Abstract

BRANCO, Paulo Coelho Castelo. Analysis of Carl Rogers' personality and psychotherapy theories. Gerais, Rev. Interinst. Psicol. [online]. 2022, vol.15, n.1, pp. 1-21. ISSN 1983-8220.  http://dx.doi.org/10.36298/gerais202215e17445.

This article aims to analyze the personality and psychotherapy Rogerian theories. Initially, it problematizes that they are the basis of client-centered therapy and are contained in works of Carl Rogers without current circulation in Brazil, generating a scattered access to these ideas. Then, it synthesizes nineteen propositions about the structuring, destructuring, and restructuring of personality. Furthermore, it deepens six conditions understood by Rogers as necessary and sufficient for personality change, articulating them with the mentioned propositions. Finally, it discusses that in the person-centered approach: the personality ceases to be the clinical interventions focus; and these conditions are still necessary, but not always sufficient, pointing other conditions that could supplement the therapeutic relationship. It concludes that Rogers' legacy goes beyond facilitating attitudes and recommends revisions of other theories.

Keywords : Carl Rogers; Personality; Psychotherapy; Personality Theory; Client Centered Therapy.

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