Talk:Actualizing tendency

Criticism

For the benefit of readers or editors who are reviewing this article, I wanted to post here part of a comment that I already posted on another talk page:

The article on actualizing tendency includes no criticisms of its subject, although important criticisms exist. I am aware of at least two important publications criticizing aspects of Rogers' theory of the actualizing tendency:

Greenberg, Leslie S. (1996). "The power of empathic exploration: a process-experiential/gestalt perspective on the case of Jim Brown". In Farber, Barry A.; Brink, Debora; Raskin, Patricia M. (eds.). The psychotherapy of Carl Rogers: cases and commentary. New York: Guilford Press. pp. 251–260. ISBN 1572300647. OCLC 35331305. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Greenberg, Leslie S.; Balen, Richard van (1998). "The theory of experience-centered therapies". In Greenberg, Leslie S.; Watson, Jeanne C.; Lietaer, Germain (eds.). Handbook of experiential psychotherapy. The Guilford family therapy series. New York: Guilford Press. pp. 28–57. ISBN 1572303743. OCLC 39465414. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Note that "criticism" of Rogers' theory of the actualizing tendency does not mean total "rejection" of the theory, rather more like "qualification" of it. Biogeographist (talk) 18:38, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have added a Criticism section to the article with the information noted above. Biogeographist (talk) 21:25, 15 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Out of Date

This article has good information for a good understanding of the self-actualization theory from Carl Rogers, however, most of the information comes from before 2008 (at the latest) so needs to be refreshed with some more modern additions to the theory. In addition, the smaller sections could use more citations as only a few currently have some when most don't have any. It is a great base article but needs some work. - ScarletSalix (talk) 05:41, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]