A Way of Being

420 Pages·1995·43.69 MB·English

by  Carl R. Rogers

ONBECOMING A PERSON
The author of
andfounder ofthe human potential movement
expands his ideas on personalgrowth
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Acknowledgmentsbeginonpage377.
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Rogers, CarlRansom, date
Awayofbeing.
Includesbibliographiesandindex.
1. Humanisticpsycholog)-. 1. Title.
BF204.R64 150'.19 80-20275
ISBN0-395-29915-2
ISBN0-395-30067-3pbk.
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CoverandpartopeningcalligraphybyJeanEvans.
PartopeningabstractartbyToniaNoell-Roberts.
Contents
Introduction vii
PARTI: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
AND PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 1: Experiences in Communication 5
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Chapter 2: Philosophy ofInterpersonal
Relationships and How It Grew 27
Chapter 3: In Retrospect: Forty-Six Years 46
Chapter 4: Growing Old: Or Older and
Growing? 70
Chapter 5: Do We Need ''A'' Reality? 96
PART ASPECTS OF A PERSON-CENTERED
II:
APPROACH
Chapter 6: The Foundations ofa
Person-CenteredApproach 113
Chapter 7: Empathic: An Unappreciated Way
ofBeing 137
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Chapter 8: Ellen West And Loneliness 164
Chapter 9: Building Person-Centered
Communities: The Implicationsfor the Future 181
Chapter 10: Six Vignettes 207
Chapter 11: Some New Challenges to the
Helping Professions 235
CONTENTS
vi
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PART THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION
III:
AND ITS FUTURE
Chapter 12: Can Learning Encompass both Ideas
and Feelings? 263
Chapter 13: Beyond the Watershed: And
Where Now? 292
Chapter 14: Learnings in Large Groups:
Their Implicationsfor the Future 316
PART IV: LOOKING AHEAD: A PERSON-CENTERED
SCENARIO
Chapter 15: The World ofTomorrow,
and the Person ofTomorrow 339
Appendix: A Chronological Bibliography ofthe
Publications ofCarl R. Rogers, 1930-1980 357
Acknowledgments 377
Index 381