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A Way of Being - Rogers, Carl
Beyond Carl Rogers. - Brazier, D. Constable and Robinson
Carl Rogers - Thorne, Brian. Sage
Carl Rogers Reader, The - Kirschenbaum, H. & Henderson, V. (Eds.)
Carl Rogers: A Critical Biography - Cohen, D - London: Constable
Carl Rogers: Dialogues. - Kirschenbaum, H. & Henderson, V. (Eds.) Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Classics in the Person-Centered Approach - Cain, David - PCCS Books
Client Issues in Counselling and Psychotherapy - Editors Janet Tolan & Paul Wilkins
Client-centered and Experiential Psychotherapy in the 21st Century - Watson, J, Goldman, R and Warner, M - PCCS Books
Client-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy in the Nineties - Lietaer, G., Rombauts, J., & Van Balen, R. (Eds.) - Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press.
Client-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy: A Paradigm in Motion - Hutterer, R., Pawlowsky, G., Schmid, P., & Stipsits, R. (Eds.) - Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
Congruence - Wyatt, G - PCCS Books
Contact and Perception - Volume 4 - Wyatt, G., & Sanders, P. - PCCS Books
Counselling a Recovering Drug User: A Person Centred Dialogue - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
Counselling a Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse: Person Centred Dialogue - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press
Counselling for Eating Disorders in Men - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press
Counselling for Eating Disorders in Women - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press
Counselling for Obesity - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press
Counselling for Problem Gambling - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press
Counselling for Progressive Disability: Person Centred Dialogues - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press
Counselling the Person Beyond the Alcohol Problem - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Counselling Victims of Warfare - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press
Counselling Young Binge Drinkers - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
Counselling Young People: Person Centred Dialogues - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
Emerging Woman - Rogers, N - PCCS Books
Empathy Volume 2 - Haugh, S., Merry, T., - PCCS Books
Enfoque centrado en la persona: Bibliografia en español, 1997. - Segrera, A. S., & Alemany, C - México, D.F. Universidad Iberoamericana.
Experiences of Counselling in Action - Mearns, D., & Dryden, W - Sage
Experiences of Person-centred Counselling Training - Buchanan, L., & Hughes, R. - PCCS Books
Experiential Psychotherapy with Children - Wright, L., Everett, F., & Roisman, L.- Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
First Steps in Counselling 2nd Edition - Sanders, P - PCCS Books
Focusing (second edition. New revised instructions) - Gendlin, E.T. - New York : Bantam Books
Freedom To Learn for the 80's - Rogers, C. R - Charles E. Merrill Publishing.
How Clients Make Therapy Work - Bohart, A. & Tallman, K - Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Jigsaw of Life, The - Richard Bryant-Jefferies
Little Book of Therapy, A - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Pen Press Publishers Ltd
Next Steps in Counselling - Franklin, A & Sanders, P - PCCS Books
On Becoming a Person - Rogers, C
Person-centred Communication: Theory and Practice - Du Toit, D., Grobler, H., Schenk, R. - OUP Southern Africa
Person-Centred Counselling in Action - Thorne, B & Mearns, D. - Sage
Person-Centred Counselling: Christian Spiritual Dimensions - Thorne, B. - London: Wiley-Blackwell
Person-Centred Practice: The BAPCA Reader - Merry, T (ed) - PCCS Books
Person-Centred Therapy (A European Perspective) - Thorne, B., & Lambers, E. - Sage
Praxis der Gesprachspsychotherapie - Pörtner, M. - Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart.
Problem Drinking: A Person-centred Dialogue (Living therapy series) - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
Relationship Counselling: Sons and Mothers - A Person Centred Dialogue - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Publishing
Responding to a Serious Mental Health Problem - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press
Sacred Science - Heron, J - PCCS Books
Step in to Study Counselling 2nd edition - Sanders, P - PCCS Books
Successful Psychotherapy: A Caring, Loving Relationship - Patterson, C. H. & Hidore, S - Jason Aronson, Inc.
The Martin Buber - Carl Rogers Dialogue - Anderson, R. & Cissna, K - State University of New York Press
The Psychotherapy of Carl Rogers - Farber, B., Brink, D., & Raskin, P - New York: The Guilford Press
The Sevenfold Circle: Self Awareness in Dance - Bryant-Jefferies, R and Frances, L - Findhorn Press
Time Limited Therapy in Primary Care: A Person Centred Dialogue - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Publishing
Unconditional Positive Regard Volume 3 - Bozarth J. and Wilkins, P - PCCS Books
What is Person-Centred Therapy? - Merry, T & Lusty, B
Workplace Counselling - the NHS - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press
Workplace Counselling - the NHS - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press

A Way of Being - Rogers, Carl  (1980)  ISBN: 9780395755303
A Way of Being was written in the early 1980s, near the end of Rogers' career, and serves as a coda to his classic On Becoming a Person. More philosophical than his earlier writings, it traces his professional and personal development. Rogers concludes by predicting a more humane future.
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An Invitation to Person-Centred Psychology - Merry, Tony   (1995)  ISBN: 978-1847879356
Broader in its scope than just client-centred counselling, this book explores pca ideas in everyday life. There are chapters on education, multiculturalism, and group work as well as an introduction to person-centred therapy. Includes a complete transcript of the only videotaped demonstration counselling interview given by Carl Rogers in England. (Information provided to me by the author).


Art Therapy, the Person Centred Way - Silverside, Liesl   (July 1997)  ISBN: 1 85302 481 3

Beyond Carl Rogers. - Brazier, D. Constable and Robinson  (Sep 1993)  ISBN: 978-0094726109
For Rogers the personal was the key to the universal. He was never more pleased than when he helped people to find their own power, potential and Direction. Beyond Carl Rogers is testimony to the originality he continues to inspire. This book is a feast, full of practical and theoretical insights and challenges: the authenticity of he therapist, empathy and micro-process, the relevance of love, the nature of self, creative therapy, expressive methods, focusing, encounter, applications in psychodrama and family therapy, chaos theory, the perils of eclecticism and much more. The above insights are discussed by a group of the most innovative therapists in the tradition of Rogers, written in essays exploring the new directions in psychotherapeutic practive. A must read for anyone studying counselling.

