Reflection Paper Upon viewing the video recording of Carl Rogers’s conversation with Gloria I was able to observe an extraordinary demonstration of Client-Centered Therapy. The tape provided me with excellent examples of many important traits of a Client-Centered Therapist. These included: allowing the client to find their own internal conclusions‚ the high use of reflection of content and emotion‚ the therapist becoming transparent and genuine with the client‚ and the therapist showing unconditional
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Carl Rogers believed that every individual is inherently good and creative with the ability to fulfil his/hers potential‚ goals and desires in life. The potential of each individual is unique and develops in different ways according to their personality. Rogers believed that everyone needs to be treated positively by others; to feel valued‚ respected‚ treated with care and affection. If significant people in our lives e.g. family and teachers only offer us conditional ‘love’ while growing-up
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The Life of Dr. Carl Ransom Rogers Carl Ransom Rogers was born on January 8‚ 1902 in a suburb in Oak Park‚ Illinois. Rogers was the fourth out of the six children‚ he had two older brothers‚ an older sister‚ and two younger brothers. His father‚ Walter Rogers‚ was a civil engineer and his mother‚ Julia Cushing‚ whom Rogers was very close to‚ was a homemaker and a devoted Pentecostal Christian. Rogers was a very intelligent child‚ and could read well before kindergarten. Rogers’s mother and older
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Becoming a Person’ is a compilation of lectures and manuscripts drafted by Carl Rogers between 1951 and 1961. The book is deeply insightful and almost meditative in its explanation of how Rogers arrived at his person-centred approach to psychotherapy. Candid personal revelations of Roger’s experience and insights on human relationships are provided‚ as is an exploration of psychotherapy as a helping ‘relationship’ between the therapist and client in modern terms. The gut felling the message will
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Carl Rogers is one of the pre-eminent psychologist of the twentieth century‚ founder of the client cantered approach to therapy he was able to break with conventions of his time and create new approaches. The work of Rogers was recognised in 1956 when he received the American Psychological Association ’s Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions (Faber‚ 1998). In a 2002 study‚ which used a qualitative approach to examine the work of different psychologists of the twentieth century using a
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Famous psychological theorists‚ Sigmund Freud and Carl Rogers‚ possibly two of the greatest thinkers of our time‚ both made much advancement in the field of psychology with their theories‚ clinical evidence‚ and expertise. Some views they shared‚ others they did not. However‚ both psychologists theorized that people have a hidden’ personality within them‚ one which they are not aware of. Although both theories were developed through many years of clinical experience‚ they are each based on their
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Q: Compare and contrast the approaches of Carl Rogers and Sigmund Freud to understanding people and to helping them. Which approach do you think is more useful in a social care setting? This essay will compare and contrast the differences between the works of Sigmund Freud and Carl Rogers and their approaches to understand people and to help them. It will look at the factors of Client centred therapy. It will also argue that Rogers’ humanistic approach is more useful in a social care setting
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The similarity between Beuer’s research on hypnosis treatment of hysteria and Freud’s findings on similar cases provide evidence that the symptoms that originate in patients with hysteria are normally remenants of previous experiences (Freud‚ 1910). Previously in one of my psychology electives I took‚ we learned about Pierre Janet and his theories of dissocation and resemblence of traumatic memories on the unconscious minds. Janet’s findings were similar of that Freud had found on hypnosis. Janet’s
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The therapeutic relationship is the relationship between a therapist and a client‚ who hopes to connect with one another for change in the client’s life. Gloria’s relationship with each therapist was different as the different aspects were giving. Her reaction was like she was a new person as she walks in with the same concept of being a single mother with a heavy burden. In her session with Dr. Rogers‚ Gloria was at easy and she had a warm atmosphere. In her session with Dr. Perls‚ Gloria was defensive
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Carl Rogers (1902-1987) was ‘the most influential psychologist in American history’ (Kirshenbaum‚ 1989:11). Since the study of personality began‚ personality theorists have offered a wide assortment of explanations about behaviour and about what constructs a person. Carl Rogers was the main originator of the ‘person centred’ approach‚ also referred to as the ‘nondirective’ or ‘client centred’ approach. This essay will offer a brief description about some of the main concepts in Carl Rogers’ person
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