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A 7 page research paper that addresses the work of American clinical psychologist, Carl Rogers, who originated client-centered therapy, which is based on the belief that individuals‹rather then environment or subconscious drives‹can control their choices and values and fulfill their own unique potential. Rogers' theory stresses that it is the individual's own comprehension of his or her own experiences that is important, rather then the therapist's professional interpretation of these experiences. The writer discusses Rogers' approach to therapy, influences on the development of his theory, and Rogers' basic philosophy toward personality development. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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the individuals own comprehension of his or her own experiences that is important, rather then the therapists professional interpretation of these experiences. This concept differentiated Rogers from his predecessors in
the field of psychology. Biographical detail and Early influences on Rogers Carl Ransom Rogers was born on January 8 in 1902 in a suburb of Chicago. Thanks to his fathers
success as an engineer, his family was solidly middle class and he was able to attend college. While attending graduate studies at the Union Theological Seminary, he recognized that the
"approach to religious education," which he had formulated, had the "potential for achieving social progress" and that, also, this approach was actually inimical to religion (Gordon, Feb 1997, p. 7).
This led Rogers to leave the seminary and enroll at Teachers College as a student in clinical and educational psychology (Gordon, Feb 1997). While at Teachers College, Rogers was
influenced by E.L. Thorndike, who was a leading figure in the development of testing for the army that was highly significant towards the development of intelligence tests by psychologists (Gordon,
Feb 1997). Another figure at Teachers College that influenced Rogers was John Dewey. At that time the Teachers College was the international
center for the "dissemination of Deweys educational philosophy" (Gordon, Feb 1997, p. 7). Rogers did not have direct contact with Dewey, but rather was exposed to Deweys philosophy thought the
lecture of William H. Kilpatrick. Gordon (Feb 1997) asserts that it is possible to identify key themes from Dewey in Rogers later works on therapy (p. 7). For example, Deweys
educational theory stressed the significance of experience as the basic material from which one learns (Gordon, Feb 1997). In the 1940s, Rogers broke away from a psychoanalytic approach to
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