`In this scholarly book, Thorne and Lambers have gathered together significant contributions to the advancement of person-centred theory and practice from leading exponents of the approach in Austria, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom.... I found the book both stimulating and challenging. The insight it offers into working with "difficult" clients is invaluable and the sections on theory stretched me in my understanding of the approach. I strongly recommend it to anyone from within or without the person-centred tradition who wants to achieve a real understanding of the approach "post Rogers" and get to grips with the vibrancy and vitality of person-centred thought in Europe' - Counselling and Psychotherapy, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy This book brings together up-to-date contributions to the development of person-centred theory and practice from leading European practitioners. The book makes available for the first time in English some of the most significant theoretical ideas and practical applications of a distinguished group of contributors at the cutting edge of the approach. It also gives a valuable insight into a vibrant professional network whose members are making a significant impact on the European world of counselling and psychotherapy. Covering a wide range of person-centred issues, the book provides unique and challenging material that will act as a springboard for debate at many levels between experienced practitioners, supervisors, trainers and trainees.
Client-centered Therapy, Its Current Practice, Implications, and Theory
Kant, I. (2005) Critique of Pure Reason (M. Weigelt, ed.). London: Penguin. (Original work published 1781) Kantor, J.R. (1924a) Principles of Psychology. Vol.1. New York: Knopf. Kantor, J.R. (1924b) Principles of Psychology. Vol.2.
As such this book will be particularly useful to students and scholars of person-centred therapy, as well as anyone who wants to know more about one of the major therapeutic modalities.
The book begins with a consideration of the principles and philosophy underpinning person-centred therapy before moving to a comprehensive discussion of the classical theory upon which practice is based.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin . Rogers , C.R. ( 1956 ) “ Reinhold Niebuhr's “ The Self and the Dramas of History " ' , Chicago Theological Seminary Register , 46 : 13–14 . Rogers , C.R. ( 1957a ) ' The necessary and sufficient conditions of ...
. . . an important contribution to the current literature on a person-centered approach. It demonstrates the increasingly broad and dynamic application of this perspective to a variety of fields....
A theoretical consideration of empathy, processing and personal narrative', in A.C. Bohart and L.S. Greenberg (eds), Empathy Reconsidered: New Directions in Psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. pp 125-40.
Paul Wilkins provides a rigorous and systematic response to the critics, drawing not only on the work of Carl Rogers, but also of those central to more recent developments in theory and practice (including Goff Barrett-Lennard, Dave Mearns, ...
From the Foreword `It is an honour to be asked to write a foreword for this new book by Michael McMillan.
An essential new guide for any person-centred trainee or practitioner, this book explores some of the key contemporary counselling and psychotherapy approaches that have developed from classical client-centred therapy.