The American Psychologist Carl Rogers
A special Health Check on the life and work of the American psychologist Carl Rogers; the man who revolutionised therapy and is said to be the father of counselling.
Claudia Hammond explores Carl Rogers' revolutionary approach to psychotherapy. Led by the client and not the therapist, his influence can be seen throughout the field today.
Claudia meets Rogers' daughter, Natalie Rogers, who has followed in her father's footsteps and developed Expressive Arts Person-Centred Therapy and hears more about the man from someone who worked with him; Maureen O'Hara of the National University at La Jolla. Richard McNally of Harvard University and Shirley Reynolds of Surrey University explain how far Rogers' influence extends today, and Claudia sees this for herself in a consulting room in downtown San Francisco, where she meets Person-Centred psychotherapist, Nina Utigaard.
Three Approaches to Psychotherapy (1965): film clips courtesy of Sharon K. Shostrom, Psychological & Educational Films.
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- Wed 2 Mar 201620:32GMTBBC World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East & UK DAB/Freeview only
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- Thu 3 Mar 201602:32GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
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- Thu 3 Mar 201613:32GMTBBC World Service Online & UK DAB/Freeview only
- Thu 3 Mar 201614:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa only
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