The Rogerian Approach to Counseling Theory
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In order to outline and explain the Rogerian approach to counseling theory I will first look at how Rogers came to research. his approach. with reference to his background and interests; I will then go on to trace the development of his theory from the motivational drives in man through to the cause of psychological tension, covering his theory of personality development, and on to how he researched and developed a therapeutic environment in which this tension can be dissolved.
Carl Rogers was a psychologist in America. He was part of the Human Potential Movement that happened around the middle of this century, and the founder of humanistic psychology. The Human Potential Movement was greatly influenced by the Existential approach believing that "Man's wholeness is to be sought through direct experience rather than analytical reflection" (Kovel 199.1:154), and so was in opposition to the......

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