Carl Rogers on Encounter Groups [Hardcover]

Carl R. Rogers (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Harpercollins; 1St Edition edition (June 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060669942
• ISBN-13: 978-0060669942
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,520,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Carl Rogers on Encounter Groups, September 17, 2000

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David T Kiley (north adams, ma United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carl Rogers on Encounter Groups (Hardcover)

A great book which explores the development and impact of group therapy on the person and society at large. This is a must have for anyone looking to understand the group process as it develops, and it's impact on the individuals who experience it.

5.0 out of 5 stars A PROMINENT PSYCHOLOGIST OFFERS HIS THOUGHTS, September 21, 2010

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Steven H. Propp (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carl Rogers on encounter groups, (Harrow books) (Mass Market Paperback)

Carl Rogers (1902-1987) was an influential American psychologist and (along with Abraham Maslow) among the founders of humanistic psychology.

He states in the Foreword to this 1970 book, "I have written papers and given talks on various facets of the burgeoning movement toward encounter groups... So I decided to assemble together for publication both the talks and papers I have given, together with new material written for this book, in the hope that they will stimulate a thoughtful analysis and a clarification of differences regarding this incredibly expanding trend. As with all my more recent books, this is definitely a personal document. It does not pretend to be a scholarly survey of the field, nor a profound psychological or sociological analysis of encounter groups... This book is written out of living personal experience, and those whose lives are described and whose statements are quoted are living, struggling people. I hope it will convey MY perception of one of the exciting developments of our time: the intensive group experience. And I hope it will help familiarize you with what an encounter group IS, and what it can MEAN."

Here are some quotations from the book:

"What accounts for the quick spread of groups? ... (W)e are sufficiently affluent to pay attention to our psychological wants. As long as I am concerned over next month's rent, I am not very sharply aware of my loneliness. This is borne out, in my experience, by the fact that interest in encounter groups and the like is not nearly so keen in ghetto areas as in sections of the population which are no longer so concerned about the physical necessities of life." (Pg. 11)

"The most obvious deficiency of the intensive group experience is that frequently the behavior changes that occur, if any, are not lasting." (Pg. 40)

"There is a great deal of debate as to whether the intensive group experience produces any significant change, and especially whether it produces any LASTING change, in behavior." (Pg. 75)

"To put it very briefly, a person is most lonely when he has dropped something of his outer shell or facade---the face with which he has been meeting the world---and feels sure that no one can understand, accept, or care for the part of his inner self that lies revealed." (Pg. 117)