On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy by Carl Rogers

By Carl Rogers

The past due Carl Rogers, founding father of the humanistic psychology stream, revolutionized psychotherapy along with his idea of "client-centered therapy." His effect has spanned many years, yet that effect has turn into rather a lot part of mainstream psychology that the inventive nature of his paintings has virtually been forgotten. a brand new advent by means of Peter Kramer sheds gentle at the value of Dr. Rogers's paintings at the present time. New discoveries within the box of psychopharmacology, specially that of the antidepressant Prozac, have spawned a quick-fix drug revolution that has obscured the psychotherapeutic dating. because the pendulum slowly swings again towards an appreciation of the healing stumble upon, Dr. Rogers's "client-centered therapy" turns into relatively well timed and significant.

Show description

Read Online or Download On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy PDF

Similar psychotherapy books

Mastering Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy: A Roadmap to the Unconscious

Over twenty years, on continents, Robert J. Neborsky and Josette ten Have-de Labije have struggled to outline and ideal the healing tools of Habib Davanloo. among the 2 of them, they run lively education teams in San Diego, l. a., San Francisco, Washington, D. C. , London, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Scandinavia.

The Inner World of Trauma: Archetypal Defences of the Personal Spirit

Filenote: PDF retail from EBL Bookmarked TOC. curiously, the copyright web page basically has 1996, no different version or printing version pointed out. EBL catalog displaying ebook Date of 25 Febrary 2014.
Publish 12 months word: First released December 1st 1996
------------------------

This paintings is anxious with the psychoanalytic interpretation of trauma, with specific appreciate to the perspectives of Carl Gustav Jung, the pioneering pschoanalyst, who fascinated by the position of formative years reports within the improvement of a person's psyche.

Donald E. Kalsched attracts on his personal medical paintings, to teach the worth of Jung's insights into the internal international of the psyche in treating sufferers, particularly these struggling with a number of character ailment and post-traumatic pressure. whilst he proposes a few revisions to Jung's theories in accordance with the findings of researchers and clinicians coming near near the matter from diverse theoretical views comparable to item kin and self psychology

An Introduction to Counselling, 4th Edition

This bestseller offers a accomplished creation to the idea and perform of counselling and remedy. The publication has been completely up-to-date with new references and examples and now has info on themes similar to: Transactional research using ordinary atmosphere in counselling The contribution of arts-based methods Integrating thought into perform to aid readers, the writer has prolonged the advent to the e-book so as to define the goals of the ebook and clarify its constitution in order that this can be transparent to the reader from the outset.

The Woman Patient: Aggression, Adaptations, and Psychotherapy

This quantity keeps a number of the concerns raised in quantity 2 and fo­ cuses extra heavily on healing intervention. The theoretical discus­ sion of aggression presents a history for the presentation of pat­ terns of aggression and violence affecting ladies, in addition to attainable connections among actual and emotional signs and oblique expressions of aggression.

Extra info for On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

Sample text

Not all people who use drugs and alcohol to self-medicate become addicted. Also, not all people who use drugs or are addicted to drugs and alcohol are self-medicating. What is essential? The essential is to identify the self-medicating substance user/dependent. How is this done? This essential task is accomplished by a thorough examination with clients of their first experience with the drug and the benefits achieved with its use. PREDISPOSING FACTORS People who use drugs and alcohol to self-medicate are predisposed to this behavior.

There is a significant high rate of co-occurring substance-related disorders with women who have eating disorders. Forty percent of women with substance-related disorders report a history of eating disorders. This population also represents a group of women with an elevated risk of suicide. There is continuous investigation of this co-occurring population, with some possible relationships being explored: Substance use acts to service the eating disorder (amphetamines with anorexia and alcohol use with bulimia nervosa—purging type); do they occur concurrently or does one precede the other; or are they concurrent by nature?

People with dysthymia will usually report low energy levels, fatigue, low self-esteem, appetite issues, poor concentration, and sleep problems. ” They feel no “spark” or excitement to life. ” They are functional. They are engaged in vocational, occupational, relational, and social activities. Because of the chronicity and syntonic nature of this condition, people with dysthymia usually do not appear for counseling. indd 34 09/01/13 11:55 AM Predisposing Factors When they do appear for counseling, it is often because their “management strategy”—alcohol—has become problematic.

Download PDF sample

On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy by Carl Rogers
Rated 4.55 of 5 – based on 26 votes