Carl Rogers, PhD

This week, ISOC published one of the most important and impactful articles written on the helping relationship (this includes the doctor-patient relationship). It is written by Carl Rogers, PhD.

Because of its' importance I have published it in the free articles on the ISOC site for people who do not subscribe to ISOC. Go to < http://www.spiritofcaring.com > and click on "Free Articles" in the upper left hand corner of the page.

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Here is an excerpt from Carl Rogers' article.

"I have long had a long strong conviction - some might say it was obsession - that therapeutic relationships are only a special instance of interpersonal relationships in general, and that the same lawfulness governs all such relationships. This was the theme I chose to work out for myself when I asked to give and address to the convention of the American Personnel and Guidance Association at St. Louis, in 1958."

"Evident in this paper is the dichotomy between the objective and the subjective which has been such an important part of my experience during recent years. I find it very difficult to give a paper, which is either wholly objective or wholly subjective. I like to bring the two worlds into close juxtaposition, even if I cannot fully reconcile them."