On Becoming a Person

Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement and a long-time advocate of client-centered therapy, has widely influenced the field of psychotherapy. His influence has spanned decades, but that influence has become so much a part of mainstream psychology that the ingenious nature of his work has almost been forgotten. For example, one of Dr. Rogers's most important discoveries was that people learn from their own experience, not necessarily from their therapists' interpretations. Under the influence of the "quick-fix" drug revolution, many people have come to expect short-term fixes for psychological problems instead of long-term psychotherapy.