Person-Centred Therapy Today: New Frontiers in Theory and Practice / Edition 1

by Dave Mearns, Brian Thorne

Overview

‘At the risk of being directive, I would say you should buy this book. It contains some of the most stimulating and refreshing ideas to have emerged in the person-centred literature since On Becoming a Person '- Person Centred Practice

Person-Centred Therapy Today makes a timely and significant contribution to the development of one of the most popular and widely-used therapeutic approaches.

‘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 thera

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761965619
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/13/2000
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dave Mearns is formerly Director of the Counselling Unit and Professor of Counselling at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Dave is author or co-author of four other counselling books published by SAGE: Person-Centred Counselling in Action, Second Edition, Experiences of Counselling in Action, Person-Centred Counselling Training and Person-Centred Therapy Today: New Frontiers in Theory and Practice.

Brian Thorne is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at the University of East Anglia and a Founder Member of The Norwich Centre for Personal and Professional Development. He is also a Professor of Education in the College of Teachers and co-author (with Dave Mearns) of the bestselling books, Person-Centred Counselling in Action, Second Edition (SAGE, 1999) and Person-Centred Therapy Today (SAGE, 2000).

Table of Contents

Towards an Inhuman Society?
Is Therapy Losing Its Humanity?
The 'Heart' of Person-Centred Therapy
Spiritual and Existential?
Person-Centred Therapy
Anti-Intellectual, Unmanly and Westernized?
Revisiting the Core Conditions
The Nature of 'Configurations' within Self
Person-Centred Therapy with 'Configurations' of Self
Person-Centred Therapy at the Difficult Edge
A Developmentally Based Model of Fragile and Dissociated Process
Advancing Person-Centred Theory
Supervision in Person-Centred Therapy
Future Challenges
Dangers and Opportunities

Editorial Reviews

‘At the risk of being directive, I would say you should buy this book. It contains some of the most stimulating and refreshing ideas to have emerged in the person-centred literature since On Becoming a Person '- Person-Centred Practice

‘This book is a "must have" for all person-centred therapists and for trainers and therapistsin other approaches who are genuinely interested in wanting to understand more about person-centred therapy in the 21st century. It is a book to be proud of, and describes innovations in model that all person-centred therapists can feel proud to be associated with' - British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

‘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

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