Celebrating Carl Rogers: Motivational Interviewing and the Person-Centered Approach

The Application of Carl Rogers ' Person - Centered Learning Theory to Web - Based Instruction

This paper provides a review of literature that relates research on Carl Rogers' person-centered learning theory to Web-based learning. Based on the review of the literature, a set of criteria is described that can be used to determine how closely a Web-based course matches the different components of Rogers' person-centered learning theory. Using the criteria based on Rogers' learning theory a...

Classical person-centered and experiential perspectives on Rogers (1957).

Rogers (1957; see record 2007-14639-002) foreshadows the later development of the person-centered approach in North America and elsewhere. In this paper, the authors present contrasting perspectives on the legacy of this key paper. First, from the perspective of classical person-centered therapy, Freire describes the context for this key paper within the wider frame of Rogers' body of work and ...

Carl Rogers Client - Centred Therapy

Our thinking in this area has been influenced by the developments in therapeutic thinking in general, but particularly by the evolution of client-centered therapy. The client-centered orientation was, at first, characterized by a rather specific technique or method: the therapist consistently responded by “reflecting” the client’s feeling. This meant that the therapist avoided diagnosis and ded...

Motivational interviewing (patient-centered counseling) to address childhood obesity.

Motivational interviewing.

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a client-centered, directive therapeutic style to enhance readiness for change by helping clients explore and resolve ambivalence. An evolution of Rogers's person-centered counseling approach, MI elicits the client's own motivations for change. The rapidly growing evidence base for MI is summarized in a new meta-analysis of 72 clinical trials spanning a range o...