This unique and important book breaks new ground in the theory and practice of person-centred psychotherapy by focusing on the issue of process.Process belongs to both client and counsellor. Worsley conceptualises process in relation to the core principles of the person-centred approach but also to the humanistic and phenomenological roots of person-centred therapy. Combining academic rigour with the wisdom of an experienced clinical practitioner, he opens up a more inclusive and integrative way of being with clients that nonetheless chimes with classical person-centred principles.The book features:- Activities and vivid case studies to illustrate and expand on the theoretical points being developed, allowing the reader to see easily how these might apply to practice.- Engagement with theoretical approaches such as transactional analysis and Gestalt, as well as discussion of philosophy, spirituality and psychopathology.- New discussion of the processes involved in mental illness, drawing on the work of Prouty and Warner to understand the client's world of experiencing.- New material on the plural self and configurations of the self.
Preface
Introduction: Process and Listening
PART I: ADDRESSING PROCESS WORK
What is Process in Person-Centred Therapy?
The Client in Process
PART II: PHENOMENOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
A Phenomenological Approach to Therapy
Constructing the Self: Narrative and Metaphor in Therapy
Conditions of Worth in Everyday Life: A Person
Centred Use of Transactional Analysis Theory
Mirrors of our Being: A Person-Centred Use of Gestalt Theory
Freeing the Therapist: A Phenomenological Reading of Carl Rogers
PART III: EXISTENTIAL PERSPECTIVES
Relating and Existing: Martin Buber's I-Thou Construct for Person-Centred Therapy
The Existential Dimension: An Ignored Resource of Person-Centred Therapy
The Spirituality of Counselling: Phenomenology, Existentialism and Beyond
PART IV: MOVING INTO PROCESS WORK
Process in High Levels of Distress: Insights for Everyday Work
A Process Paradigm and 'Hilary': A Case Study of One Moment of Process Work
Process Work in Practice
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