Carl Rogers Quotes

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

- Carl Rogers

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In my early professionals years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth? - Carl Rogers

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