top of page
Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers was an American psychologist whose approach and view of the psychological transformation of an individual is indispensable in the field of psychotherapy. Rogers had an atypical course of education: from agricultural studies, then seminary, over time he discovered that psychology and the field of psychotherapy were what interested him the most.
In psychology, Rogers' name is associated with CLIENT-ORIENTED THERAPY, that is, a non-directive approach in psychotherapy. A non-directive approach means that the psychotherapist, through active listening and asking questions, leaves room for the person to accept their feelings, thoughts and behaviors.
From the experience of counseling work, he highlighted the psychotherapist-client relationship as an important topic and what qualities a relationship that helps another person should have. Rogers believed that if the psychotherapist shows that he accepts the client, he creates the kind of relationship that is supportive and as such leads to positive change. He emphasized that it is important that another person can see the psychotherapist as a person worthy of trust, reliable and consistent; that it is important for the therapist to respect his and the client's feelings; to leave the other person free to be who they are; to behave in such a way that the client does not perceive him as a threat; to be able to empathize with another and to "enter fully into another person's world of feelings and meanings and perceive them as the person sees them." (Rogers, 1961)
In his theory, Rogers states that a person in the psychotherapy process should not be viewed as an immutable personality or as a classified disorder, but as an individual who is in the process of formation and thus contributes to the person realizing his potential. .
In the book "How to become a person" he states: "I think I have learned from my clients, as well as from my own experience, that we cannot change, that we cannot go beyond who we are, until we fully accept who we are . The change then comes almost imperceptibly."
bottom of page