Education: Studied at the University of Wisconsin as an agriculture major. Changed his major to History with plans to become a minister and graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor's degree in History. Enrolled at the Union Theological Seminary, transferred to Teachers College of Columbia University in 1926 to complete his master's degree Inspired by the psychology course he took taught by the Psychologist Leta Stetter Hollingsworth, he decided to enroll in the clinical psychology program at Columbia University and completed his doctorate in 1931. Work History: Spent many years at Ohio State University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin. Dring this time, He developed his approach to therapy, which he initially termed "nondirective therapy." In 1946, Rogers was elected President of the APA. Wrote 19 books and articles outlining his humanistic theory. Among his best-known works are Client-Centered Therapy (1951), On Becoming a Person (1961), and A Way of Being (1980). After some conflicts within the psychology department at the University of Wisconsin, He accepted a position at the Western Behavioral Studies Institute (WBSI) in La Jolla, California. He continued his work on Client-Center therapy, and was even nominated for a Noble Prize, until his death in 1987. Carl Ransom Rogers was an American psychologist who originated the nondirective or client-centered approach in psychotherapy which emphasizes a person-to-person relationship between the therapist and the client/patient, who determines the course, speed, and duration of treatment.
