On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy
by Carl Rogers
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Author: Carl RogersIntroduction: Peter D. Kramer M.D.
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1995-09-07
ISBN: 039575531X
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Mariner Books
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What is a person? When we think of ourselves, what is the self that we are thinking of? How do we define who we are? Aren't these some of the deepest questions humanity has been facing throughout history? These are the very questions Carl Rogers deals with in On Being a Person. In his essay "What it Means to Become a Person" he describes openness to experience, trust in ones organism, an internal locus of evaluation and willingness to be "a process," as the person who emerges in the healthy process of becoming a person.
Every step of the way Carl Rogers is refreshing, honest, open, even humble about his sweeping conclusions about humanity and personhood. I especially like Chapter 1 "This is Me," originally a talk retrospective of his own career that Rogers delivered at the Memorial Union at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. In this wonderful talk, Rogers describes the "learnings" acquired throughout his life and career. Just the very idea of a learning is in itself interesting. Others might describe the acquired wisdom as a teaching. Not Rogers, to him it is a learning, and theat concept implies receptivity, sensitivity and openness.
An example of a learning is this: "In my relationships with persons I have found that it does not help, in the long run to act as though I were something that I am not." He goes on to set forth fourteen total learnings, the last of which is: "Life at its best is a flowing, changing process in which nothing is fixed."
Here is an open, honest discussion of selfhood and personhood, the selves we strive to become. These are ideas we must return to again and again throughout our lives. Wow.
Summary of On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy
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.Psychoanalysis Books
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