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A review by dknippling
On Becoming a Person by Carl R. Rogers
4.0
Psychologist on his observations of the process of becoming a person.
I both found this immensely valuable and got kinda creeped out. It's difficult to step away from this book and speak about it at any sort of distance; it's a book that's all about accepting one's subjective point of view as a starting point for developing a sense of self.
If we accept our flaws, we start to accept ourselves, and start being able to handle situations that are less black and white. Gray areas in ourselves, in other people, in situations.
But also there are no brakes on this, no ethics, no real acknowledgments that some people just don't have a conscience or the capacity to develop one.
I heard that the author had affairs with some of his clients. I don't know if it's true. When I started the book I couldn't see it; the author seemed kind. By the end of the book I could see it; the author seemed unable to acknowledge that there could possibly be any limitations to his method (despite speaking in a humble tone) or that anyone could possibly misuse it.
I liked it, I got a lot out of it, I feel like it helped me feel like a person. I also had to step back and go, "Aaaaand feeling like a person isn't the whole of an ethical person's journey."
Recommended nevertheless.
I both found this immensely valuable and got kinda creeped out. It's difficult to step away from this book and speak about it at any sort of distance; it's a book that's all about accepting one's subjective point of view as a starting point for developing a sense of self.
If we accept our flaws, we start to accept ourselves, and start being able to handle situations that are less black and white. Gray areas in ourselves, in other people, in situations.
But also there are no brakes on this, no ethics, no real acknowledgments that some people just don't have a conscience or the capacity to develop one.
I heard that the author had affairs with some of his clients. I don't know if it's true. When I started the book I couldn't see it; the author seemed kind. By the end of the book I could see it; the author seemed unable to acknowledge that there could possibly be any limitations to his method (despite speaking in a humble tone) or that anyone could possibly misuse it.
I liked it, I got a lot out of it, I feel like it helped me feel like a person. I also had to step back and go, "Aaaaand feeling like a person isn't the whole of an ethical person's journey."
Recommended nevertheless.