142. A Mostly Good News Story About Person-Centered Therapy: Part 2

MKULTRA, Human Potential Movement-inspired sex cults, and “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland . . . these are just some of the topics Marcus and Esme make passing reference to in this week’s episode, so don’t get your hopes up.

Or, maybe you should get your hopes up! Because Marcus and Esme continue their discussion from last week about Carl Rogers, humanistic psychology, and person-centered psychotherapy. They discuss the highs and lows of the back half of his career, and the factors that eventually led to the decline of interest and influence of Rogers’ work in the psychological community. However, they also identify recent efforts by members of the positive psychology movement to re-engage with humanistic psychology traditions in an effort to inject some much-needed compassion and social awareness in their theories and treatments.

And they actually do make more than just passing reference to “The Troubles,” MKULTRA, and sex cults, so you can revel in those stories as well.