Person-Centred Therapy Today : New Frontiers in Theory and Practice

by Dave Mearns

• ISBN13: 9780761965619
• ISBN10: 0761965610
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781446234099
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-13
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• More Book Details

Summary

'This is a book that is rooted in the origins of person-centred therapy but stands at the cutting edge of new ideas developing in this tradition. It will reinvigorate those of us already immersed in this tradition. It should convince newcomers of the vitality and potential of this approach to therapy' - Tim Bond, University of Bristol'This book is clearly a labour of love by two authors with unique abilities and unparalleled experience: readers will be educated, inspired and encouraged in their own dialogue with the person-centred approach'- Charles J O'Leary, Denver, Colorado'Mearns and Thorne have done Rogers proud in suggesting how person-centred theory and practice can, without losing its essence, evolve in new directions' - Richard Nelson-Jones, Director of the Humanistic Cognitive Institute, Chiang MaiPerson-Centred Therapy Today represents a significant contribution to the development of the person-centred approach. It will be read by teachers and students of counselling and psychology who wish to keep their knowledge of the approach fully up to date and by all who consider themselves to be person-centred in their approach to helping clients.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Guest Contributors	xii
Acknowledgement	xiii
Towards an Inhuman Society?	1	(16)
Is Therapy Losing its Humanity?	17	(37)
The `Heart' of Person-Centred Therapy: Spiritual and Existential?	54	(19)
Person-Centred Therapy: Anti-Intellectual, Unmanly and Westernised?	73	(12)
Revisiting the Core Conditions	85	(16)
The Nature of `Configurations' within Self	101	(19)
Person-Centred Therapy with `Configurations' of Self	120	(24)
Person-Centred Therapy at the Difficult Edge: a Developmentally Based Model of Fragile and Dissociated Process (Margaret Warner)	144	(28)
Advancing Person-Centred Theory	172	(24)
Supervision in Person-Centred Therapy: Facilitating Congruence (Elke Lambers)	196	(16)
Future Challenges: Dangers and Opportunities	212	(8)
References	220	(11)
Index	231