Carl Rogers - Thorne, Brian. Sage  (1992)  ISBN: 0-8039-8463-4
This book is on the Sage "Bestseller!" list. 

Carl Rogers Reader, The - Kirschenbaum, H. & Henderson, V. (Eds.)  (Apr 1990)  ISBN: 978-0094698406
When this book was first published it included material from Rogers which had not previously been published. It has now become a standard reference book - to the extent that Rogers is often quoted from this book rather than Rogers himself. The Amazon review says:

This book was a delight. I was looking for something to give me an idea of Carl Rogers work and life, that might prove useful in my counselling studies. It is all that and more. A very easy to read book, with a very personal style that gives real insight into the man and his work.

It contains case studies, autobiographical extracts and teachings from the great man himself without feeling like a reference book. It's more like sitting in a seminar and being imparted golden nuggets of information mined from his life's experience.

It is a fascinating and useful book that can be read from cover to cover, relevantly selected from or dipped into at will. If you have any interest in the way Carl Roger's mind works, then this is the book for you.

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Carl Rogers' Helping System Journey and Substance - Godfrey T Barrett-Lennard  (1999)  ISBN: 0-7619-5677-8

In private correspondence the author, Godfrey Barrett-Lennard writes -

"Writing this book was often like an extended inner conversation with varied imagined readers: student and teacher companions, colleagues with theoretical and research interest, practitioner-helpers in counselling and related disciplines, and inquiring individuals of other backgrounds...

"The 'journey' in my title is the evolutionary course of a human science and helping system, rooted in the field of psychotherapy and counselling....

"I have brought together the contributions of many people in addition to Carl Rogers himself, within a fresh perspective. The first large question addressed is that of how the innovation, reflected in Rogers' thought and the new therapy, came so vigorously into being in the time and place that it did and two chapters tackle this issue in a previously untravelled path of exploration. A vigorous new system of thought and practice is likely to pass through a cohesive 'school' phase, and then become more pluralistic. Chapter 4 is a bird's eye view of main steps in the development of ideas, practice and research through the first quarter century of the new school; and Chapter 5 articulates its basic stance, constructs and theoretical vision, as evolved during this phase. The big six-chapter third part of the book, 'Principles in Practice', spans areas of process from individual therapy to large groups and community, and speaks in descriptive and studied vein to the many areas and interests now represented in the approach.

The fourth group of chapters focuses on the story and contributions of research in psychotherapy and other fields that this system has spawned, from earliest beginnings to current challenges. The final, two-chapter part of the book articulates long-term continuities, present activity, and aspects of new thought. It includes a many-sided chapter on training, culminating in a review of the current international span of extended or full programs of study and training in this approach. The ending chapter includes my own view of continuities and core features of thought over the long haul, and maps ways of further growing our theory and range of practice."

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"... This work has grown from ... a career-long involvement in the approach itself [including my 1950s years in Chicago] and in reaching for an expanded frame of understanding. Extended engagement with Rogers and a community of other vital contributors has nourished my search...

"If you as reader have a sense of being in company with me, in parts of this book, I would welcome direct contact and sharing of ideas or reactions....This preface is a kind of letter... and it comes with my good wishes and the hope that my book honours the trust of your interest."


Carl Rogers: A Critical Biography - Cohen, D - London: Constable  (May 2000)  ISBN: 978-0094801004
This biography explores his life - including his tortured marriage, his use of confidential information about his children's lives and his drinking - against the background of his work. The author draws heavily on the papers left by Rogers to the Library of Congress.

Carl Rogers: Dialogues. - Kirschenbaum, H. & Henderson, V. (Eds.) Boston: Houghton Mifflin.  (1989)  ISBN: 0-395-48356-5
Kirschenbaum, H. and Henderson, V. (Eds.). (1989). Carl Rogers: Dialogues. Conversations with Buber, Tillich, Skinner, Bateson, Polyani, May, and others.

Classics in the Person-Centered Approach - Cain, David - PCCS Books  (2002)  ISBN: 1 898059 42
It is 58 papers from the journal 'The Person Centered Review' selected by David. The vast majority not published since the Journal ceased publication. It's a big book -- almost 500 pages, and a large page format too. A reference text for those who missed the PCR in its heyday. Shlien's 'Countertheory of transference' and all responses and Shlien's responses to the responses. Boy's Psychodiagnosis symposium and much more . . . .
 


Client Centered Therapy and the Person Centered Approach - Levant, R & Shlien, J (ed)  (Oct 1987)  ISBN: 0-275-92821-7
A collection of works which was first published in 1984, edited by Ronald F Levant & John M Shlien. Contributors are: David Barnard, Godfrey Barrett-Lennard, Jerold Bozarth, Desmond Cartwright, Robert Fuller, Eugene Gendlin,Rodney Goodyear, Mary Graham, Bernard Guerney, Harold Hackney, Ronald Levant, Germain Lietaer, Dave Mearns, John McLeod, Maureen O'Hara, Laura Rice, Carl Rogers, William Rogers, David Ryback, Julius Seeman, John Shien, Neil Watson & John Wood.

Featuring 21 papers by important contributors in academia and clinical practice, this comprehensive text examines the major developments in the client-centered approach which took place in the USA & Europe during the 1970's & 80's. 

