ABSTRACT
Like Sigmund Freud, Carl Ransom Rogers' life and practice became committed to atheism and, as noted, his overt rejection of religion has created a legacy full of tension and dissonance for his followers. Carl Rogers, the founder of Person-centred counselling, also created a movement which functions as a religion. Throughout his career Rogers believed in the notion of nondirective work. Rogers saw therapy as a vehicle for social change, especially for minority groups. When Rogers developed person-centred counselling his intention was to strip psychotherapy of those things which he believed unnecessary and, subsequently, in person-centred counselling rituals are believed to be minimal. Rogers prescribed a face to face encounter, where the chairs are facing each other and of equal height; this, designed to create an environment of equality in which practitioner and client may be fully together and present in the session.
