Person-centred therapy, rooted in the experience and ideas of the eminent psychotherapist Carl Rogers, is widely practised in the UK and throughout the world. It has applications in health and social care, the voluntary sector and is relevant to work with people who are severely mentally and emotionally distressed. This edition includes updated references and a new section on recent developments and advances.
Key Features
- The model of the person, including the origins of mental and emotional distress
- The process of constructive change
- A review of revisions of and additions to person-centred theory
- Child development, styles of processing and configurations of self
- The quality of presence and working at relational depth
- Criticisms of the approach are addressed and rebutted
- The application of theory to practice is discussed
- Advances and developments in theory and practice
Additional Information
The new final section is concerned with:
- Counselling for Depression
- The Social Dimension to Person-Centred Therapy
- Person-Centred Practice with People experiencing Severe and Enduring Distress and at the ‘Difficult Edge’
- A Review of Research
Throughout the book, attention is drawn to the wider person-centred literature to which it is a valuable key.
