ABSTRACT

In Rogers (1951: 483–522) nineteen propositions amounting to a person-centred theory of personality and behaviour are set forth. Sanders (2006b: 17), in ‘deliberately colloquial’ language, describes these theoretical statements as being ‘about human psychological development, the nature of human mental life, the structure of personality, how this structure can be prone to weaknesses, the nature of psychological distress, and how distress can be put right’.