Carl Rogers Research Paper
Carl Rogers and Person Centered Counseling
Cheri Burns
Theories of Personality, Psy 330
Brandy Goldston
August 17, 2009
Introduction
Carl Rogers, (1902-1987), was an American psychologist who developed person-centered therapy. This type of humanistic counseling deals with the ways in which people perceive themselves consciously rather than having a counselor try to interpret unconscious thoughts or ideas. There are many different components and tools used in person-centered counseling, including active listening, genuineness, paraphrasing, and more. The real point is that the client already has the answers to the problems and the job of the counselor is to listen without making any judgments, without giving advice, and simply help the client feel accepted and …show more content…
and Snygg, Donald (1949), Individual Behavior: A New Frame of Reference for Psychology. NY: Harper & Brothers. This text sets forth the fundamental aspects of the phenomenological system and is devoted to an exploration of some of the most important implications for applied psychology. It discusses the relation of a phenomenological system to more traditional points of view such as Carl Rogers.
Haggbloom, S. J., Warnick, R., Warnick, J. E., Jones, V. K., Yarbrough, G. L., Russell, T. M., Borecky, C. M., McGahhey, R., Powell III, J. L., Beaves, K. J., and Monte, E. (2002). The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century. Review of General Psychology. 6(2), 139–215.
Haggbloom et al. combined 3 quantitative variables: citations in professional journals, citations in textbooks, and nominations in a survey given to members of the Association for Psychological Science, with 3 qualitative variables (converted to quantitative scores): National Academy of Science (NAS) membership, American Psychological Association (APA) President and/or recipient of the APA Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award, and surname used as an eponym. Then the list was rank
Cheri Burns
Theories of Personality, Psy 330
Brandy Goldston
August 17, 2009
Introduction
Carl Rogers, (1902-1987), was an American psychologist who developed person-centered therapy. This type of humanistic counseling deals with the ways in which people perceive themselves consciously rather than having a counselor try to interpret unconscious thoughts or ideas. There are many different components and tools used in person-centered counseling, including active listening, genuineness, paraphrasing, and more. The real point is that the client already has the answers to the problems and the job of the counselor is to listen without making any judgments, without giving advice, and simply help the client feel accepted and …show more content…
and Snygg, Donald (1949), Individual Behavior: A New Frame of Reference for Psychology. NY: Harper & Brothers. This text sets forth the fundamental aspects of the phenomenological system and is devoted to an exploration of some of the most important implications for applied psychology. It discusses the relation of a phenomenological system to more traditional points of view such as Carl Rogers.
Haggbloom, S. J., Warnick, R., Warnick, J. E., Jones, V. K., Yarbrough, G. L., Russell, T. M., Borecky, C. M., McGahhey, R., Powell III, J. L., Beaves, K. J., and Monte, E. (2002). The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century. Review of General Psychology. 6(2), 139–215.
Haggbloom et al. combined 3 quantitative variables: citations in professional journals, citations in textbooks, and nominations in a survey given to members of the Association for Psychological Science, with 3 qualitative variables (converted to quantitative scores): National Academy of Science (NAS) membership, American Psychological Association (APA) President and/or recipient of the APA Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award, and surname used as an eponym. Then the list was rank