- Paperback: 420 pages
- Publisher: Constable (1 Aug 1977)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0094604401
- ISBN-13: 978-0094604407
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.8 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 97,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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106 of 112 people found the following review helpful
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Carl Roger's is one of the few theorists who you feel you really get to know through his writing, this book is no exception and helped me so much when I was training to become a counsellor. Roger's writes with ease and this book is essential for those trying to understand the importance of the Core Conditions to the therapeutic relationship. My copy is tattered now, read often and borrowed by many!
172 of 183 people found the following review helpful
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This was one of the first books I read when doing my course work in counselling skills training. It was easy to read, and understand what Carl Rogers was trying to get over about the need for the Core Conditions in the building of a therapeutic relationship. I felt it was more of an autobiography than a training manual, as reading it gave a small insight into how Roger's told of his own personal growth and how everyone can live life to their own maximum potential if they want to.
35 of 37 people found the following review helpful
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This book by Carl Rogers on client-centered therapy may lack the drama, the force or the cleverness associated with some books on other forms of psychotherapy. What it doesn't seem to lack is a quiet wisdom that flowed from Rogers' many years of experience and sensitivity to his patients.
Despite some redundancy, being a collection of papers and presentations from Rogers over many years, "On Becoming A Person":
1) presents a branch of psychotherapy distinct from psychoanalysis and learning theories as well as from behaviorism, focused more on basically well people growing than on helping disturbed people get better.
2) is rooted in Roger's positive view of human nature as basically good and constructive, as he discovered in encounters with his patients. Roger's emphasis on empathic understanding, on not imposing theoretical speculations about the clients state of mind and on avoiding forceful interference would seem to avoid some of the abuses associated with some other psychotherapies.
3) presents ideas about the helping relationship that Rogers extended from psychotherapy into other areas such as education. Rogers's nondirective approach suggested to him the possibility of a progressive education free of examinations, of grades, of conclusions, and even of teachers.
4) despite its "fuzziness", Rogers does present some experimental evidence in favor of client-centered therapy as compared to those based on learning theory and behaviorism.
5) Rogers' shows appreciation of the growing power of the behavioral sciences but expresses concern less this science, like other sciences, becomes manipulated by politicians to the detriment of people. He basically wonders, if a culture is to be designed, as Skinner had suggested, what safeguards there are on the designer.
Rogers may seem too rosy and to be cherry-picking his results. The kind of measurements he presents, such as a psychological test measuring "changes in the self" based on self reporting may seem too fuzzy. How long it takes, compared to other available approaches, to get effective change seems not to have been a primary consideration for Rogers and may explain the rise of more recent approaches like Cognitive Therapy and Constructive Living. As a lay person, I respect the humane treatment Rogers recommended toward those entering psychotherapy as clients.
A major contribution by Rogers seems to be his recognition that his clients were not objects to do things to but rather fellow people whose experience he could share in.
Despite some redundancy, being a collection of papers and presentations from Rogers over many years, "On Becoming A Person":
1) presents a branch of psychotherapy distinct from psychoanalysis and learning theories as well as from behaviorism, focused more on basically well people growing than on helping disturbed people get better.
2) is rooted in Roger's positive view of human nature as basically good and constructive, as he discovered in encounters with his patients. Roger's emphasis on empathic understanding, on not imposing theoretical speculations about the clients state of mind and on avoiding forceful interference would seem to avoid some of the abuses associated with some other psychotherapies.
3) presents ideas about the helping relationship that Rogers extended from psychotherapy into other areas such as education. Rogers's nondirective approach suggested to him the possibility of a progressive education free of examinations, of grades, of conclusions, and even of teachers.
4) despite its "fuzziness", Rogers does present some experimental evidence in favor of client-centered therapy as compared to those based on learning theory and behaviorism.
5) Rogers' shows appreciation of the growing power of the behavioral sciences but expresses concern less this science, like other sciences, becomes manipulated by politicians to the detriment of people. He basically wonders, if a culture is to be designed, as Skinner had suggested, what safeguards there are on the designer.
Rogers may seem too rosy and to be cherry-picking his results. The kind of measurements he presents, such as a psychological test measuring "changes in the self" based on self reporting may seem too fuzzy. How long it takes, compared to other available approaches, to get effective change seems not to have been a primary consideration for Rogers and may explain the rise of more recent approaches like Cognitive Therapy and Constructive Living. As a lay person, I respect the humane treatment Rogers recommended toward those entering psychotherapy as clients.
A major contribution by Rogers seems to be his recognition that his clients were not objects to do things to but rather fellow people whose experience he could share in.
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Excellent insight into Person-Centred Counselling.
I purchased this book as it was on the recommended reading list of the Basic Counselling Skills Course I was attending. Read more
Published 9 days ago by SamanthaD
On Becoming a Person
A must read for anyone who is studying to be a counsellor or psychotherapist or for anyone who is concerned with personal development and growth. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Robert J. Arthur
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I received this book very promptly. Its a classic I have had in the past which keeps being loaned out and never returned - Thank You
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A hippy testament to intrapersonal intelligence and constructive...
A book that outlines the processes of achieving personal efficacy and interpersonal skills as a state of receiving others, in order to truly become the Self that is (to use Rogers... Read more
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On becoming a person
Excellent book, highly relevant for anyone interested in person centred counselling. Easy to read and understand.
Published 20 months ago by badlydrawnmum
Repetition, Repetition, Repetition
I'm halfway through this book and I think I've read the same points re. the required qualities of an effective 'client-centred' therapist and the qualities of a healthily... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Irini Kosmo
Highly recommended!
Rogers writes about how people work in the intercept between psychology and pedagogics, and he does so in a highly accessible, personal and entertaining manner. Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2010 by Neleh
On becoming a person
With a title like this I am looking forward to reading it. It was on a recomended list for a course I am taking so I was pleased that it arrived in good time.
Published on 26 Feb 2010 by Ms. S. Findlay
reading rogers
good book but can be a little hard to take in,i am a first year student studying a BA in humanistic counselling i find reference books a lot easier to understand at the moment.
Published on 19 Dec 2009 by Dexter P. Mclaughlin
Be prepared for change
On becoming a person is not just a book, it is classic. I have now completed reading it for the fifth time, why I am not entirely sure, but it keeps luring me back every 18 months,... Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2009 by Mr. A. W. Blackwell
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