In Rogerian therapy, the
therapist enters into the client's "phenomenological world" and, in mirroring this world, the therapist
does not disagree, point out contradictions, or delve into the unconscious. This paper explains the key ideas of Carl Rogers's
theory of personality development. It examines a 1995 study, which hypothesized that empathy is positively related to creativity and expressiveness and links the findings of this study to Rogers's theory.