A Way of Being

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I can’t tell you how disgusted with myself I felt as I realized what I was doing: I was not being me, I was playing a part. In the words of Brother Rogers, the founder of the Taizé Community, “consenting to our own death allows us to rediscover a flow of life” (Rogers, 2007, p. This attitude is not stupidity on the therapist's part; it is the kind of attitude that is most likely to lead to trust, to further self-exploration, and to the correction of false statements as trust deepens. In it, Rogers argues that there is no such thing as "a" reality - as if "reality" was a stable concept, the same for all persons, static. I’ve always felt I had to do things because they were expected of me, or more important, to make people like me.

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And that's what this book is: it is the story of Carl Rogers' life and works, including autobiographical chapters focusing on the past and present.I found many of the anecdotes heartwarming and inspiring, confirming my belief that the person-centred approach is both kind to clients and personally demanding of counsellors, so that what emerges is a conversation built on genuineness and respect. D. at Columbia University, he began to question some of the accepted techniques of psychotherapy, especially in the area of therapist-patient relationships.

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There is no doubt that life can throw you off balance when the normal flow of expectations breaks down. A profound and deeply personal collection of essays by renowned psychologist Carl Rogers The late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement and father of client-centered therapy, based his life's work on his fundamental belief in the human potential for growth. We are deeply helpful only when we relate as persons, when we risk ourselves as persons in the relationship, when we experience the other as a person in his own right.This isn't a surprising evolution of Rogers' person-centred humanistic style of interpersonal relationships and shows his desire to affect real change on a global level by the end of his life. In such situations deep understanding is, I believe, the most precious gift one can give to another. Rogers believed that all living organisms (humans, plants, animals, vegetables etc) had one basic tendency and striving. as i read this, it inspired me to read more psychology books to motivate me to a better misunderstanding of myself and the world around me.