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Book SynopsisThis new edition of a highly successful text offers a wide-ranging, comprehensive introduction to the key concepts of contemporary person-centred therapy, exploring both theoretical development and their application to practice. Written by leading international experts, it is an indispensable resource for those studying and working in the area.
Trade ReviewSo comprehensive is this handbook, that if students of the Person-Centred approach could only afford to buy themselves one book, then they would do well to make it this one.' * Therapy Today *
A goldmine of information on the theoretical as well as the practical aspects of the person-centred approach. -- Germain Lietaer, Emeritus Professor * Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium *
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Who's Who of contemporary person-centred thinkers and practitioners. This handbook will be the standard reference work in the area. -- William B. Stiles, Professor of Clinical Psychology * Miami University, USA *
Table of ContentsPreface; M.Cooper, M.O'Hara, P.F.Schmid & A.Bohart Person-Centred Therapy Today; M.Cooper, M.O'Hara, P.Schmid & A.Bohart The Basic Conditions of the Facilitative Therapeutic Relationship; C.Rogers PART I: THEORETICAL, HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS Origins and Unfolding; G.T.Barrett-Lennard Family of Person-Centred and Experiential Therapies; P.Sanders Ethical and Relational Foundations; P.F.Schmid The Actualising Person; A.Bohart Experiential Phenomenological Foundations; M.Cooper & A.Bohart Developmental and Personality Theory; M.Cooper Spiritual Dimensions; M.van Kalmthout PART II: THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE Psychological Contact; G. Wyatt Empathy; E.Freire Unconditional Positive Regard; J.D.Bozarth Congruence; J.Cornelius-White Therapeutic Presence; S.Geller Working with Groups; P.F.Schmid & M.O'Hara Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy: Connecting Body, Mind, and Spirit; N.Rogers Integration In Person-Centered Psychotherapies; D.Cain PART III: WHAT CLIENTS BRING TO THERAPY Person-Centered Psychotherapy and Counselling with Children and Young People; M.Behr, D.Hölldampf & S.McGinnis Couples and Families; C.J.O'Leary & M.B.Johns Older Adults; A.Washburn & S.Humboldt Grief and Bereavement; D.Larson Clients with Contact-Impaired Functioning; D.Van Werde & G.Prouty Working with Difficult and Fragile Process; L.Carrick & S.Joseph A Person-Centred Approach to Addiction Treatment; J.Roland Fleck PART IV: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES Setting up Practice and the Therapeutic Framework; R.Worsley Assessment and Formulation; E.Gillon Ethics in Practice in Person-Centered Therapy; G.Proctor & S.Keys Counselling Across Difference and Diversity; C.Lago & T.Hirai Supervision; E.Lambers Research; R.Elliott Social Change and Cultural Leadership; M.O'Hara Resources; R.J.Takens.
