Person Centred Therapy Quotes

“An openness to being changed by the client is required of the person-centred therapist. A person-centred therapist who is closed off from being changed implicitly denies the full humanity of the client.”
― David Murphy, Relational Depth: New Perspectives and Developments

“Over the years I have come to realize we just can't know how or when resolution will come ...

As a dedicated follower, I have been privleged to witness and support the wisdom that emerges ...

I expect to be surprised by what the next people will teach me as they pursue their unique path towards resolution and open to inhabiting their inherent health.”
― Bonnie Badenoch, The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships

“At moments of deep uncertainty, I find that I sometimes jump the tracks into taking control, and in those moments, if I can move back toward following, the process often finds its own feet again. All of this has gradually led me to believe that letting go of expectations about the outcome of therapy as much as possible gives the process the most room to show itself.”
― Bonnie Badenoch, The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships

“Dialogue is the non-indifference of the I towards the Thou ... dialogue is a primary, underlying condition of being human, of being a person, as is love.”
― Peter F. Schmid, Relational Depth: New Perspectives and Developments

“Psychotherapy is not a method of repairing problems or fostering personal happiness. That is psychotechnique. On the contrary ... it is fundamentally an ethical and a political task.”
― Peter F. Schmid, Relational Depth: New Perspectives and Developments

“The commitment within the person-centred approach [is] to dismantling the structural distribution of power within society.”
― David Murphy, Relational Depth: New Perspectives and Developments