The late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement, revolutionized psychotherapy with his concept of client-centered therapy. His influence has spanned decades, but that influence has become so much a part of mainstream psychology that the ingenious nature of his work has almost been forgotten. Houghton Mifflin introduces this preeminent psychologist to the next generation with a new edition of this landmark book.

Preface: To the Reader
Chapter 1. "This is Me"
Chapter 2. Some Hypotheses Regarding the Facilitation of Personal Growth
Chapter 3. The Characteristics of a Helping Relationship
Chapter 4. What We Know About Psychotherapy - Objectively and Subjectively
Chapter 5. Some of the Directions Evident in Therapy
Chapter 6. What It Means to Become a Person
Chapter 7. A Process Conception of Psychotherapy
Chapter 8. "To Be That Self Which One Truly Is": A Therapist's View of Personal Goals
Chapter 9. A Therapist's View of the Good Life: The Fully Functioning Person
Chapter 10. Persons or Science? A Philosophical Question
Chapter 11. Personality Change in Psychotherapy
Chapter 12. Client-Centered Therapy in its Context of Research
Chapter 13. Personal Thoughts on Teaching and Learning
Chapter 14. Significant Learning: In Therapy and in Education
Chapter 15. Student-Centered Teaching as Experienced by a Participant
Chapter 16. The Implications of Client-Centered Therapy for Family Life
Chapter 17. Dealing with Breakdowns in Communication - Interpersonal and Intergroup
Chapter 18. A Tentative Formulation of a General Law of Interpersonal Relationships
Chapter 19 Toward a Theory of Creativity
Chapter 20 The Growing Power of the Behavioral Sciences
Chapter 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
Acknowledgments
Index