Is Carl Rogers still relevant? I find that people in our current culture of tearing people down and not offering much in terms of building people up, the climate for respect and dignity is needed more than ever. In the heated political climate is a great illustration of the lack of civility and disrespect we seem to have with people we or others perceive to be lesser than ourselves. So given the climate and the time of devaluation of others the concept of Unconditional Positive Regard, is needed in our daily practice of helping those individuals and their families who are struggling to maintain their small territory on the edge of the so called mainstream. Let us not judge, but also let us be true to ourselves as we acknowledge our biases and clearly define from the outset who we can and who can not work with before we do damage to them and ourselves. We need to help with authenticity to use another old but I believe relevant Roger's term. So keep on helping in the free world and know doing good takes many forma and is often not recognized. JB3G