I observe first that characteristically the client shows a tendency to move away, hesitantly and fearfully, from a self that he is not. In other word… - Carl Rogers

It seems to me that anything that can be taught to another is relatively inconsequential, and has little or no significant influence on behavior.

Imagine another scene, one that occurred when he was twenty years older. At an academic symposium on Ellen West, a heavily studied patient who committed suicide several decades before, Rogers startled the audience by the depth and intensity of his reaction. He spoke about Ellen West as though he knew her well, as though it were only yesterday that she had poisoned herself. Not only did Rogers express his sorrow about her tragically wasted life, but also his anger at her physicians and psychiatrists who, through their impersonality and preoccupation with precise diagnosis, had transformed her into an object. How could they have? Rogers asked.

I speak as a person, from a context
of personal experience and personal learnings.