Person-Centred Therapy Today: New Frontiers in Theory and Practice

by Dave Mearns, Brian Thorne

At the risk of being directive, I would say you should buy this book. It contains some of the most stimulating and refreshing ideas to have emerged in the person-centred literature since On Becoming a Person '- "Person Centred Practice "

Person-Centred Therapy Today makes a timely and significant contribution to the development of one of the most popular and widely-used therapeutic approaches.

This is a book that is rooted in the origins of person-centred therapy but stands at the cutting edge of new ideas developing in this tradition. It will reinvigorate those of us already immersed in this tradition. It should convince newcomers of the vitality and potential of this approach to thera

Genres: Counselling, Psychology

239 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2000

Reviews

[Michael]

A brilliant book, building upon and extending Rogerian theory while remaining true to Rogers's vision.

I found something of worth in all of the chapters, but particularly those introducing the concepts of configurations of self and of social mediation, together with Margaret Warner's 'guest chapter' regarding difficult process. Essential reading for those progressing/progressed beyond the initial stages of studying person-centred theory.

[Mark Boden]

Very informative and useful book

I found the book to be very useful, especially in relation to new developments in Person Centred Theory such as configurations of self and reflections on the Actualizing Tendency.

[Gina]

This book reads like a textbook.