Carl Rogers
Trusted people to find their own way.
Founder of person-centered therapy, who believed warmth, genuineness and unconditional acceptance let people heal themselves.
techniques
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Who they were
Carl Rogers moved the therapist out of the expert’s chair. He held that people carry their own capacity for growth, and that it flourishes in a relationship offering three things: unconditional positive regard, congruence and deep empathy. His quiet revolution made the quality of human connection itself the engine of change.
Famous books
What they left on the shelf
Terms they cared about
Ideas worth knowing
Their big idea
Person-Centered Theory
Carl Rogers held that people carry within them a natural drive toward growth, which unfolds when they are met with genuine warmth and acceptance. Offered unconditional positive regard, a person can soften the gap between who they are and who they feel they should be.
The approach they founded
Person-Centered Therapy
You hold your own answers. The therapist offers warmth, genuineness and deep acceptance so they can surface.
Questions in their spirit
What they’d ask you
Sit with one. Answer online, or in the app.
Carry the idea forward
Rogers — What they’d ask you
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.