"What I am and what I feel are good enough to be a basis for therapy, if I can transparently be what I am and what I feel in relationshipto him. Then perhaps he can be what he is, openly and without fear."
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Often paraphrased as: "What I am is good enough, if I could just be it openly." β Source: Page 66
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Carl Rogers
Carl Ransom Rogers (January 8, 1902 β February 4, 1987) was an influential American psychologist and among the founders of the humanistic approach to psychology.
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