The quote from Carl Rogers above highlights an important point: the success of this form of therapy rests on the extremely important connection between the client and therapist. Carl R. Rogers, Ph.D. Excerpts reprinted with permission of the author. If this relationship is not marked by trust, authenticity, and mutual positive feelings, it is unlikely to produce any benefits for either party. The person-centered counseling approach was established in the 1940’s by humanistic psychologist, Carl Rogers. Since 1983, when I was first introduced to the idea of helping another’s learning by doing my own inner work, I have relied on Carl Rogers 10 questions as my guide. Posted on 27. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A HELPING RELATIONSHIP. My thoughts and learnings from Carl Rogers guiding light. Rogers believed that people possessed inherent goodness and that all people are driven by the actualizing tendency. October 2017 In 1961 Carl R. Rogers publishes his first best seller, a book he thought was for psychologists only, but which sold copy after copy to people in all kind of professions. CARL R. ROGERS. The Characteristics of a Helping Relationship. CARL R. ROGERS. How can I create a helping relationship? Carl R. Rogers is Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison. The goal of a person-centered therapy is to create the necessary conditions for clients to engage in meaningful self-exploration of their feelings, beliefs, behavior, and worldview, and to assist clients in their growth process, enabling them to cope with current and future problems. – Carl Rogers. The book was called “On Becoming a Person”, and marked the divulgation of the Rogerian approach. My interest in psychotherapy has brought about in me an interest in every kind, of helping relationship. Carl Rogers (1902-1987) is considered one of the most influential psychologists of the 20 th century. The factors involved within the helping relationship include considering Roger’s core conditions, congruence, unconditional positive regard and empathy as the three main characteristics necessary in a helping relationship. Search for more papers by this author. He is best known for developing the psychotherapy method called client-centered therapy and as one of the founders of humanistic psychology.