Client Centred Therapy: Its Current Practice, Implications and Theory - Rogers, C - Constable  (2003 (latest edition))  ISBN: 978-1841198408
This is one of Rogers' classics - for £8 (Amazon) you can't afford to be without it. In Association with Amazon.co.uk

Client Issues in Counselling and Psychotherapy - Editors Janet Tolan & Paul Wilkins  (Jan 2012)  ISBN: 978-1-84860-027-0
New SAGE publication out now:
This is the first humanistic counselling book to bring together commonly occurring clint issues, exploring the origin and meaning of the difficulty, the therapeutic approach an process, and the outcomes. Extensive case material guides you through the nuances and potential pitfalls towards effective practice with clients experiencing, for example: 

Drug and alcohol issues
Eating difficulties
Self harm
Childhood sexual abuse
Post traumatic stress
Depression 
Panic and anxiety

The book explores: life events, emotional reactions to them and behavioural reactions. My chapter is "Person-Centred Approaches to Trauma, Critical Incidents and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" (chapter 3).
The other contributors are Sheila Haugh, Jane Power, Richard Bryant-Jefferies, Kirshen Rundle, Rose Cameron and Barabra Douglas.

Pictures from the Book Launch in Manchester (UK) in Feb 2012.


Joint editor Janet Tolan and Allan Turner.






(Left to right) Janet Tolan, Allan Turner, Joint Editor Paul Wilkins, from PCCS Books, Pete Saunder, and Peter Jenkins.  









Client-centered and Experiential Psychotherapy in the 21st Century - Watson, J, Goldman, R and Warner, M - PCCS Books  (Oct 2002)  ISBN: 978-1898059431
This book is 39 papers selected from the proceedings of the ICCCEP Chicago 2000 Conference. It is just over 500 pages and is another substantial reference text for any serious students and researchers in psychotherapy.
        

Client-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy in the Nineties - Lietaer, G., Rombauts, J., & Van Balen, R. (Eds.) - Leuven, Belgium: Leuven University Press.   (Dec 1990)  ISBN: 978-9061863649

Client-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy: A Paradigm in Motion - Hutterer, R., Pawlowsky, G., Schmid, P., & Stipsits, R. (Eds.) - Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.    ISBN: 978-0820429854
A representative selection of papers presented at the Third International Conference on Client Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy, held in Austria in 1994. Forty-eight articles cover theory, research and practical applications including clinical practice, and present information on new developments in client-centered and experiential psychothe

Congruence - Wyatt, G - PCCS Books  (2001)  ISBN: 1 898059 26 2
A series of four books Edited by Gill Wyatt. Gill is Director of  Person-Centred Connections, an organisation devoted to extending the understanding and applications of the PCA. She teaches postgraduate and undergraduate courses in the PCA at Metanoia Institute, London. She is a BACP Accredited Counsellor, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist. She also works in private practice as a therapist, supervisor, facilitator and consultant.  

Contact and Perception - Volume 4 - Wyatt, G., & Sanders, P. - PCCS Books   (Feb 2002)  ISBN: 1 898059 32 2
A series of four books Edited by Gill Wyatt. Gill is Director of  Person-Centred Connections, an organisation devoted to extending the understanding and applications of the PCA. She teaches postgraduate and undergraduate courses in the PCA at Metanoia Institute, London. She is a BACP Accredited Counsellor, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist. She also works in private practice as a therapist, supervisor, facilitator and consultant.  

Counselling a Recovering Drug User: A Person Centred Dialogue - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Publishing Ltd  (Sep 2003)  ISBN: 1 85775 850 1
Richard Bryant-Jefferies’ book is well timed and critically needed because it is a unique focus specifically working with the individual drug abuser which is written within the framework of Carl Rogers’ person-centred approach. This book is matchless and deeply insightful. The therapeutic alliance at work within the pages of this book describes brilliantly the relationship of three people working together, the client, the counsellor and the counsellor’s supervisor to actively improve the life of one person struggling with a drug problem.’

This text highlights the complexities of dealing with people who have a drug-related problem. It offers the lay reader some insight into the world of drug users and the counselling process. Actual and potential clients may need this and gain encouragement about the benefits of person-centred counselling. Health professionals may find this book provides an easy-to-follow explanation of Carl Roger's counselling model and a view on how the counselling relationship allows a troubled client to grow and heal. Counsellors, psychotherapists and other health professionals and social workers dealing with people with drug problems including GPs and nurses should find this text of interest.

Counselling a Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse: Person Centred Dialogue - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press  (Jul 2003)  ISBN: 1 85775 829 3

‘I am amazed at the degree to which Richard Bryant-Jefferies has been able to catch the feel of an actual therapy relationship involving the recovery of dissociated trauma memories in the relationship portrayed in this book. Many of the passages in this fictional account gave me goose bumps reading them. I think that this moment-to-moment account of a therapy relationship will be invaluable to therapists learning to work with this sort of material as it emerges with their own clients. The openness of the approach that the author takes to this account is likely to be particularly valuable to readers.’                            Margaret Warner, Professor, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago Campus

This book provides a vivid insight into working with a client who is a survivor of child sexual abuse. Using fictitious dialogue it illustrates the person-centred approach and relates it to how memories can surface, and the impact that this can have on the client and counsellor. It provides a deep insight into the counselling relationship and the counsellors use of supervision, highlighting discussion points throughout to aid training and reflection. It is essential reading for all counselling trainers and psychotherapists and all other health professionals dealing with people who have suffered sexual abuse in childhood.


Counselling Couples and Families - A Person Centred Approach - O'Leary, C. Sage  (1999)  ISBN: 0 7619 5791
This is a highly readable text, which incorporates the theory and practice of counselling couples and families, integrated with principles from the person-centred approach....This text is most valuable to the beginner counsellor, however it can be considered a refresher to the more established practitioner' - Eisteach

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Counselling for Eating Disorders in Men - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press  (Jun 2005)  ISBN: 1 85775 758 0
The author wrote:
Men and eating disorders is a topic that does not receive much attention, and yet it is a growing problem, and not just in relation to compulsive overeating. Men also experience anorexia and bulimia. This book includes two scenarios, the first concerns working with a man who has a compulsive binge style of eating, causing weight problems, the second focuses on counselling a man who is seeking to address an anorexic condition that is linked to exercising  as well as minimal eating, and a degree of body dysmorphia. 

