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Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest trends in theory and practice, this this substantially revised and extended edition is the most in-depth and wide-ranging textbook available on person-centred psychotherapy and counselling. Divided into four parts, it examines the theoretical, philosophical and historical foundations of the person-centred approach; the fundamental principles of person-centred practice and applications of person-centred practice; how person-centred conceptualisations and practices can be applied to groups of clients who bring particular issues to therapy; and, finally, professional issues for person-centred therapists, such as ethics, supervision and training.Written by a diverse range of expert contributors, unified by a more relational, ethics-based reading of person-centred theory and practice, this is a comprehensive, cutting-edge resource for students on all advanced level person-centred courses, as well as for a wide range of professional practitioners in the field.New to this Edition:- A new, introductory chapter looking at contemporary challenges and opportunities for growth for the person-centred world - Nine further new chapters, including work with children and young people, older clients, arts-based therapies, addiction and bereavement, spiritual dimensions, contact and perception, working integratively, global and political implications- Increased use of text learning features to make the chapters more accessible and engaging - A greater focus on actual practice, with more case studies and examples of therapist-client dialogues Increased reference to research - A general updating of all chapters to include all relevant references>
List of contents
Preface; 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.
About the author
Mick Cooper is an internationally recognised author, trainer, and consultant in the field of person-centred, existential, and relational therapies. He is a Chartered Psychologist, and Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton.Maureen O'Hara is Professor of Psychology Emerita at National University, California. In the 1970s and 1980s she worked closely with Carl Rogers developing relational person-centred theory, co-facilitating large group encounters and training psychotherapists in many countries. Her current work explores impacts of global cultural shifts on development and emotional well-being and a possible role for PCA practice and theory in cultural transformation.PETER F. SCHMID is Chair of the Person-Centred Department at the Sigmund Freud University, Vienna and works at the University of Graz and the Institute for Person-Centred Studies in Vienna, Austria.
