Natalie Rogers: Artist, Healer, Activist--1927-2015

Natalie Rogers, humanistic pioneer, creator of Person Centered Expressive Arts, author, and daughter of Helen and Carl Rogers, passed away October 17, 2015, at her home. She raised three daughters, Naomi, Frances, and Janet. In 1970, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to establish herself as a psychotherapist, artist, and feminist activist. Her first book, Emerging Woman, offers a candid and heartfelt description of the transition many women were making at that time, from a life defined by the expectations and needs of others to one that sprang from her own deep interiority. Hers was the voice of a generation of women who grew up in the claustrophobic 1950s who were expected to submerge their own potential in favor of their husbands’. In California she developed her own distinct form of transformative practice combining art with psychotherapy, which she called the creative connection. With her father’s encouragement and participation, she went on to create the Person-centered Expressive Therapy Institute and trained practitioners, worldwide. Her books, Creative Connection and Creative Connection for Groups, describe the process. Natalie was a peace activist, feminist, and teacher. She will be remembered for her contribution to humanistic psychology and her fierce yet graceful efforts on behalf of people oppressed, peace, and the environment.
Source: Journal of Humanistic Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Articles Source Type: research