Psychoanalysis

Running head : Personality Theory

Personality Theory

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Personality Theory

Carl Rogers , the Theorist

Carl Rogers , who was born January 8 , 1902 in Oak Park , Illinois , was an American psychologist who was one of the earliest contributors to the movement called phenomenology , which is more popularly known as client-centered therapy (Bott , 2001 Anderson , 2001 . In one of the suburbs of Chicago , Rogers was born to a father who was a successful civil engineer and a mother who was a devout Christian . His parents brought him

up in a rather strict manner and gave him loads of chores This upbringing caused Rogers to become an independent individual

Despite his religious upbringing , Rogers ' theory was , to a very large extent , influenced by the way his academic life has progressed Originally , he took up agriculture as his major in the University of Wisconsin . However , he later opted to study for the ministry and therefore changed his course and took religion instead . At this point Rogers confronted new experiences , such as his attendance in the six-month long World Student Christian Federation Conference ' in Beijing , which allegedly gave him a broader perspective and made him doubt some of his basic religious beliefs . This began the road to Rogers ' breaking away from religion . Another big factor in his life is his attendance in New York City 's Union Theological Seminary , and his consequent participation in a seminar entitled Why am I entering the ministry ' These successive events put a toll on Rogers ' religious conviction which made him turn towards psychology . Thus , Rogers took up clinical psychology in Columbia University , and there also later received his Ph .D . After this education , Rogers undertook clinical work at the Rochester Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children where he knew all about the theory espoused by Otto Rank , which finally led him to start developing his very own approach

Development of Rogers ' Theory

Rogers ' theory was formulated in the years between 1957 , when he returned to the University of Wisconsin to teach , and 1987 , when he died . At the time that Rogers joined the University 's faculty , there was a lot of conflict within the psychology department , causing him to become disillusioned with higher education . This disillusionment caused him to engage instead in clinical work which , in turn , led him to his development of his own theory

The theory was developed at a time when the world was developing and recovering from the impacts of World War II . In the United States those involved in the field of counseling psychology and psychotherapy research had been busy formulating processes which would best address various psychological situations . It is in this kind of intellectual activity that Rogers introduced his approach called client-centered therapy , which was a break away from specific therapy techniques prevalently used at the time (Bott , 2001

Client-Centered Therapy

Rogers ' clinical theory consists of a number of positive values he ascribes to human (Anderson , 2001 . Among the assumptions he made with respect to human nature...