Carl Rogers

Carl Rogers was an American psychologist , born in Oak Park in 1902. He first studied agriculture, in 1919 , later abandoned per theological studies at a seminary. In 1924 he married his childhood sweetheart , Helen Elliot , with whom he had two children. 20 years later , in 1944 , published the text Client -Centered Therapy , which expands what developed in Counseling and Psichotherapy , text focuses bases of humanistic psychology . In keeping with his personality and theory , Rogers would focus the final part of his life to working for world peace , reflected in the foundation of the Center for the study of the person , and the Institute of Peace. He died in 1987 , the same year he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.He is considerate the "father of humanistic psychology" with his colleague Abraham Maslow. The central postulate of Rogers say that the individuate is free to define it life's way, and is necessary that it  find with itself. I present this autor because to this highness, of all the contents that we have been seen, is his theory that most call my atention to follow more forward.