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If anyone is reading, I'm trying to track down the seminal quote: "Only in the face of unconditional positive regard can change occur" by Rogers or one of his disciples. It's probably the best way to sum up Rogerian psychotherapy, IMHO, and would make a nice addition... if I knew where to cite it. siafu 23:33, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I believe that I heard this statement by Rogers in a Doco that was made in the sixties. A women named 'Gloria' was interviewed by Rogers and others, using different theories and styles. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.233.88.228 (talk • contribs) 04:07, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Calling Carl Rogers work "Human Centred PSYCHOTHERAPY" 2 Copyright issue 3 Therapy 4 Phenomenology section

[edit] Calling Carl Rogers work "Human Centred PSYCHOTHERAPY"

I think this is doing the man a disjustice as "PSYCHOTHERAPY" is the Freudian term and Carl Rogers work is much more real-life (if you like) than the freudian example.

Thus this should be renamed "Human Centered Counselling" or "Human Centered" Therapy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.93.21.103 (talk • contribs) 00:25, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Hardly. Psychotherapy is the common term for all methods. Perhaps you are thinking of psychoanalysis, which does have a specifically Freudian connotation. siafu 02:19, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright issue

This article takes whole paragraphs from my article at http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/rogers.html, which is copyrighted. I am not fussy about it, but the quotations should either be referenced or rewritten! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.82.216.178 (talk • contribs) 21:00, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Therapy

Someone included this text, which refers to his view on therapy, under the section Psychopathology which is a section describing his view on psychopathology:

Carl Rogers believed that in therapy we must set the stage for personal developement. There must be empathy, acceptance, and genuineness toward our ideal and real self. There were five ways that Rogers would and could respond to people. 1st is the Evaluative Response were you place a value judgement on the person's feelings. 2nd is the Interpretive Response when you tell the person what they are really thinking or feeling. 3rd is the Reassuring Response when you tell the person not to worry about something and that something good may come of your worries or problems. 4th is the Probing Response when you ask what the problem really is. 5th is the signature Reflective Response when you repeat and capture how someone is feeling.

There is a separate page devoted to the Person-centered psychotherapy and if this text is going to go anywhere it should probably go there (the first two sentences are covered in that page). Added to that the 'five ways' referred to should have a reference.

Matthew 13:43, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Someone has added this section again. It has to do with his technique and so it is better positioned under Person-centered psychotherapy which is a page about his therapy (see above). It also has no references in the section at all. It is essential that info added to an encyclopedia has info about where it is sourced. See Wikipedia:Footnotes.

Reflective Response Approach

Evaluative Response-Taking a valued approach to a person's feelings, and assuring them that their feelings towards the situation aren't true.

Interpretive Response-Reading between the lines and finding out why the person is truly upset. It may be another matter that has happened earlier in their life that they have been presented to again after a recent event.

A reassuring response-Assuring the person that this has happened before, and re-enforcing that the person can't allow this to bother them.

A problem response-Asking what it is that truly bothers you about the problem, when it has been made clear that it isn't the person that is the problem.

A reflective response-Observing how the person feels about the situation at the moment and working with those feelings.

Matthew 11:34, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Phenomenology section

I have moved this section out to a page on its own since it is a concept broader than its application to Rogers' theory. I have created a link to that new page in the text (Section: His Theory) and the See also section.

Matthew 09:11, 6 November 2006 (UTC)