Developing person-centred counselling

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mearns, Dave, Author.

Series:

Developing counselling.

Sage developing counselling series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal Relations.

Delivery of Health Care.

Behavioral Disciplines and Activities.

Psychology, Social.

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation.

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.

Professional-Patient Relations.

Psychotherapy.

Medical Subjects:

Interpersonal Relations.

Delivery of Health Care.

Behavioral Disciplines and Activities.

Psychology, Social.

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation.

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.

Professional-Patient Relations.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE, 2002.

[Place of publication not identified] SAGE 2002

Language Note:

English

Summary:

`This is a useful book for those who use person-centred counselling in their practice, or who are training to become person-centred counsellors' - Counselling and Psychotherapy, the Journal of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Developing Person-Centred Counselling, Second Edition is designed to help counsellors improve their skills within the person-centred approach. Written by Dave Mearns, leading person-centred expert and bestselling author, the Second Edition has been fully revised and updated taking account of developments in person-centred practice. With new chapters on growth and transference, the book covers the subjects which are central to person-centred training: } the core conditions } therapeutic alliance } development of the counsellor } therapeutic process } the person-centred approach in relation to psychopathology. Supported by case material and examples from practice, each part of the book presents the counsellor with practical, and often challenging ideas, which encourage him/her to think carefully about his/her practice and how to improve it. Developing Person-Centred Counselling, Second Edition is a highly practical and inspiring resource for trainees and practitioners alike.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

I Extending the Therapeutic Conditions

1 Don't confuse unconditional positive regard with 'liking'

2 Offering the client an engagement at 'relational depth'

3 What is involved in offering wider contracts to clients?

4 Extend the core conditions to the whole of your client - introducing 'configurations' of self

5 Don't get 'hooked on growth'

II The Development of the Counsellor

6 Counsellor 'paralysis': diagnosis and treatment

7 Beware the need to appear 'clever'

8 'Burn-out' and how to avoid it

9 Personal therapy is not enough

10 What to do if you are not perfect

11 Using the large unstructured group to develop congruence in person-centred training

12 Developing a spiritual discipline (Brian Thorne)

III The Therapeutic Alliance

13 You do not need to be an 'expert' on the client group or issue to work expertly with the client

14 Be 'beside' the client but not 'on the side of' the client

15 Getting beyond 'transference'

16 Brief companionship (Brian Thorne)

17 Becoming aware of the 'unspoken relationship' between counsellor and client

18 Tapping the 'unspoken relationship' between counsellor and client

IV The Therapeutic Process

19 Getting the 'power dynamic' right

20 Let the client's locus of evaluation be the guide to your working

21 Assisting the client's focusing

22 Be aware of and beware the dynamics of self-concept change

23 Confronting the client

24 Trouble-shooting 'stuckness' within the therapeutic process

V Person-Centred Psychopathology

25 The person-centred perspective on psychopathology: the neurotic client (Elke Lambers)

26 Borderline personality disorder (Elke Lambers)

27 Psychosis (Elke Lambers)

28 Personality disorder (Elke Lambers).

29 An introduction to client-centred pre-therapy (Dion Van Werde)

30 Dealing with the possibility of psychotic content in a seemingly congruent communication (Dion Van Werde)

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [129]-134) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4462-2631-X

1-280-36923-X

0761949682

0761949690

9786610369232

1-4129-3294-7

OCLC:

1027191924