b~ c~.. ~7~ A - i lllm On Becoming a Person A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy ( Carl R. Rogers, Ph.D. Western Behavioral Sciences Institute La ]olla, California ~IvIFBSIItAI~ IPf sAIl PAIKII P&CULIDJDE DE fltO$OrlA. CI[NCIAS E [.[TI~&S HouGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY.BOSTON b2C Copyright © 1961 by Carl IL Rogers All rights reserved including the right to reproduce this book or parts tbereo~ in any ior~n. " ¯ 01 Priu~d in the U. S. A. Contents Introduction To the Reader vfi PARTI SPr.AK~GP m~SONM.LY Chapter 1 "This is Me" 3 PARTII How CAN I B~ oF HELP? Chapter 2 SomeH ypotheses Regarding the Facilitation of / Personal Growth 31 " Chapter 3 The Characteristics of a Helping Relationship 39 Chapter 4 WhatW eK nowA bout Psychotherapy--Ob- jectively and Subjectively 59 PARTm , TH~ PRocms or BECOMINGa PF.RSON Chapter Y Someo f the Directions Evident in Therapy 73 Chapter What It Meanst o Becomea Person 107 Chapter 7 A Process Conception of Psychotherapy 125 C.ox-’rm¢~ PARTIV A PHILOSOPOHFYP ERSONS "To Be That Self WhichO ne Truly Is": A Therapist’s Viewo f Personal Goals 163 A Therapist’s View of the GoodI ~e: The J Fully Functioning Person 183 PARTV GEl"rinG AT THE FACTS: ThE PLACEo~ RESr~CHm PsYcao’m~ Chapter 10 Persons or Science? A Philosophical Question 199 Chapter 11 Personality Change in Psychotherapy 225 Chapter 12 Client-Centerec] Therapy in its Context of Re- search ~ 243 PARTV I WHAT ARg T~IE IMPLIO~TIONS YOR L~Q? Chapter 13 Personal Thoughts on Teaching and Learning 273 Chapter 14 Signlficantcation Learning: In Therapy and in Edu- 279 Cbapter lS Student-Centered Teaching as Experienced by a Participant 297 Chapter 16 The Implications of Client-centered Therapy for Family Life 314 Chapter 17 Dealing with Breakdownsin Communication --Interpersonal and Intergroup 329 Chapter 1// A Tentative Formulation of a General Lawo f Interpersonal Relationships 338 Chapter 19 Toward a Theory of Creativity 347 ¯ Co~ PARTV II THEB ~AVma~SLco nCESA ND~ lh~o~ Chapter 20 The GrowingP owero f the Behavioral Sciences 363 Chapter 21 The Place of the Individual in the NewW orld 384 of the Behavioral Sciences Appendix A Chronological Bibliography of the publica- 403 tions of Carl R. Rogers. 1930-1960. 413 Acknowledgments 415 Index