Mick Cooper, Maureen O'Hara, Peter F. Schmid, Arthur C. Bohart

THE HANDBOOK OF PERSON-CENTRED PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING.
SECOND EDITION

Houndsmill, Basingstoke, U.K. (Palgrave Macmillan) 2013
xvii + 524 pages, 15,6 x 23,4cm,
Paperback, ISBN 978-0-230-28049-6, 33,99 £ / 39.90 EUR

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 THE  INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK for the state of the art of pct

Already the standard reference work of its type, this new edition offers significant new material and
new insights for a wide audience. Bringing together leading international experts in the field, this
highly acclaimed textbook offers a uniquely comprehensive, detailed and vibrant exploration of the
field of contemporary person-centred psychotherapy and counselling.

Thoroughly updated, the second edition directly addresses the challenges currently facing
practitioners, particularly in relation to the increasing emphasis on evidence-based practice and time-limited
work. There are many new chapters including material on integrative practice, assessment and
formulation, working with children and young people, grief and bereavement, addictions, spirituality
and person-centred arts therapies. The second edition extends its masterful discussion of person-centred
theory and its development in order to explore its influence on psychotherapy’s wider theory
base. At the same time, there is a new emphasis on illustrating theoretical or practical ideas with
actual dialogues and cases, bringing the material to life for students and trainees.

Building on the success of the first edition, this substantially revised and extended new edition is set to remain the most in-depth and wide-ranging book available on person-centred psychotherapy and counselling.

The book is thoroughly updated to reflect the latest trends in theory and practice:

• It extends its coverage of professional settings and applications, including brand new chapters on children, older people, arts-based therapies, addiction and bereavement.

• It engages systematically with urgent contemporary issues, such as evidence-based practice, political and medical discourses, and theoretical integration.
• It uses case illustrations, therapist-client dialogues, points of reflection and further resources to bring person-centred therapy to life for the reader, in a user-friendly way.
• It includes contributions by an increasingly extensive group of writers, thinkers, teachers and practitioners.

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AUTHORS

Barrett-Lennard, Godfrey T. • Behr, Michael • Bohart, Arthur C. (4) • Bozarth, Jerold • Cain, David J. • Carrick, Lorna • Cooper, Mick (4) • Cornelius-White, Jeffrey • Elliott, Robert • Fleck, Dorothy T. • Fleck, J. Roland • Freire, Elizabeth S. • Geller, Shari • Gillon, Ewan • Hirai, Tatsuya • Johns, Martha B. • Joseph, Stephen • Keys, Suzanne • Lago, Colin • Lambers, Elke • Larson. Dale G. • McGinnis, Susan • Nuding, Dagmar • O'Hara, Maureen (4) • O'Leary, Charles J. • Proctor, Gillian • Prouty, Garry • Rogers, Carl R. • Rogers, Natalie • Sanders, Pete • Schmid, Peter F. (4) • Takens, Roelf J. •  van Kalmthout, Martin • Van Werde, Dion • von Humboldt, Sofia • Warner, Margaret S. • Washburn, Elison • Wyatt, Gill • Worsley, Richard

CONTENTS

Preface; M.Cooper, M.O'Hara, P.F.Schmid & A.Bohart
Person-Centred Therapy Today and Tomorrow: Vision, Challenge and Growth; M.Cooper, M.O'Hara, P.Schmid & A.Bohart
The Basic Conditions of the Facilitative Therapeutic Relationship; C.Rogers

PART ONE: THEORETICAL, HISTORICAL & PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS

Origins and Evolution of the Person-Centred Innovation in Carl Rogers' Lifetime; G.T.Barrett-Lennard
The 'Family' of Person-Centred and Experiential Therapies; P.Sanders
The Anthropological, Relational and Ethical Foundations of Person-Centred Therapy; P.F.Schmid
The Actualizing Person; A.Bohart
Experiential and Phenomenological Foundations; M.Cooper & A.Bohart
Developmental and Personality Theory; M.Cooper
A Person-Centred Perspective on Spirituality; M.van Kalmthout

PART TWO: 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-Centred Psychotherapies; D.Cain

PART THREE: SETTINGS AND CLIENT GROUPS

Person-Centered Psychotherapy and Counselling with Children and Young People; M.Behr, D.Nuding & S.McGinnis
Couples and Families; C.J.O'Leary & M.B.Johns
Older Adults; A.Washburn & S. von Humboldt
Grief and Bereavement; D.Larson
Clients with Contact-Impaired Functioning: Pre-Therapy; D.Van Werde & G.Prouty
Difficult Client Process; M. S. Warner
Working with Traumatized Clients and Clients in Crisis; L. Carrick & S. Joseph
A Person-Centred Approach to Addiction Treatment; J.Roland Fleck

PART FOUR: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

Setting up Practice and the Therapeutic Framework; R.Worsley
Assessment and Formulation; E.Gillon
Ethics in Practice in Person-Centred Therapy; G.Proctor & S.Keys
Counselling Across Difference and Diversity; C.Lago & T.Hirai
Supervision; E.Lambers
Research; R.Elliott
Person-Centred Approaches as Cultural Leadership; M.O'Hara
Resources; R.J.Takens

EDITORS' BIOGRAPHIES

MICK COOPER, Ph.D., is a Professor of Counselling at the University of Strathclyde, UK.

MAUREEN O'HARA Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at National University in La Jolla, California, USA.

PETER F. SCHMID Univ.Doz. HSProf. Mag. Dr., 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-Centered Studies in Vienna, Austria.

ARTHUR C. BOHART is Emeritus Professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills, USA.

 

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