Counselling for Eating Disorders in Women - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press  (Nov 2005)  ISBN: 1 85775 776 9
This focuses on counselling two women. The first woman in her late twenties has a bulimic eating pattern, linked to her childhood experiences at home and which re-emerged through a relationship in which she was the victim of domestic abuse. In the second scenario an older teenager has developed an anorexic condition, her eating pattern linked to her fears of maturation and her felt need to maintain a very slim body image.

Counselling for Obesity - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press  (May 2005)  ISBN: 1 85775 728 9
The problem of obesity is a growing one that is attracting increasing attention both amongst health-care providers and the media.  Counselling for Obesity presents the causes and offers two scenarios of counselling. The first client was bullied in early childhood for his fatness and later deliberately puts on weight to become the bully himself, but now experiences heath problems that he needs to address. The second scenario is a woman whose excessive weight was a deliberate and conscious strategy to avoid sexual advances as a result of verbal taunting in childhood.  

Counselling for Problem Gambling - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press  (Jul 2005)  ISBN: 1 85775 740 8
Gambling is increasing. It brings a range of problems. Resolving problem gambling is not always simply a matter of changing a habit. Often there are underlying reasons – needs being met – through the gambling experience. In this title the first part deals with counselling a young man with a history of a slot-machine habit that develops into a problematic internet gambling habit. In the second half of the book, a man whose gambling on the dogs and the horses is finding it is affecting his marriage and seeks to regain control. "I have never read a book (or journal paper) in this area that is so detailed and reflective as the one you are reading now.”  Mark Griffiths, Professor of Gambling Studies.

Counselling for Progressive Disability: Person Centred Dialogues - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press  (Mar 2004)  ISBN: 1 85775 898 6

‘I am convinced that this book will not only make the Person-Centred Approach accessible to a wider audience, but also increase the general acceptance and empathy for persons with disabilities The book presents two counselling processes which unfold throughout the chapters. At times the author refers to person-centred theory or adds explanations with clinical content. The counselling process is reflected upon in supervision sessions which give a good insight into person-centred supervision.’           Elisabeth Zinschitz, President of OEGWG (Austrian)


Counselling the Person Beyond the Alcohol Problem - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Jessica Kingsley Publishers  (Jun 2001)  ISBN: 1 84310 002 9
Bringing together person-centred theory, ‘cycle of change’ model and general information about alcohol use and working with the problem drinker. Includes a section on families, young people and the older drinker. Full of scenarios to illustrate the ideas presented.

Counselling Victims of Warfare - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press  (May 2005)  ISBN: 1 85775 721 1
The introduction provides a brief overview of a person-centred perspective on trauma and its theoretical application to victims of warfare. The scenarios described are working with a woman refugee from Bosnia, who was a witness to, and victim of, atrocity including rape; and a male ex-member of the military coming to terms with his traumatic experiences on conflict situations. 

Counselling Young Binge Drinkers - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Publishing Ltd  (Mar 2006)  ISBN: 9781846190599
Two case scenarios are explored: a teenage girl affected by parental drinking, and an older teenager whose bingeing is linked to past violence in the home. ‘The stories of Garry and Carrie are very true to life (or to some people’s lives) and similarly true to life are the explanations of the counselling and the supervisory processes. The engagement sections in both extended case studies are particularly good: the showing of two young people in different circumstances who do not want to be there and have counselling is especially useful. But both case studies are excellent throughout! In summary, this is a really exceptionally good book. The style is extremely informative, but it also reads like a "can’t-put-it-down” novel.’                                                                                      Richard Velleman, Professor of Mental Health Research

Counselling Young People: Person Centred Dialogues - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Publishing Ltd  (Nov 2003)  ISBN: 1 85775 878 1

Richard has written a wonderfully creative and informative text here. I believe he has caught the subtlety of the person-centred therapeutic process extremely well while providing such engaging human stories played out through the dialogues. I trust that this book will reach a wide audience of all those who are interested in and committed to the welfare and development of young people.'     

                                                                                                    Colin Lago, Formerly Director of the Univ. of Sheffield Counselling Service



Creative Connection - Expressive Arts as healing - Rogers, N - PCCS Books   (1993)  ISBN: 1 898059 11
First published in the USA in 1993 & now available in the UK. 
A practical, spirited book lavishly illustrated with color and action photos. Filled with fresh ideas to stimulate your creativity, self-expression, healing and transformation. Dr. Rogers combines the philosophy of her father, Carl Rogers with the expressive arts to enhance communication between client and therapist.

Developing Person-Centred Counselling - Mearns, D. Sage  (1994)  ISBN: 0-7619-8982-2
`This is a useful book for those who use person-centred counselling in their practice, or who are training to become person-centred counsellors' - Counselling and Psychotherapy, the Journal of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

 

Developing Person-Centred CounsellingSecond Edition is designed to help counsellors improve their skills within the person-centred approach. Written by Dave Mearns, leading person-centred expert and bestselling author, the Second Edition has been fully revised and updated taking account of developments in person-centred practice.

 

With new chapters on growth and transference, the book covers the subjects which are central to person-centred training:

} the core conditions

} therapeutic alliance

} development of the counsellor

} therapeutic process

} the person-centred approach in relation to psychopathology.

 

Supported by case material and examples from practice, each part of the book presents the counsellor with practical, and often challenging ideas, which encourage him/her to think carefully about his/her practice and how to improve it.

 

Developing Person-Centred Counselling, Second Edition is a highly practical and inspiring resource for trainees and practitioners alike.


Emerging Woman - Rogers, N - PCCS Books  (1995)  ISBN: 1 898059 11
"My daughter has written a personal, sensitive and moving book about her own journey as a woman" - Carl Rogers

Empathy Volume 2 - Haugh, S., Merry, T., - PCCS Books  (Sept 2001)  ISBN: 1 898059 30 6
A series of four books Edited by Gill Wyatt. Gill is Director of  Person-Centred Connections, an organisation devoted to extending the understanding and applications of the PCA. She teaches postgraduate and undergraduate courses in the PCA at Metanoia Institute, London. She is a BACP Accredited Counsellor, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist. She also works in private practice as a therapist, supervisor, facilitator and consultant.  

