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Related but not replaceable: a response to Warner’s reworking of person-centered personality theory

Hook, Louis; Murphy, David

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Louis Hook

DAVID MURPHY david.murphy@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Psychology and Education



Abstract

Whether conditions of worth theory can explain complex forms of human psychological distress, such as those emanating from early experiences of abuse, neglect and trauma, alongside experiences of physiological events later in life is open to debate. It has been suggested that Rogers’s personality theory should be reconsidered and replaced with an actualization-centered formulation that places greater emphasis on the enhancement of self-process and agency through relationship, rather than on a theory of defense. This paper aims to examine these proposals and consider their relative contribution to developing the theory of personality. We suggest that the actualization-centered process theory aids Rogers’s theory of personality but is not an adequate replacement. We also consider the issues associated with maintaining theoretical and practical symmetry and the practice implications of replacing conditions of worth.

Citation

Hook, L., & Murphy, D. (2016). Related but not replaceable: a response to Warner’s reworking of person-centered personality theory. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 15(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2016.1219674

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 27, 2016
Online Publication Date Oct 3, 2016
Publication Date Dec 1, 2016
Deposit Date Oct 19, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies
Print ISSN 1477-9757
Electronic ISSN 1752-9182
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 15
Issue 4
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2016.1219674
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/971596
Publisher URL http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14779757.2016.1219674

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