Carl Rogers Essay

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Carl Rogers Personality Theory Carl Rogers Personality Theory There are those that disagree with Carl Roger's personality theory. I am a supporter of his personality theory. Carl Roger's personality theory is used by many helping professionals in the application of “Skills and Techniques, Communication, Basic Problem-Solving, Ethnic Diversity and Establishing and Using the Helping Relationship”. This essay will provide a brief biography on Carl Roger’s and how his personality theory is used by helping professionals today. Carl Rogers was born January 8, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois a suburb of Chicago. He came from a family of six children. The mother was a housewife and a devout Christian, and the father was a civil engineer. One can say that Carl Rogers came from a stable American family. When Carl was an adolescent the family moved to a farm about 30 miles from Chicago. Carl was required to do his share of chores, he had a strict upbringing. Life on the farm taught Carl to be independent and self disciplined. After the farm, Carl Rogers attended the University of Wisconsin where he studied Agriculture. He later switches his major to religion with intentions of becoming a minister. After graduation he married Helen Elliot. His career as a minister was brief. He then turned his attention to Psychology which he studied at Columbia University; he received his Ph. D in 1931. Carl Rogers can be considered a common, religious man. In Roger’s client center theory, the therapist conveys empathy, acceptance, and unconditional support rather than providing specific interpretations or guidance, (Grumman. 2011). Carl Rogers’s theory involves the client more in the treatment plan. Before Roger’s theory it was more like the therapist telling the client that this was how it is, rather than including input from the client in their treatment plan.
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