Enfoque centrado en la persona: Bibliografia en español, 1997. - Segrera, A. S., & Alemany, C - México, D.F. Universidad Iberoamericana.  (1997)  ISBN: 968-859-293-5

It contains more than 1,600 references of articles, chapters, books, papers, thesis and dissertations on the person-centered approach, existing in Spanish.

The price is $50.00 M.N. in México and US $10.00 internationally, plus mail and handling.

I hope that it may become a tool for research and teaching on the person-centered approach and its applications.

If you have trouble obtaining this book try contacting Alberto Segrera <albertos.segrera@uia.mx> 


Experiences in Relatedness: Groupwork and the Person-Centred Approach - Lago, C & MacMillan, M    ISBN: 1 898059 23 3
Contributors include Ruth Sandford (USA), Peggy Natiello(USA), John K Wood(Brazil), Peter Figge(Germany), Alexandre L'Hotelier(France), Irene Fairhurst(UK), Tony Merry(UK), John Barkham(UK), Stephen De Brett(UK), & Jane Hoffman(UK)  

Experiences of Counselling in Action - Mearns, D., & Dryden, W - Sage  (1989)  ISBN: 0-8039-8193-7
This is not a specifically Person Centred book, but well worth reading. (Allan Turner)

Experiences of Person-centred Counselling Training - Buchanan, L., & Hughes, R. - PCCS Books  (Jun 2000)  ISBN: 1 898059 15 2
This book could be described as a rough guide to person-centred training. A book borne out of personal experience in more ways than one, this volume started life as an idea in a person-centred training group. Laura Buchanan and Rick Hughes then set about collecting hundreds of personal accounts of person-centred training from all over the UK. The book covers all the topics that prospective trainees could wish to know about from funding and course applications through to what happens when you finish the course. It is a compendium of unsentimental testimony from dozens of trainees with some contributions from trainers to complete the picture. Aimed at anyone contemplating embarking on person-centred counselling training, the book may also be of help to those considering trainings in other counselling and psychotherapeutic approaches. An excellent preparation for counsellor training, Experiences of Person-Centred Counselling Training will help prospective applicants ask themselves some key, perhaps painful, questions before starting the course application stage. Deliberately priced to suit the pockets of hard-pressed prospective trainees, it is packed with personal experience and useful information.

Experiential Psychotherapy with Children - Wright, L., Everett, F., & Roisman, L.- Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.  (1986)  ISBN: 978-1898059158

Family, Self & Psychotherapy: A person-centred perspective - Gaylin, N. - PCCS Books  (2001)  ISBN: 1 898059 36 5

Family Self and Psychotherapy provides a comprehensive person-centered look at the family as the essential element of society and is essential reading for all professionals and volunteers working with families, children and individuals. In this book, Gaylin also explores our human need to be interconnected and its implications for both individual and family therapy.
The volume is informally divided into three sections. The first section deals with the centrality of the family to our species as a whole and to us as individuals. The next section addresses the optimistic philosophical foundations of the person-centered approach: the tapestry of the self and its core drive towards psychological well-being. The last section—the heart of the book—deals with the principles and pragmatics of the person-centered approach to working with individuals and families. In Family Self and Psychotherapy Gaylin asserts that therapeutic relationships are more likely to thrive when viewed from this positive perspective especially when therapy operates within the individual’s family context.


First Steps in Counselling 2nd Edition - Sanders, P - PCCS Books  (2002)  ISBN: 1 898059 14 4
This book is for students on basic introduction to counselling courses from around 20 to 100 hours duration. It covers all relevant areas of training at this level — theory, personal development and building helping skills. Intended as a support for tutors and a companion for course participants, the text emphasises personal development and good practice, and can be used with confidence as a focus for training or a supplement to it.
 
It is one of the most popular books on counselling in the UK, with many thousands of students choosing it each year.

Focusing (second edition. New revised instructions) - Gendlin, E.T. - New York : Bantam Books  (1981)
Translated into Dutch by G. Grasman (1981; 19914). Focussen. Haarlem : De Toorts.
- Translated into German by K. Schoch (1981; 19844). Focusing. Technik derSelbsthilfe bei der Lösung persönlicher Probleme. Salzburg : Otto Müller.
- Translated into Japanese by S. Murayama, H. Tsuru & T. Murase (1982). Focusing. Tokyo : Fukumura Shuppan.
- Translated into Swedish by S. Ahlin (1982). Fokusering. Stockholm : Wahlström & Widstrand.
- Translated into Spanish by J. Martínez (revisión técnica de C. Alemany) (19831; 19882). Focusing. Proceso y técnica del enfoque corporal. Bilbao : Mensajero.
- Translated into Danish by C. Bech (19831; 1982). Fokusering : en selvhjaelpteknik. København : Forlaget Apostrof.
- Translated into French by L. Drolet (1984). Focusing : au centre de soi. Mieux que se comprendre : se retrouver. Montreal : Le Jour.
- Translated into Hungarian by K. Varga (1986). Fókuszolás. Személyi problémák megoldása öneröböl. Budapest : Országos Pedagógiai Intézet.
- Translated into Italian by Ranieri Kohn, (2001) Focusing Interrogare il corpo per cambiare la psiche, Astrolabio, RomaISBN: 83-340-1359-X 

Focusing-oriented psychotherapy. A manual of the experiential method - Gendlin, E.T - New York : Guilford    ISBN: various
- German translation. Focusing-orientierte Psychotherapie: ein Handbuch der erlebensbezogenen Method J. Pfeiffer Berlag, Munchen 1998
 ISBN: 3-7904-0660-0
- Spanish translation. El Focusing En Psicotherapia: Manual del metodo experiencial PAIDOS, Barcelona, 1999 ISBN: 84-493-0709-0
- French translation by L. Drolet (1984). Focusing : au centre de soi.  Mieux que se comprendre : se retrouver. Montreal : Le Jour.
 ISBN: 2-8904-4175-X 

Freedom To Learn for the 80's - Rogers, C. R - Charles E. Merrill Publishing.  (1983)  ISBN: 978-0675200127

Synopsis

Discusses the problems teachers face, case studies of humanized classrooms, the importance of person-centered attitudes, and the role of freedom in education.

