Person-Centered Approaches for Counselors

Jeffrey H. D. Cornelius-White, Psy.D., LPC, is Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling, Leadership and Special Education, Provost’s Fellow for Teaching and Learning, at Missouri State University in Springfield, and Adjunct Assistant Professor for the Cooperative Ed.D. Program in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is Chair of the Board of the World Association for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling, Co-Editor of The Person-Centered Journal, Content Editor of the Journal of Border Educational Research, and co-editor of the 2008 book with PCCS entitled: Facilitating Young People’s Development: International perspectives on person-centered theory and practice. He has also been a Dean’s Fellow, Service-Learning Fellow and Program Director for School Counseling at MSU. His 50 publications have been mostly concerned with person-centered and social justice issues in education, psychology, and counseling. Jef is the father of two children, Evan and Avery, and partner to his wife Cecily. He enjoys biking, swimming, reading, and playing with his kids.

• Chapter 1: The Therapist in RelationshipTherapist and Relationship FactorsThe Necessary and Sufficient ConditionsSummaryChapter 2: ClientContact, Incongruence, and PerceptionClient-Directed, Outcome Informed, Client HeroActualizing TendencyNondirective AttitudeConclusionSummaryChapter 3: Evolution of the Person-Centered ApproachClassical Client-Centered or Nondirective TherapyFocusingIntersubjectivityExperiential, Emotion-FocusedInterdisciplinary Research and PracticeThe Futurism of the Person-Centered Approach and Its ImplicationsSummaryChapter 4: MulticulturalismCentral Concepts in Multicultural Counseling CompetenceUnderstanding Client’s Worldview: Cultural Elements to EmpathyCulturally Appropriate Interventions and Unconditional Positive RegardSocial Justice Advocacy CompetenciesHistory of Multiculturalism and the Person-Centered ApproachEthical and Religious Concepts and the Person-Centered ApproachThe Paradox: A Universal System of Adaptability to DifferencesSummaryChapter 5: A Case Illustration of Person-Centered CounselingDeenaCaseySession One: First EncounterSession Two: Scared, Really ScaredSession Three: Some ReliefSession Four: A Possible MisunderstandingSession Five: Nonstop TalkerSession Six: I Miss My Mom, Bad. She Was a Bitch to Deal WithSession Seven: Talkative AgainSessions Eight and Nine: No ShowQuestions for Your ConsiderationSummaryChapter 6: ConclusionPCA Is LoveCourageous, Compassionate ConfrontationPerceptionLinking the Relational and the Client ConditionsIt FiguresUnderstand, Verify You Understand, and ImprovePower Within, Power With, Power OverThe Ever-Reaching Actualization Process: Give and ReceiveSummary