The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling / Edition 2

by Mick Cooper, Maureen O'Hara, Peter F. Schmid

Overview

Written by a diverse range of expert contributors, unified by a relational, ethics-based reading of person-centred theory and practice, this seminal text is the most in-depth and comprehensive guide to person-centred therapy.

Divided into four parts, it examines the theoretical, philosophical and historical foundations of the person-centred approach; the fundamental principles of person-centred practice (as well as new developments in, and applications of, person-centred clinical work), explorations of how person-centred conceptualisations and practices can be applied to groups of clients who bring particular issues to therapy, such as bereavement or trauma, and professional issues for person-centred therapists such as ethics, supervision, and training.

10 years after it was last published, this third edition includes new content on the climate crisis, intersectionality and working with racism and anti-racism. It includes new dedicated chapters on the Non-directive Attitude, Relational Depth, Experiential Practices, Working with Trauma, Online PCA and Person-Centred approaches around the Globe.

International and interdisciplinary in conception, this is a cutting-edge resource for students of psychotherapy and counselling on a range of programmes, as well as professional practitioners working in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230280496
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/31/2013
Edition description:	2nd ed. 2013
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.30(d)

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.

Gina Di Malta is a Counselling Psychologist who works with diverse clients, an international researcher, a lecturer in psychotherapy and counselling at the Open University, and the Editor-in-Chief of the British Psychological Society's peer-reviewed research publication 'Counselling Psychology Review'. Gina's research is aimed at the developments of humanistic psychotherapy, in particular processes within the therapeutic relationship that empower clients.

Table of Contents

Preface; Gina Di Malta, Mick Cooper, Yana Gololob, Maureen O'Hara, Susan Stephen
The Person-Centred Approach Today and Tomorrow: Seeds of a Peaceful Revolution; Gina Di Malta, Mick Cooper, Yana Gololob, Maureen O'Hara, Susan Stephen
The Basic Conditions of the Facilitative Therapeutic Relationship; Carl Rogers

PART I: THEORETICAL, HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS
Introduction to Part 1; Susan Stephen
Origins and Evolution of the Person-Centred Innovation in Carl Rogers' lifetime; Godfrey T. Barrett-Lennard
The 'Family' of Person-centred Therapies; Pete Sanders
The Anthropological, Relational and Ethical Foundations of Person-Centred Therapy; Peter F. Schmid
The Actualising Person; Art Bohart
Experiential and Phenomenological Foundations; Mick Cooper & Art Bohart
Developmental and Personality Theory; Mick Cooper
Working in Groups; Peter F. Schmid & Maureen O'Hara
Diversity, Intersectionality, and Person-Centred Psychology: Radical Foundations, Contemporary Perspectives, and Cultural Change; Suzy Henry, Divine Charura, & Colin Lago
Spirituality and Transcendence; Judy Moore

PART II: THERAPEUTIC PRACTICE
Introduction to Part 2; Gina Di Malta
The Non-directive Attitude; Susan Stephen
Empathy; Elizabeth Freire & Gina Di Malta
Unconditional Positive Regard; Jerold D. Bozarth & Sheila Haugh
Congruence; Jeffrey H. D. Cornelius-White
Therapeutic Presence: An Essential Way of Being; Shari Geller and Camilla Graziani
Relational Depth; Gina Di Malta, Ruth Anderson & Mick Cooper
Experiential Practices: Explicit ways of facilitating therapeutic processes; Siebrecht Vanhooren, Claude Missiaen, & Kurt Renders
Person-Centred Creative Arts Therapies; Ani de la Prida

PART III: CLIENT GROUPS
Introduction to Part 3; Yana Gololob
Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling with Children and Young People; Michael Behr & Dagmar Nuding
Couples and Families; Charles J. O'Leary & Martha B. Johns
Older Adults; Allyson Washburban and Sofia von Humboldt
A Person-Centred Approach to Grief Counselling; Dale G. Larson
Clients with Contact-impaired Functioning: pre-therapy; Dion Van Werde and Garry Prouty
Difficult Client Process; Margaret S. Warner
Working with Trauma; Henry J. Venter
A Person-centred Approach to Addiction Treatment; J. Roland Fleck & Dorothy T. Fleck

PART IV: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
Introduction to Part 4; Mick Cooper
Assessment and Formulation; Ewan Gillon
Ethics in Practice in Person-Centred Therapy; Gillian Proctor & Suzanne Keys
Supervision; Keith Tudor
Research; Robert Elliott
Social Change and Cultural Transformation; Maureen O'Hara
Online PCA; Brian Rodgers & Keith Tudor
Person-Centred Approach around the Globe; Yana Gololob & Hannah Gilbert

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Praise for the first edition:'A Who's Who of contemporary person-centred thinkers and practitioners. This handbook will be the standard reference work in the area.' – William B. Stiles, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA

'So comprehensive is this handbook, that if students of the person-centred approach could only afford to buy themselves one book, then they would do well to make it this one.' - Therapy TodayThis is a truly exhilarating, inspiring and provocative volume.' - Person-Centred Quarterly

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the first edition:

'A Who's Who of contemporary person-centred thinkers and practitioners. This handbook will be the standard reference work in the area.' – William B. Stiles, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
 
'So comprehensive is this handbook, that if students of the person-centred approach could only afford to buy themselves one book, then they would do well to make it this one.' - Therapy Today

'This is a truly exhilarating, inspiring and provocative volume.' - Person-Centred Quarterly
 

From the Publisher