Editing Carl Rogers (section)

=== Person-centered, dialogic politics ===
Some scholars believe there is a politics implicit in Rogers's approach to psychotherapy.<ref name=Thorne>Thorne, Brian, with Sanders, Pete (2012). ''Carl Rogers''. SAGE Publications, 3rd ed., pp. 119–120. {{ISBN|978-1-4462-5223-9}}.</ref><ref name=Proctor>Proctor, Gillian; Cooper, Mick; Sanders, Pete; and Malcolm, Beryl, eds. (2006). ''Politicizing the Person-Centered Approach: An Agenda for Social Change''. PCCS Books. {{ISBN|978-1-898059-72-1}}.</ref> Toward the end of his life, Rogers came to that view himself.<ref>Totton, Nick (2000). ''Psychotherapy and Politics''. SAGE Publications, p. 68. {{ISBN|978-0-7619-5849-9}}.</ref> The central tenet of Rogerian, person-centered politics is that public life need not consist of an endless series of winner-take-all battles among sworn opponents; rather, it can and should consist of an ongoing dialogue among all parties. Such dialogue is characterized by respect among the parties, authentic speaking by each, and—ultimately—empathic understanding among all parties. Out of such understanding, mutually acceptable solutions will (or at least can) flow.<ref name=Thorne /><ref name=Kirschenbaum>Kirschenbaum, Howard, and Henderson, Valerie Land. "A More Human World." In Kirschenbaum and Hendersion, eds. (1989). ''The Carl Rogers Reader''. Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 433–435. {{ISBN|978-0-395-48357-2}}.</ref>

During his last decade, Rogers facilitated or participated in a wide variety of dialogic activities among politicians, activists, and other social leaders, often outside the U.S.<ref name=Kirschenbaum /> He also lent his support to several non-traditional U.S. political initiatives, including the "12-Hour Political Party" of the [[Association for Humanistic Psychology]]<ref>Multiple authors (May 1980). "[http://www.ahpweb.org/images/stories/archive_pdfs/1980/May1980.pdf A Report on AHP's 12-Hour Political Party] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029021813/https://www.ahpweb.org/images/stories/archive_pdfs/1980/May1980.pdf |date=2019-10-29 }}". ''AHP Newsletter'', cover and pp. 4 ("Presenters"), 28–31, 41–43. A publication of the Association for Humanistic Psychology. Retrieved August 1, 2016.</ref> and the founding of a "transformational" political organization, the [[New World Alliance]].<ref>Stein, Arthur (1985). ''Seeds of the Seventies: Values, Work, and Commitment in Post-Vietnam America''. University Press of New England, p. 136 (on Rogers as "founding sponsor" of the Alliance's newsletter) and pp. 134–139 (on the Alliance generally). {{ISBN|978-0-87451-343-1}}.</ref> By the 21st century, interest in dialogic approaches to political engagement and change had become widespread, especially among academics and activists.<ref>Isenhart, Myra Warren, and Spangle, Michael L. (2000). ''Collaborative Approaches to Resolving Conflict''. SAGE Publications. {{ISBN|978-0-7619-1930-8}}.</ref> Theorists of a specifically Rogerian, person-centered approach to politics as dialogue have made substantial contributions to that project.<ref name=Proctor /><ref>Proctor, Gillian, and Napier, Mary Beth, eds. (2004). ''Encountering Feminism: Intersections Between Feminism and the Person-Centered Approach''. PCCS Books. {{ISBN|978-1-898059-65-3}}.</ref>