{"id":14939,"date":"2011-02-07T18:28:50","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T23:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/14939\/im-guessing-watch-game\/"},"modified":"2011-02-07T18:28:50","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T23:28:50","slug":"im-guessing-watch-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/14939\/im-guessing-watch-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Im Guessing You Didn’t Watch the Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, in my advanced counseling methods class, we were discussing the influential work of a psychologist by the name of Carl Rogers.\u00a0 This guy was the pioneer of a school of thought in therapy\/counseling which has come to be called Person-Centered Therapy.\u00a0 Some also call his theories “Rogerian”, a label Rogers himself disliked during his lifetime, but nonetheless, the name has stuck around over the years. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I will spare you the details of Rogers ideas, suffice to say that in class, there was considerable discussion & disagreement as to the efficacy of his principles as they relate to the populations most of us in the class were in training to deal with.\u00a0 In a word, the criticism was that Rogerian methods were too “soft”.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

During the break, as everyone in the classroom was just sitting there, awkwardly quiet, I decided to make a joke I had been trying to figure out how to use all day yesterday as I split time between reading today’s assignment and watching the Super Bowl.\u00a0 The front page of today’s Sports section gave me the inspiration I needed, so I held it up and…<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n“Obviously, Rogerian <\/strong>methods work very well, I mean they won the Super Bowl!” I said with a smile.
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No one in the class laughed.\u00a0 A few people looked at each other, puzzled.\u00a0 Huh?! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The instructor squinted at me.\u00a0 She didn’t get it either. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“The quarterback’s name is ‘Rodgers’,” I offered as explanation.\u00a0 There were a few audible “Ohh!”‘s scattered throughout the room.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“I stopped watching football after the Seahawks lost.”
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“Oh, we didn’t even turn on the TV.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“I heard there was some kind of game yesterday.”
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Hey, at least I broke the awkward silence as various members of the class competed with the one another and the instructor to see who could express the most disdain and disregard for one the best football games I have ever watched. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A classic Rogerian belief is that one should treat everyone with universal positive regard.\u00a0 There’s something good and worthy in each and every person on the planet.\u00a0 Apparently, that didn’t include football puns in the group of people I found myself with this morning.
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