Handbook of Self-Actualization. A special issue of the Journal of Social Behavior and Personality - Jones, A. & Crandall, R. - Select Press.  (1991)

How Clients Make Therapy Work - Bohart, A. & Tallman, K - Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.  (1999)

Jigsaw of Life, The - Richard Bryant-Jefferies  (2008)  ISBN: 978-0-595-48002-9

… meaningful for practitioners in, or people committed to, the Person-Centred Approach and who are interested in a spiritual dimension … important reading for those people who are searching for their own answers in trying to make sense of these type of questions and have no prior knowledge or interest in the Person-Centred Approach.

Irene Fairhurst, from her Foreword


Learning and Being in Person-Centred Counselling - Merry, T - PCCS Books  (1999)  ISBN: 1 898059 24 1

Little Book of Therapy, A - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Pen Press Publishers Ltd  (2006)  ISBN: 1 905 203 91 8

Models of Care for Drug Service Provision - Bryant-Jefferies, R   (May 2004)  ISBN: 1 85775 615 0
A client is taken through the process of treatment for opiate use from waking up in hospital from a coma, through substitute prescribing, counselling, keyworking, group work, (with lapses along the way) until he finds a way forward to a new life. ‘This new book is a wonderful reminder that we are dealing first and foremost with human beings who are complex, vulnerable and who also happen to have a drug problem.’             Don Lavoie, Deputy Regional Manager for London National Treatment Agency.

Next Steps in Counselling - Franklin, A & Sanders, P - PCCS Books  (2009)  ISBN: 1 898059 06 3

Review

It is written in a highly readable style, drawing the reader in to participate in a series of activities. Eight fictional characters are used in vignettes to illustrate various points, although I think many people will see a reality in these fictional lives . . . I think Next Steps in Counselling is a valuable text for those groups at which it is aimed. --Lillie Fennel, PSRF Newsletter, Vol 5, No. 2

It is . . . well constructed, accessible and personal. There are excellent chapters on questions and on ending. --Keith Tudor, Person-Centred Practice, Vol. 5, No, 1. 1997

(Next Steps in Counselling) follows a logical sequence from first principles, through a detailed analysis of skills, into counselling in practice. It can be used either as a reference manual by means of the index and / or accessing the Learning Grid on pages 8-9, or read sequentially In addition to the skills and theory, the whole is given life by a series of vignettes, personalities whose case studies are available throughout the text. There are also ample discussion points, interior dialogue or paper-based activities which should help participation take place. --Bryony Jones, Senior Health Advisor

On Becoming a Person - Rogers, C  (1961)  ISBN: 978-0395755310
The late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement, revolutionized psychotherapy with his concept of "client-centered therapy." His influence has spanned decades, but that influence has become so much a part of mainstream psychology that the ingenious nature of his work has almost been forgotten. A new introduction by Peter Kramer sheds light on the significance of Dr. Rogers's work today. New discoveries in the field of psychopharmacology, especially that of the antidepressant Prozac, have spawned a quick-fix drug revolution that has obscured the psychotherapeutic relationship. As the pendulum slowly swings back toward an appreciation of the therapeutic encounter, Dr. Rogers's "client-centered therapy" becomes particularly timely and important.

Person-centered Therapy: A Revolutionary Paradign - Bozarth, J - PCCS Books  (Sep 1998)  ISBN: 978-1898059226
I don't agree with everything in this book and Jerold takes a strongly classical position. Nevertheless it is one of my most thumbed books which is a wonderful source of references. Get it! 
Allan Turner.

Person-Centred Approaches in Schools - Hill, J  (Jun 1994)  ISBN: 9781898059073

Person-centred Communication: Theory and Practice - Du Toit, D., Grobler, H., Schenk, R. - OUP Southern Africa  (Aug 2003)  ISBN: 978-0195786873
How can you enable people to develop themselves? How do you build a relationship of trust with a community? How do you create an environment in which clients respond positively? Facilitators from various professions will find that the second edition of Person-centred Communication continues to enhance their communication, listening, and empathic skills. It demonstrates how to live the values of the person-centred approach developed by Carl Rogers, by showing respect for clients and empowering them to take responsibility for themselves. Building on the feedback from readers of the first edition, this new edition focuses even more strongly on the self, including the self of the facilitator. The importance of self-reflection, thought-processes, values, and actions are creatively addressed. This is an indispensable guide to working with individuals, groups, and communities in a humane and respectful way.

Person-Centred Counselling - An Experiential Approach - Rennie, D - Sage  (Mar 1998)  ISBN: 978-0761953456
`This book offers a truly engaging "read". The writing style is good and it gives the reader a wide range of perspectives, from the meta-theoretical to the concrete practical experience of clients and counsellors. David Rennie makes extensive use of "boxes" to present illustrative material from clients and counsellors. These considerably enliven the presentation.... David Rennie's book serves to continue the development as well as the exposition of the person-centred approach to counselling' - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Person-Centred Counselling in Action - Thorne, B & Mearns, D. - Sage  (2007)  ISBN: 9781412928557
Originally publish in 1988, but I've given details of the (3rd) 2007 edition. For British Person-centred practioners this is the Person-centred bible. 

This substantially revised Third Edition provides an excellent introduction to the theory and practice of person-centred counselling while incorporating exciting new developments in the approach. Mearns and Thorne have preserved the compelling and accessible style of its predecessors. At the same time they provoke reflection on many of the key issues which concern not only person-centred practitioners but those across the whole counselling and psychotherapy field. Much has changed in the person-centred orientation since the death of Carl Rogers in 1987. Not only have new schools of thought emerged with different emphases and therapeutic possibilities but the authors of this book have themselves been responsible for significant advances in key areas of person-centred theory and practice. These developments are fully reflected in the revised text.

