Introduction
PART ONE: EXTENDING THE THERAPEUTIC CONDITIONS
Don′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 Self
Don′t Get `Hooked on Growth′
PART TWO: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNSELLOR
Counsellor `Paralysis′
Diagnosis and Treatment
Beware of the Need to Appear `Clever′
`Burn-Out′ and How to Avoid It
Personal Therapy Is Not Enough
What to Do If You Are Not Perfect
Using the Large Unstructured Group to Develop Congruence in
Person-Centred Training
Developing a Spiritual Discipline - with Brian Thorne
PART THREE: THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE
You 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 Client
Getting beyond `Transference′
Brief Companionship - with Brian Thorne
Becoming Aware of the `Unspoken Relationship′ between Counsellor
and Client
Tapping the `Unspoken Relationship′ between Counsellor and
Client
PART FOUR: THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS
Getting the `Power Dynamic′ Right
Let the Client′s Locus of Evaluation Be the Guide to Your
Working
Assisting the Client′s Focusing
Be Aware of and Beware the Dynamics of Self-Concept Change
Confronting the Client
Trouble-Shooting `Stuckness′ within the Therapeutic Process
PART FIVE: PERSON-CENTRED PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
The Person-Centred Perspective on Psychopathology - with Elke
Lambers
The Neurotic Client
Borderline Personality Disorder - with Elke Lambers
Psychosis - with Elke Lambers
Personality Disorder - with Elke Lambers
An Introduction to Client-Centred Pre-Therapy - with Dion Van
Werde
Dealing with the Possibility of Psychotic Content in a Seemingly
Congruent Communication - with Dion Van Werde
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
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