Authors: Carl Rogers, Peter Kramer (Introduction), Peter D. Kramer M.D.
ISBN-13: 9780395755310, ISBN-10: 039575531X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: September 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Carl Rogers(1902-1987) was one of the most influential psychologists in American history. He received many honors, including the first Distinguished Professsional Contributor Award and the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association.
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.
Introduction | ||
Preface: To the Reader | ||
Ch. 1 | "This is Me" | 3 |
Ch. 2 | Some Hypotheses Regarding the Facilitation of Personal Growth | 31 |
Ch. 3 | The Characteristics of a Helping Relationship | 39 |
Ch. 4 | What We Know About Psychotherapy - Objectively and Subjectively | 59 |
Ch. 5 | Some of the Directions Evident in Therapy | 73 |
Ch. 6 | What It Means to Become a Person | 107 |
Ch. 7 | A Process Conception of Psychotherapy | 125 |
Ch. 8 | "To Be That Self Which One Truly Is": A Therapist's View of Personal Goals | 163 |
Ch. 9 | A Therapist's View of the Good Life: The Fully Functioning Person | 183 |
Ch. 10 | Persons or Science? A Philosophical Question | 199 |
Ch. 11 | Personality Change in Psychotherapy | 225 |
Ch. 12 | Client-Centered Therapy in its Context of Research | 243 |
Ch. 13 | Personal Thoughts on Teaching and Learning | 273 |
Ch. 14 | Significant Learning: In Therapy and in Education | 279 |
Ch. 15 | Student-Centered Teaching as Experienced by a Participant | 297 |
Ch. 16 | The Implications of Client-Centered Therapy for Family Life | 314 |
Ch. 17 | Dealing with Breakdowns in Communication - Interpersonal and Intergroup | 329 |
Ch. 18 | A Tentative Formulation of a General Law of Interpersonal Relationships | 338 |
Ch. 19 | Toward a Theory of Creativity | 347 |
Ch. 20 | The Growing Power of the Behavioral Sciences | 363 |
Ch. 21 | The Place of the Individual in the New World of the Behavioral Sciences | 384 |
Appendix: A Chronological Bibliography of the publications of Carl R. Rogers. 1930-1960 | 403 | |
Acknowledgments | 413 | |
Index | 415 |