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. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

 

 

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

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. . . what makes the book so useful [is that] it’s a real academic reference book covering a huge amount of ground in such an easily accessible format. I can see myself reaching for this book regularly when I want to look up key information and I expect there to be many well-thumbed copies of this book in person-centred course libraries. An essential text for diploma, degree and masters courses.

Lee Field, PCAI (GB)

 

When I was a young graduate student Carl Rogers taught me how to read a book in twenty minutes. However it did not work with this book. The content proved so interesting that I found myself continually dropping into ‘close-reading’ and much of a weekend was lost to other purposes.This book brings together six experts . . . within the person-centred approach and has them present a particularly up-to-date picture . . . The book gives a thorough grounding for today’s student in this whole field, particularly as it applies within the British scene . . . [Chapter 1] is compulsive reading for all students of the PCA because it gives what I believe is the most accessible account of the history of the development of the approach . . . I found myself enjoying this chapter tremendously . . . I am intensely jealous of the editor because he has come up with what I think is an extremely imaginative way to present this book and the ideas therein . . . this style of presentation will be absolutely invaluable for students doing essays (tutors had better catch up with this text to stay ahead!).

Professor Dave Mearns, University of Strathclyde