Carl Rogers on Empathy

One of last semester’s highlights was stumbling upon this gem of a lecture from the inimitable Carl Rogers. Rogers begins the 1974 talk by reflecting on the educational value of reviewing films of himself conducting person-centered counseling with clients. For my part, I was struggling mightily to find the value in reviewing videos of my own counseling sessions throughout the semester. In fact, I downright hated the process. Rather than obsess over everything I could have or should have done in a session already past, what I most wanted to do was observe a true master counselor at work. And so I watched as much of Carl Rogers as I could find online, and it helped to get me through. Enjoy!

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