On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

PART I. SPEAKING PERSONALLY 1 "This Is Me" PART II. HOW CAN I BE OF HELP 2 Some Hypotheses Regarding the Facilitation of Personal Growth 3 The Characteristics of a Helping Relationship 4 What We Know About Psychotherapy - Objectively and Subjectively PART III. THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A PERSON 5 Some of the Directions Evident in Therapy 6 What It Means to Become a Person 7 A Process Conception of Psychotherapy PART IV. A PHILOSOPHY OF PERSONS 8 "To Be That Self Which One Truly Is": A Therapist's View of Personal Goals 9 A Therapist's View of the Good Life: The Fully Functioning Person PART V. GETTING AT THE FACTS: THE PLACE OF RESEARCH IN PSYCHOTHERAPY 10 Persons or Science? A Philosophical Question 11 Personality Change in Psychotherapy 12 Client- Centered Therapy in the Context of Research PART VI. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR LIVING? 13 Personal Thoughts on Teaching and Learning 14 Significant Learning: In Therapy and Education 15 Student-Centered Teaching as Experienced by a Participant 16 The Implications of Client-centered Therapy for Family Life 17 Dealing with Breakdowns in Communication - Interpersonal and Intergroup 18 A Tentative Formulation of a General Law of Interpersonal Relationships 19 Towards a Theory of Creativity PART VII. THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND THE PERSON 20 The Growing Power of Behavioral Sciences 21 The Place of the Individual in the New World of the Behavioral Sciences Appendix. A Chronological Bibliography of the publications of Carl R. Rogers. 1930-1960.