Steps on a Mindful Journey: Person-centred expressions
ISBN 978 1 898059 58 5 (2003)
This book collates much of Goff Barrett-Lennard's writing on a range of key topics in the counselling domain. Each chapter reflects a distinct feature or step on a pathway of distinguished contribution. Some chapters grew out of previous papers and others were written specifically for this volume. All, including the biographical Appendix, are new in their present form.
The work provides a unique insight into a professional—personal journey begun fifty years ago, and it offers a vital contribution to contemporary helping professions.
Part 1: On enabling connection
•Qualities of the helping interview
•The listening process — in everyday and helping modes
•Client-centred therapy: A 'reply' to misconceptions
•Unfolding the meaning and processes of empathy
•On not seeking to change my client: A personal view
Part 2: New views — familiar contexts
•Experiential groups for relational self-discovery
•The family structure-relationship connection and learning world of children
•Measuring experienced relationship: An odyssey (1957–2003)
Part 3: Persons, peoples and prospects
•Human nature and the becoming self
•Persons in context, and the new helping spectrum
Appendices 1. Journey Notes — clippings from a life 2. Relationship and self: Exploration in verse


