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Internationally, there are increasing pressures on person-centered and experiential therapists to justify their practice on empirical grounds. This volume brings together research specialists in the field to review the evidence-base for person-centered and experiential practice, and identify key areas in which the evidence base needs to be develope
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1. The Effectiveness of Person-Centered and Experiential Therapies: A review of the meta-analyses Robert Elliot and Beth Freire 2. Effectiveness of Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies with Children and Young People: A review of outcome studies Dagmar Holldampf, Michael Behr & Ina Crawford 3. Effectiveness beyond Psychotherapy: The person-centered, experiential paradigm in education, parenting and management Jeffrey H D Cornelius-White & Renate Motschnig-Pitrik 4. Qualitative Meta-Analysis of Outcomes of Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies Ladislav Timulak & Mary Creaner 5. Clients as Self-Healers: Implications for the person-centered approach Arthur C Bohart & Karen Tallman 6. Relating Process to Outcome in Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies: The role of the relationship conditions and clients' experiencing Jeanne C Watson, Leslie S Greenberg & Germain Lietaer 7. Operationalizing Incongruence: Measures of self-discrepancy and affect regulation Jeanne C Watson & Neill Watson 8. Measuring the Relationship Conditions in Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies: Past, present and future Elizabeth Freire & Soti Grafanaki 9. Researching in a Person-Centered Way Paul Wilkins 10. Key Priorities for Research in the Person-Centered and Experiential Field: 'If not now, when?' Mick Cooper, Jeanne C Watston & Dagmar Holldampf