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Carl Rogers, born on January 8, 1902 and died on February 4, 1987, was an influential American psychologist and one of the founders of humanistic psychology. He is best known for his client-centered approach to therapy, emphasizing the importance of self-actualization for individuals. Rogers' theories and methods have had a profound impact on modern psychology.

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“In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?”

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Book:On becoming a person: a therapist's view of psychotherapy

Source: On becoming a person: a therapist's view of psychotherapy

“I have come to think that one of the most satisfying experiences I know — and also one of the most growth-promoting experiences for the other person — is just fully to appreciate this individual in the same way that I appreciate a sunset.”

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Author:Carl Rogers

“We can choose to use our growing knowledge to enslave people in ways never dreamed of before, depersonalizing them, controlling them by means so carefully selected that they will perhaps never be aware of their loss of personhood.”

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Book:On becoming a person: a therapist's view of psychotherapy

Source: On becoming a person: a therapist's view of psychotherapy

“Don't be the ammunition wagon, be the rifle... knowledge exists primarily for use.”

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Author:Carl Rogers

“If the time comes when our culture tires of the endless homicidal feuds, despairs of the use of force and war as a means of bringing peace, becomes discontent with the half-lives that its members are living - only then will our culture seriously look for alternatives.”

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Book:A Way of Being

Source: A Way of Being

“The sense of community does not arise out of collective movement, nor from conforming to some group direction. Quite the contrary. Each individual tends to use the opportunity to become all that he or she can become. Separateness and diversity - the uniqueness of being "me" - are experienced”

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Book:A Way of Being

Source: A Way of Being

About the Author

Born: January 8, 1902
Died: February 4, 1987
Known for: Psychologist
Quotes: 105

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