Person Centered Counselling in Action Book

This practical and comprehensive guide is written for counsellor trainers and their trainees, as well as for counsellors already in practice wanting to familiarize themselves with the person-centred approach to counselling.Developed in the 1940s and 50s by Carl Rogers, person-centred therapy, with its optimistic view of the human being, constituted a radical departure from the accepted analytical methods and rapidly gained prominence. It is only in recent years, however, that full-scale training courses for person-centred counsellors have been developed in Britain and other parts of the world.Dave Mearns and Brian Thorne explain the theoretical principles of the person-centred approach by relating these principles to actual practice. Drawing on one particular case-study the two counsellors present an extensive exploration of the core conditions of empathy, acceptance and congruence, and provide a step-by-step account of both the counsellor's and the client's experience of being involved in a trusting, caring relationship characterised by power-sharing and mutuality.The result is a book which provides a concise introduction to the key concepts of the person-centred approach and is at the same time a deeply moving personal exploration.Read More