Carl Rogers
SchoolHumanistic Psychology
Lived1902 – 1987
FromUnited States
Humanistic Psychology

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.

3 terms 2 techniques 3 books
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
— Carl Rogers

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

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.

All questions

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.