Carl R. Rogers
True psychological growth does not come from fixing people, but from creating a deeply accepting relationship where they feel safe enough to drop their facades and discover their authentic selves.
Personal transformation requires a relationship characterized by the facilitator's genuine congruence, unconditional positive regard, and accurate empathic understanding of the individual's internal world.
Humans possess an innate, forward-moving actualizing tendency that naturally directs them toward growth, autonomy, and constructive behavior when they are free from external threats and evaluations.
Psychological distress arises when individuals internalize conditional love from their environment, causing them to distort their true experiences to maintain approval and resulting in a rigid, incongruent self-concept.