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How Humanistic Is Positive Psychology? Lessons in Positive Psychology From Carl Rogers' Person-Centered Approach—It's the Social Environment That Must Change

Joseph, Stephen

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Both positive psychology and the person-centered approach share a common aim to promote human flourishing. In this article I will discuss how the person-centered approach is a form of positive psychology, but positive psychology is not necessarily person-centered. I will show how the person-centered approach offers a distinctive view of human nature that leads the person-centered psychologist to understand that if people are to change, it is not the person that we must try to change but their social environment. Centrally, the paper suggests that respecting the humanistic image of the human being and, consequently, influencing people's social environment to facilitate personal growth would mean a step forward for positive psychology and would promote cross-fertilization between positive psychology and the person-centered approach instead of widening their gap.

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Joseph, S. (2021). How Humanistic Is Positive Psychology? Lessons in Positive Psychology From Carl Rogers' Person-Centered Approach—It's the Social Environment That Must Change. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 709789. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.709789

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 5, 2021
Online Publication Date Sep 28, 2021
Publication Date Sep 28, 2021
Deposit Date Feb 9, 2022
Publicly Available Date Feb 9, 2022
Journal Frontiers in Psychology
Electronic ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher Frontiers Media
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 12
Article Number 709789
DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.709789
Keywords General Psychology
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7412166
Publisher URL https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.709789/full

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