You might like Brian & Daves You-tube spot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvN781-RqPk

Person-Centred Counselling Training - Mearns, D - Sage  (Nov 1997)  ISBN: 978-0761952916
This thoughtful and thought-provoking book is essential reading not only for those involved in the training of counsellors within the person-centred approach, but also for individuals who may have simplistic, dismissive or otherwise ill-informed notions of the depth of self-awareness required of the person-centred practitioner and the far-reaching challenges offered by the approach. For counsellors who define themselves as "person-centred" but who have had no substantial training, it should be compulsory reading' - British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

 

Person-centred counselling probably requires more training - and a greater intensity of training - than most other mainstream counselling approaches, but until now no one book has concentrated solely on the principles, practices and requirements of training person-centred counsellors.

 

Dave Mearns has drawn on the lived experiences of both trainers and trainees to demonstrate the potential range and importance of training in this field. The material covered includes selecting and supporting trainers, selecting course members, skills development, supervision and other professional issues - essential features of all counsellor training, but of particular relevance to the person-centred approach. Written expressly for both trainees and trainers, this book also extends and develops current thinking within the approach, and will be a valuable resource for all person-centred practitioners.


Person-Centred Counselling: Christian Spiritual Dimensions - Thorne, B. - London: Wiley-Blackwell  (1998)  ISBN: 978-1870332873

This book draws together chapters, articles and lectures from twelve years of Brian Thorne’s professional life as a person–centred therapist.













Person-Centred Practice: The BAPCA Reader - Merry, T (ed) - PCCS Books  (2000)  ISBN: 1 898059 16 0
A collection of papers originally published by the British Association for the Person Centred Approach all bound in a convenient book.

Jerold Bozarth, Playing the Probabilities in Psychotherapy
David Brazier, Beyond Carl Rogers
Alan Brice, A Case Study of Therapeutic Support Using e-mail
Barbara Temener Brodley, The Therapeutic Clinical Interview -- Guidelines for Beginning Practice
Barbara Temener Brodley and Tony Merry, Guidelines for Student Participants in Person-Centred Peer Groups
Rose Cameron, The Personal is Political -- Re-reading Rogers
Pru Conradi, Dreams, the Unconscious and the Person-Centred Approach: Revisioning Practice
Alan Coulson, The Person-Centred Approach and the Reinstatement of the Unconscious
Alan Coulson, Person-Centred Process and Personal Transformation
Ivan Ellingham, Key Strategy for the Development of a Person-Centred Paradigm of Counselling/Psychotherapy
Irene Fairhurst, Rigid or Pure?
Mike Farrell, Person-Centred Approach? Working with Addictions
Sheila Haugh, Congruence: A Confusion of Language
Jan Hawkins, Survivors of Childhood Abuse -- The Person-Centred Approach: A Special Contribution
Pam Janecka, On Being There
Matt Jones, Person-Centred Theory and the Postmodern Turn
Anne Kearney, Class, Politics and the Training of Counsellors
Suzanne Keys, The Person-Centred Counsellor as an Agent of Human Rights
Mary Kilborn, The Quality of Acceptance
Mary Kilborn, Too Close for Comfort: Levels of Intimacy in the Counselling Relationship
Dave Mearns, The Dance of Psychotherapy
Tony Merry, Client-Centred Therapy: Origins and Influences
Tony Merry, Selected Editorials
Judy Moore, Who is the 'Person' in the Person-Centred Approach?
Liz Nicholls, Storymaking and Storytelling
John Pratt, The Logic and Practice of Counselling Skills
Garry Prouty, Carl Rogers and Experiential Therapies: A Dissonance?
Gary Prouty, Pre-Therapy and the Pre-Expressive Self
Ruth Reid, Person-Centred Counselling in a Primary Health Care Setting: A Personal Perspective
Keith Tudor, The Personal is Political — and the Political is Personal
Paul Wilkins, Towards a Person-Centred Understanding of Consciousness and the Unconscious
Paul Wilkins, Can Psychodrama be Person-Centred?
 
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Tony Merry, editor of Person-Centred Practice since its inception, has collected work from the past 7 years and assembled it into a volume that will be an invaluable resource for trainers, trainees and practitioners wishing to update their personal collection with this unique contemporary archive of international person-centred writing. No college or departmental library should be without it.
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Reviews
 
This splendid book should do much to embolden person-centred practitioners so that they can enter the dialogical battle ground with renewed confidence and no little pride in the tradition which they represent. The book's very existence points to a thriving professional association, a flourishing journal and a successful publishing house primarily committed to the advancement of person-centred therapy and its associated activities. This is no mean springboard for the approach at the beginning of the new millennium and we do well to remind ourselves of the strength inherent in all three accomplishments.
 
Professor Brian Thorne, Person-Centred Practice, Vol. 8, No. 2. Autumn 2000.

Person-Centred Therapy (A European Perspective) - Thorne, B., & Lambers, E. - Sage  (1998)  ISBN: 0-7619-5155-5
In this scholarly book, Thorne and Lambers have gathered together significant contributions to the advancement of person-centred theory and practice from leading exponents of the approach in Austria, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom.... I found the book both stimulating and challenging. The insight it offers into working with "difficult" clients is invaluable and the sections on theory stretched me in my understanding of the approach. I strongly recommend it to anyone from within or without the person-centred tradition who wants to achieve a real understanding of the approach "post Rogers" and get to grips with the vibrancy and vitality of person-centred thought in Europe' - Counselling and Psychotherapy, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

 

This book brings together up-to-date contributions to the development of person-centred theory and practice from leading European practitioners.

 

The book makes available for the first time in English some of the most significant theoretical ideas and practical applications of a distinguished group of contributors at the cutting edge of the approach. It also gives a valuable insight into a vibrant professional network whose members are making a significant impact on the European world of counselling and psychotherapy. Covering a wide range of person-centred issues, the book provides unique and challenging material that will act as a springboard for debate at many levels between experienced practitioners, supervisors, trainers and trainees.


