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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

Carl Rogers

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Carl Rogers
Age: 85 †
Born: 1902
Born: January 8
Died: 1987
Died: February 4
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Oak Park
Illinois
Carl Ransom Rogers
Accepting
Hypnosis
Change
Paradoxical
Self
Paradox
Therapy
Appreciation
Curious
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Congruence

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