Carl Rogers can be considered one of the best examples of a proponent of a universal psychopathology and psychotherapy. His concept of the universal has a wider scope when he considers the actualizing tendency, which is operative in individual persons, to be part of a universal force that is operative not only in human beings but in all organic life all over the cosmos. This development of Rogers's thinking has been labeled "mystical universalism" and criticized as in-compatible with his earlier emphasis on the unique individual person. In this article, the central questionis whether Rogers's thinking in terms of the universal is indeed an aberration from his earlier philosophy or a logical and enriching newer development of the person-centered approach that deserves more attention. The author critically scrutinizes Rogers's concept of the universal and its relation to his view on the unique individual and discusses the implications and consequences of the results and conclusions thus obtained.
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