Carl_Rogers

Carl Rogers Carl Rogers Carl Rogers was born January 8. 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois. His father was a successful civil engineer and his mother was a housewife. He did not start school until the second grade because he was able t o read before kindergarten. When Carl was 12, his family moved to a farm about 30 miles west of Chicago where he spent the rest of his adolescence. His parents were strict on him and made him do many chores. This is how he became rather isolated and self-independent. Carl went on to the University of Wisconsin as an agriculture major. Then, later, he switched his studies to religion to become a minister. During this time, he went to Beijing for the “World Student Christian Federation Conference” for six months. There he decided that with all his new experiences and broadened thinking that he began to doubt some of this basic religious views. After he graduated, he married Helen Elliot, moved to New York City, and began attending the Union Theological Seminary, a famous liberal religious institution. While there, he took a student organized seminar called “Why am I entering the ministry'” which therapy, client, rogers, theory, university, food, work, while, very, therapist, tastes, saw, religious, non-directive, life, good, find, client-centered, carl, called, began, became, wrote, words, wisconsin, ways, way, until, time, though, therapists, tendency, techniques, switched