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    Carl Rogers was an influential American psychologist who developed client-centered therapy. He believed that all organisms have an innate tendency to actualize and enhance themselves. However, society can interfere with this actualization process by imposing conditions of worth, leading to incongruence between a person's real and ideal selves. This incongruence causes anxiety and threats to the self, which people defend against using denial or distortion. For some, the defenses become overwhelmed, resulting in a shattered sense of self and psychosis. Rogers developed non-directive and later client-centered therapy, focused on congruence, empathy, and respect, to help people achieve self-actualization.

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    Carl Rogers was an influential American psychologist who developed client-centered therapy. He believed that all organisms have an innate tendency to actualize and enhance themselves. However, society can interfere with this actualization process by imposing conditions of worth, leading to incongruence between a person's real and ideal selves. This incongruence causes anxiety and threats to the self, which people defend against using denial or distortion. For some, the defenses become overwhelmed, resulting in a shattered sense of self and psychosis. Rogers developed non-directive and later client-centered therapy, focused on congruence, empathy, and respect, to help people achieve self-actualization.

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    Carl Rogers: An Insight

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    Carl Rogers was an influential American psychologist who developed client-centered therapy. He believed that all organisms have an innate tendency to actualize and enhance themselves. However, society can interfere with this actualization process by imposing conditions of worth, leading to incongruence between a person's real and ideal selves. This incongruence causes anxiety and threats to the self, which people defend against using denial or distortion. For some, the defenses become overwhelmed, resulting in a shattered sense of self and psychosis. Rogers developed non-directive and later client-centered therapy, focused on congruence, empathy, and respect, to help people achieve self-actualization.

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    Carl Rogers

    An Insight

    "The organism has one basic tendency and striving - to actualize, maintain, and enhance the experiencing organism

    Born January 8, 1902 Oak Park, Illinois

    Isolated, Independent and Self-disciplined


    University of Wisconsin Majors in Agriculture

    Switched to Religion to study for the Ministry


    Attended Conferences - Broadened thinking Began to doubt basic religious views

    Religions loss - Psychologys Gain

    Clinical psychology program of Columbia University Received Ph.D. -1931 Began clinical work - Rochester Society for the

    Prevention of Cruelty to Children


    1942- First book Counselling and Psychotherapy 1945- Counselling centre at University of Chicago

    1951- Major work Client-Centered Therapy -Basic


    Theory

    Single Force of life - The Actualizing Tendency Built-in motivation present in every life-form to develop its potentials to the fullest extent possible

    Creatures strive to make the very best of their


    existence

    Clinical Simple Applies to all living creatures unlike Maslows Ecosystem Complex Vs Simple- Forest Vs

    Corn Field Flexible

    Society and Culture Interferes with Actualisation Birds of Paradise Papua New Guinea

    Actualisation

    Society

    Organismic Valuing

    Conditions of Worth
    Conditional Positive Regard Conditional SelfRegard Ideal Self

    Positive Regard

    Positive Self-Regard

    Real Self Incongruence = Neurosis

    Incongruence= Neurosis

    Threatening Situations

    Anxiety

    Shattered Self (Psychosis)

    Increased Incongruence

    Defenses

    Real Self: What one WANTS to be! Ideal Self: What one SHOULD be according to the society!

    REAL SELF IDEAL SELF


    INCONGRUITY

    ANXIETY
    Incongruity leads to a THREATENING situation

    This further leads to Anxiety


    To Avoid, one takes the Psychological Escape Route How ?? By Defenses
    DENIAL PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION

    PSYCHOSIS
    Defences Overwhelmed Psychotic Sense of self becomes "shattered breaks"

    Words make little sense


    Emotions are inappropriate Loses the ability to differentiate Self and Non-self Disoriented and passive

    Openness to Experience Existential Living Organismic Trusting

    Experiential Freedom
    Creativity

    Initially Non-Directive therapy

    Changed to Client-Centered therapy


    Rogerian therapy -Supportive,

    not reconstructive

    Concept of Reflection Ingredients for a successful therapist Congruence, Empathy, Respect

    A Presentation by
    Nikhil Mathew U112092 S.Subramanian U112104 Sreenesh L Bhat U112113 Yogesh Puneeth U112120

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