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In 1945, he was invited to set up a counseling center at the University of Chicago.

In 1947 he was elected President of the American Psychological Association.

While a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago ( 1945 – 57 ), Rogers helped to establish a counseling center connected with the university and there conducted studies to determine the effectiveness of his methods.

His findings and theories appeared in Client-Centered Therapy ( 1951 ) and Psychotherapy and Personality Change ( 1954 ).

One of his graduate students at the University of Chicago, Thomas Gordon, established the Parent Effectiveness Training ( P. E. T.

) movement.

In 1956, Rogers became the first President of the American Academy of Psychotherapists.

He taught psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison ( 1957 – 63 ), during which time he wrote one of his best-known books, On Becoming a Person ( 1961 ).

He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1961.

Carl Rogers was also one of the people who questioned the rise of McCarthyism in 1950s.

Through articles, he criticized society of its backward-looking affinities.