Specifically written by UK authors for UK practitioners and students at advanced certificate, diploma, degree and masters level, The Tribes of the Person-Centred Nation is probably the most accessible introduction to these closely associated approaches and their key commonalities and differences. It covers the pivotal names, dates, theory elements and practice issues in an easy-to-read style, along with further reading and resources This book has a mission — to gather the tribes of the person-centred nation for dialogue; to discover common ground and debate differences; to celebrate the fact that we are, as Margaret Warner declared, ‘one nation, many tribes’. In many parts of the world, Person-Centred Therapy is seen as a family of therapies, including Experiential Psychotherapy and Focusing. Closely associated with PCT are Existential Therapy and various integrative approaches. Since Carl Rogers’ death, there has been much debate regarding what can and cannot rightly claim to be called ‘Person-Centred Therapy’. This book brings the debates to a UK readership, with contributions from leading figures in each of the main ‘tribes’. --- from the publisher chapter 1 history of client-centred therapy and the pca: events, dates and ideas pete sanders chapter 2 classical client-centred therapy tony merry chapter 3 focusing-oriented therapy campbell purton chapter 4 experiential person-centred therapy nick baker chapter 5 existential approaches to therapy mick cooper chapter 6 integrating with integrity richard worsley appendix mapping person-centred approaches to counselling and psychotherapy pete sanders |