for himself or sell it to someone else. Either way, Rogers is deducting funds for the item they DAVE states I did not return. Great customer service Rogers. And their security department does noting. Nothing. They don't even pretend to care, by taking report. I hope Rogers makes good use of the funds they are holding from me, based on the word of DAVE. Keep treating consumers like garbage under your feet Rogers.

[@seittrr9739]

its just coincidence that i live in south africa😜

[@dusannovakovic8606]

how the fuck am i here

[@FDmoviz]

Who all are here from CCP classes 😊

[@wonsgnem4436]

Do u know why it sounds so right？because his theory is in line with the image of god，unconditional love！it resonates with our hearts and souls made by god

[@complexwales]

Take that shit advertising pop up end page and logo from showing when it's the most profound insight. That's shit, snow the at the end, the app gives your the option.

[@shine9680]

CRAPP

[@adrianafdeleon]

didn't he try and sleep with a client

[@nelsonferreira-aulasdearte]

Sorry Rogers but I don't believe that a simple interview would've changed this young men's life... Especially after you said the interview didn't go particularly well. Rogers is so optimistic about the power of his approach and seems to confuse correlation with causation.

[@jburckhardt]

correlation doesn't always mean causation that is what I also learned from social psychology. The third variable can be that he actually learned in the end after the interview the psychologist thinks went so wrong

[@KevinKamto]

You should try, and deeply implement his approach. Works wonders

[@globalheartwarming]

Sorry Nelson but Rogers was very honest and I'm sure he is not speaking from ego or plain optimism. I agree with Kevin -- you should try and deeply implement his approach. It's the best way to understand it and him.

[@sofiamiau3420]

This approach to validate whatever the client says, kind of like just go along with it and yes the client all session long, make excuses for whatever the issues the client has...is extremely ineffective. Just saying.....

[@jakecorynthian3516]

Sofia Miau , what you are presenting here is a caricature based on assumptions and stereotypes. It would be best if you engaged with some reading material on the subject so that you could present us with more thoughtful, balanced and solid arguments.

[@globalheartwarming]

He's entering into the client's experience with him or her, not making excuses or even agreeing. It helps the person feel not alone, more connected, respected, accepted. This allows them the freedom to move by themselves into other points of view and through feelings that were not understood. I think it would be best if you engaged with someone practicing the approach and fully experience it.

[@hitsounds]

Where did you get that idea of PST from? Imagine a process where you are dedicated to honesty with a client. Why do you think you'd be saying yes all session long? I think this interpretation of PST assumes the therapist/counsellor is the expert who diagnoses the client - PST empowers the client to identify where transformation originates - spoiler, it's not in the chair opposite them..

[@Sam70831]

bro is not him