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Informationen zum Autor RICHARD WORSLEY was Director of the Diploma in Humanistic Counselling at Tile Hill College, Coventry, UK. Klappentext This unique and important book breaks new ground in the theory and practice of person-centred psychotherapy by focusing on the issue of process. Process belongs to both client and counsellor. Worsley conceptualises process in relation to the core principles of the person-centred approach but also to the humanistic and phenomenological roots of person-centred therapy. Combining academic rigour with the wisdom of an experienced clinical practitioner, he opens up a more inclusive and integrative way of being with clients that nonetheless chimes with classical person-centred principles. The book features: . Activities and vivid case studies to illustrate and expand on the theoretical points being developed, allowing the reader to see easily how these might apply to practice. . Engagement with theoretical approaches such as transactional analysis and Gestalt, as well as discussion of philosophy, spirituality and psychopathology. . New discussion of the processes involved in mental illness, drawing on the work of Prouty and Warner to understand the client's world of experiencing. . New material on the plural self and configurations of the self. Zusammenfassung This unique and important book breaks new ground in the theory and practice of person-centred psychotherapy by focusing on the issue of process.Process belongs to both client and counsellor. Worsley conceptualises process in relation to the core principles of the person-centred approach but also to the humanistic and phenomenological roots of person-centred therapy. Combining academic rigour with the wisdom of an experienced clinical practitioner, he opens up a more inclusive and integrative way of being with clients that nonetheless chimes with classical person-centred principles.The book features:- Activities and vivid case studies to illustrate and expand on the theoretical points being developed, allowing the reader to see easily how these might apply to practice.- Engagement with theoretical approaches such as transactional analysis and Gestalt, as well as discussion of philosophy, spirituality and psychopathology.- New discussion of the processes involved in mental illness, drawing on the work of Prouty and Warner to understand the client's world of experiencing.- New material on the plural self and configurations of the self. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: Process and Listening PART I: ADDRESSING PROCESS WORK What is Process in Person-Centred Therapy? The Client in Process PART II: PHENOMENOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES A Phenomenological Approach to Therapy Constructing the Self: Narrative and Metaphor in Therapy Conditions of Worth in Everyday Life: A Person Centred Use of Transactional Analysis Theory Mirrors of our Being: A Person-Centred Use of Gestalt Theory Freeing the Therapist: A Phenomenological Reading of Carl Rogers PART III: EXISTENTIAL PERSPECTIVES Relating and Existing: Martin Buber's I-Thou Construct for Person-Centred Therapy The Existential Dimension: An Ignored Resource of Person-Centred Therapy The Spirituality of Counselling: Phenomenology, Existentialism and Beyond PART IV: MOVING INTO PROCESS WORK Process in High Levels of Distress: Insights for Everyday Work A Process Paradigm and 'Hilary': A Case Study of One Moment of Process Work Process Work in Practice ...
