Table of Contents

Introduction So Just What Is Person-Centred Therapy? `More than Just a Psychotherapy' An Important Social and Political Context or Unjustified Complacency? The Underlying Epistemology Outmoded Twentieth-Century Modernism? The Model of the Person An Insufficient Base? Self-Actualization A Culture-Bound, Naive and Optimistic View of Human Nature? The Core Conditions Necessary but Insufficient? `Non-Directivity' A Fiction and an Irresponsible Denial of Power? An Absent Psychopathology A Therapy for the Worried Well? Reflection A Simple Technique of Little Effect? The Issue of Boundaries Harmfully Sloppy Ethics?

About the Author

Paul Wilkins is Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Human Communication, Manchester Metropolitan University. He publications include Personal and Professional Development for Counsellors (London, SAGE Publications), Psychodrama (London, SAGE Publications).