PSYCH 2B03 Lecture 14: Psych 2BO3 Lecture 14 Carl Rogers Self Theory
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Therapeutic changes expresses feelings more freely without fearing rejection or withdrawal. Better able to detect incongruence between self-concept and experiences: when positive regard is unconditional, the individual is more free to explore what they think and feel, without the ideal self telling them what they should be thinking. They get better at experiencing these incongruencies without distorting them. They can go back in their memory to inconsistent thoughts. They can bring these things back into the phenomenal eld. The point of psychotherapy is to be who we are and to be comfortable with that. In order to live a good life we should ignore other people and follow our own inner compass - similar to jung and maslow. This can be dif cult when parents and other authorities have a say. Rogers believe the only motive is self-actualizing, similar to fully functioning - someone on the right path to optimal self-actualization.