How Did Carl Rogers Contribute To Psychology
CP Psychology
Period 2 November 12, 2013
Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers was a highly intelligent man. Rogers was a humanistic psychologist who was also known as a therapist. His work is well known and is basically a combination of all the theories and techniques made up by many psychologists that he was inspired by. His style of therapy was admired and used by most therapists all around. Rogers was born on January 8, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois. Oak Park is a suburb in Chicago. He was the fourth of six children; his mother was a strict Christian and a housewife while his father was a very successful civil engineer. Carl Rogers was able to read before he got to kindergarten so that allowed him to begin his education in the second grade. When he was 12, Rogers and …show more content…
During his studies he realized that agriculture wasn’t his thing so he switched his major to religion to study for the ministry. Rogers was doing so well in his studies of religion that he was selected along with nine other students to go to Beijing for the “World Student Christian Federation Conference.” Rogers got to study there for six months. After all of the time that he spent in Beijing he began to doubt some of his basic religious views. Rogers graduated from University of Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in history. After Rogers graduated he married his long term girlfriend Helen Elliot against his parents’ wishes. Later on in life Carl and Helen had two children a son and a daughter. Carl and Helen then moved to New York City after their wedding, Rogers began attending the Union Theological Seminary. The Union Theological Seminary was a famous liberal religious institution. Rogers took a student organized seminar called, “Why am I entering the ministry?”. Shortly after that class his interest in learning more about religion faded away
Period 2 November 12, 2013
Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers was a highly intelligent man. Rogers was a humanistic psychologist who was also known as a therapist. His work is well known and is basically a combination of all the theories and techniques made up by many psychologists that he was inspired by. His style of therapy was admired and used by most therapists all around. Rogers was born on January 8, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois. Oak Park is a suburb in Chicago. He was the fourth of six children; his mother was a strict Christian and a housewife while his father was a very successful civil engineer. Carl Rogers was able to read before he got to kindergarten so that allowed him to begin his education in the second grade. When he was 12, Rogers and …show more content…
During his studies he realized that agriculture wasn’t his thing so he switched his major to religion to study for the ministry. Rogers was doing so well in his studies of religion that he was selected along with nine other students to go to Beijing for the “World Student Christian Federation Conference.” Rogers got to study there for six months. After all of the time that he spent in Beijing he began to doubt some of his basic religious views. Rogers graduated from University of Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in history. After Rogers graduated he married his long term girlfriend Helen Elliot against his parents’ wishes. Later on in life Carl and Helen had two children a son and a daughter. Carl and Helen then moved to New York City after their wedding, Rogers began attending the Union Theological Seminary. The Union Theological Seminary was a famous liberal religious institution. Rogers took a student organized seminar called, “Why am I entering the ministry?”. Shortly after that class his interest in learning more about religion faded away