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Carl Ransom Rogers

Videos & Podcasts

Saybrook University. 1960. Conversation with Carl Rogers: The Therapeutic Process as Experienced by the Client.

UCLA Comm studies. 1967. Carl Rogers speaking at UCLA on 4/3/1967.

Bert Western. 1974. Carl Rogers's Lecture on Empathy.

Person-Centered Approach Videos. 1977. Carl Rogers Counsels an Individual on Hurt and Angers.

PhycotherapyNET. 1985. Carl Rogers on Person-Centered Therapy.

Saybrook University. Interviews. 1960. A Conversation with Carl Rogers: The Job of a Therapist. Saybrook University.

Personal-Centered Approach Videos. 1972. Carl Rogers on Marriage: An Interview with Jane and Jerry.

Saybrook University. Interviews.1983. Carl Rogers: The Conversation. Saybrook University.

Carl Ransom Rogers

Recommended books

The Carl Rogers Reader

Howard Kirschenbaum

1989, Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. (source)

Carl Rogers

Brian Thorne

1992, London: Sage. (source)

Carl Rogers. A Critical Biography

David Cohen

1997, London: Constable. (source)

The Life and Work of Carl Rogers

Howard Kirschenbaum

2007, American Counseling Association. (source)

Reflections on Rogers

David Baker

2012, Association for Psychological Science. (source)

A Backdrop for Psychotherapy

Catriel Fierro

2021, Carl R. Rogers, Psychological Testing, and the Psycho-educational Clinic at Columbia University's Teachers College (1924–1935). History of Psychology. (source)

Place in HLT

Carl Rogers’ clinical practice drew on such diverse sources as Otto Rank and John Dewey (the latter through the influence of W. H. Kilpatrick – a former student of Dewey’s). This mix of influences – and Carl Rogers’ ability to link elements together – helps to put into context his later achievements. The concern with opening up to, and theorising from experience, the concept of the human organism as a whole entity and the belief in the possibilities of human action all have their parallels in the work of John Dewey. Carl Rogers was able to join these together with therapeutic insights and the belief, born out of his practice experience, that the client usually knows better how to proceed than the therapist. Best known for his contribution to client-centred therapy and his role in the development of counselling, Rogers also had much to say about education and group work.

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