Carl Rogers Person Centered Therapy

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studied. Person Centered Therapy was developed by Carl Rogers and indeed is something not only I find interesting but holds a bit of truth. Rogers believed that humans are good and have an innate drive to reach an optimal sense of ourselves and satisfaction with our lives. Ultimately I interpreted that as humans excessive search for happiness. Rogers argues that a people who grow up in environment in which they are given love and support as long as their behavior is ideal for that said environment, defined as conditional positive regard. Being punished for behaviors outside of the idea lead to withholding of love from parents causing alienation from our true selves when forced to behave ideally. What Rogers does is unconditional positive regard

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