Case Study 19 - Carl Rogers

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Case Study 19 Katherines ideal self involves being a self sufficient entrepreneur, a mother, and a wife. Prior to attending her support group, her life did not involve any positive self regard. She lived her life as a quiet stay at home wife. This implies that the seriousness of her neurosis is displayed clearly when she does not attend her 10th reunion because she was scared of being judged for her lack of accomplishments because she was unmarried, with no children, and no career (page 67). Katherine was also worried that people at the reunion would feel sorry for her due to the lack of accomplishments. Based on the positive quality of life that Katherine has strived for since she was an adolescent, Roger’s theory of positive self regard and his theory of conditions of worth explains the difference in katherines selves because of her marriage has caused an increase of incongruity for several years. Her husband did not allow her to work or pursue a higher education, in hand, this caused Katherine to forget that those were once desires that she had for herself. However, once those desires were the conditional positive regard that her husband provided her with, only left her with her desire to be a wife and mother. After Katherines positive experience with her support group, she was able to move past the conditional positive self regard she wanted to maintain. Over time, she was able to progress into becoming an independent functioning member of society. Roger’s theory of existential living and freedom and creativity was fulfilled when Katherine began taking business courses and playing with her artistic talent. The Rogerian therapist characteristics that Katherines support group provided her with include: lack of negative criticism, encouragement to begin taking business courses (page 68), providing empathy with unconditional positive regard, and respecting Katherine while

supporting her overcoming her anxiety. Her support group also encouraged her to experiment with her artisticness, which led Katherine to experimenting with different floral arrangements, Christmas decorations, and other knick knacks (page 68). This ultimately led to Katherine becoming self-sufficient by renting a storefront and starting a woodworking business. References Burger, J. M. (2018). Personality (10th ed.). Cengage Learning US. https://reader.yuzu.com/books/9781337671705

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