Developing Person-Centred Counselling

Dave Mearns is formerly Director of the Counselling Unit and Professor of Counselling at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Dave is author or co-author of four other counselling books published by SAGE: Person-Centred Counselling in Action, Second Edition, Experiences of Counselling in Action, Person-Centred Counselling Training and Person-Centred Therapy Today: New Frontiers in Theory and Practice.

`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

• IntroductionPART ONE: EXTENDING THE THERAPEUTIC CONDITIONSDon′t Confuse Unconditional Positive Regard with `Liking′Offering the Client an Engagement at `Relational Depth′ What Is Involved in Offering Wider Contracts to Clients?Extend the Core Conditions to the Whole of Your Client - Introducing `Configurations′ of SelfDon′t Get `Hooked on Growth′PART TWO: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNSELLORCounsellor `Paralysis′Diagnosis and TreatmentBeware of the Need to Appear `Clever′`Burn-Out′ and How to Avoid ItPersonal Therapy Is Not EnoughWhat to Do If You Are Not PerfectUsing the Large Unstructured Group to Develop Congruence in Person-Centred TrainingDeveloping a Spiritual Discipline - with Brian ThornePART THREE: THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCEYou Do Not Need to Be an `Expert′ on the Client Group or Issue to Work Expertly with the Client Be `Beside′ the Client, but Not `on the Side of′ the ClientGetting beyond `Transference′Brief Companionship - with Brian ThorneBecoming Aware of the `Unspoken Relationship′ between Counsellor and ClientTapping the `Unspoken Relationship′ between Counsellor and ClientPART FOUR: THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESSGetting the `Power Dynamic′ RightLet the Client′s Locus of Evaluation Be the Guide to Your WorkingAssisting the Client′s FocusingBe Aware of and Beware the Dynamics of Self-Concept ChangeConfronting the ClientTrouble-Shooting `Stuckness′ within the Therapeutic ProcessPART FIVE: PERSON-CENTRED PSYCHOPATHOLOGYThe Person-Centred Perspective on Psychopathology - with Elke LambersThe Neurotic ClientBorderline Personality Disorder - with Elke LambersPsychosis - with Elke LambersPersonality Disorder - with Elke LambersAn Introduction to Client-Centred Pre-Therapy - with Dion Van WerdeDealing with the Possibility of Psychotic Content in a Seemingly Congruent Communication - with Dion Van Werde