Practice of Person-Centred Couple and Family Therapy, The - O'Leary, Charles J  (November 2011)  ISBN: 9780230233188
The Practice of Person-Centred Couple and Family TherapyCharles O'Leary offers a rich description of relationship therapy that draws on the resources of both person-centred psychotherapy and systemic and family therapy to present a skilful, respectful and empathic approach to working with couples and families.

Palgrave MacMillian













Praxis der Gesprachspsychotherapie - Pörtner, M. - Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart.  (1994)  ISBN: 3-608-91647-4

Marlis Pörtner interviewed client-centred therapist in Europe & the USA about the development of their work & what they considered to be the essence of their work.

She was interested in the criticism that Client-Centred Therapists are thin on theory yet claim to be able to heal all manner of ills. Marlis Pörtner could not accept either the scientific devaluation of the CC methodology nor it's sectarian claim to omnipotence.

The many personal statements, arranged thematically by the author, make this book refreshingly immediate, accessible and stimulates readers to draw their own conclusions. 

And yes, you've guessed it - I'm one of the interviewees. (Sadly, never published in English.)






Problem Drinking: A Person-centred Dialogue (Living therapy series) - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Publishing Ltd   (Jan 2003)  ISBN: 978-1857759297
‘This is the first book to offer a meticulously detailed exploration of a complete therapeutic process with a problem drinker. The intention of Radcliffe's new Living Therapy series is to enable the reader to enter imaginatively into therapeutic processes and thereby to acquire an experiential knowledge that can seldom be obtained through the more conventional text-book. This book succeeds impressively in this aim….’                                                                                        Brian Thorne, Emeritus Professor of Counselling, University of East Anglia 

Process-work in Person Centred Therapy: Phenomenological and Experiential Perspectives - Worsley, R - London Palgrave  (Nov 2001)  ISBN: 0333 790111
'Richard Worsley resolutely engages with key issues which currently threaten to divide the person-centred community. (He) provides a provocative challenge to all those person-centred therapists who tend to embrace a form of dogmatic orthodoxy.' - Professor Brian Thorne, University of East Anglia This is an important and crucial book. The need to explore how person-centered counselling sits with phenomenology and existentialism is long overdue ... ' - Nick Baker, St Martin's College, Lancaster

Relationship Counselling: Sons and Mothers - A Person Centred Dialogue - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Publishing  (Sep 2004)  ISBN: 1 85775 648 7

The author focuses on the relationship between an adult son and his mother, describing the son's process of affirming his adult identity free of his mother's critical dominance. It includes his processing of events in his childhood that left him desperately still seeking love from her as an adult, causing him to remain living with her and experiencing a verbally abusive and crititical relationship. Peter Schmidt in his Foreword writes that this book ‘presents the state of the art of this approach to counselling and psychotherapy and Richard Bryant-Jefferies’ descriptions show his thinking and working in up-to-date relational categories. In the last decades the centrality of relationship for counselling and therapy has become important to almost all orientations and modalities. Such a relationship-oriented understanding of person-centred work equally focuses on both the intrapersonal and interpersonal. These aspects are clearly visible in the narrative of this book and the explanations and interpretations given’.  


Responding to a Serious Mental Health Problem - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press  (Feb 2005)  ISBN: 1 85775 703 3
This book in the Living Therapy series provides a vivid insight into working with a young person (Ali) who has psychotic symptoms related to his use of cannabis, and with his mother (Fareeda) who is struggling to cope both with Ali and his impact on the family. Fareeda is Moslem and her religious and cultural beliefs become matters that are also addressed in the therapy sessions. Supervision sessions are also included in which the counselors explore the work they are doing and gain valuable insights to enable them to work with their respective clients. Using fictitious narrative, ‘the Living Therapy series aims "to bring the reader a direct experience of the  counseling  process, an exposure to the thoughts and feelings of both client and counselor as they  encounter each other on the therapeutic journey”: these books do all of this and more.’ (Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal)

Sacred Science - Heron, J - PCCS Books  (Sep 1998)  ISBN: 978-1898059219
There is an important question about whether our contemporary views on 'reality' are an aberration induced by the scientism of our culture over the last few hundred years. Books like this which challenge our 'robust' assumptions with genuine and well-argued alternative proposals are surely to be welcomed. --Campbell Purton, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, Vol 27, No 4

Skills in Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy - Tolan, J -   (Feb 2003)  ISBN: 978-0761961185
'Janet Tolan has drawn on her extensive knowledge and experience  to produce an accessible and imaginative introduction to the skills  of person-centred therapy.  Her excellent book is enlivened by  useful, informative exercises and examples from practice which  convey the heart and methods of the approach to the reader.  She  demonstrates the practical power of Rogers' necessary and  sufficient conditions, explains clearly the person-centred notion of  process and also deals with structural and professional issues.
She even shows how the therapeutic conditions can be applied to  working with organisations.  This book is a 'must' for both beginning  and experienced person-centred practitioners.

Skills in Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy (second Edition) - Janet Tolan  (Jan 2012)  ISBN: 978-1-84860-095-9
The first edition of this book has already helped thousands of beginning practitioners understand the subtleties of the person-centred approach and develop skills. This second edition contains two new chapter and a third has been substantially revised.

Pictures from the Book Launch in Manchester (UK) in Feb 2012.



Janet Tolan chats to Allan Turner






Janet Tolan, Allan Turner, Paul Wilkins, and Peter Jenkins









Step in to Study Counselling 2nd edition - Sanders, P - PCCS Books  (2003)  ISBN: 1 898059 64 0
The first two editions of this book have provided welcome assistance to thousands of students on counselling courses at all levels, in settings from further education colleges to universities. Frequently described as a ‘life saver’, it is now updated and re-styled for the fast-changing world of training and assessment in counselling. Whether you are returning to study after several years away from education, or are one of life’s perpetual students, this book will be an invaluable study guide. All facets of counselling courses are included, from improving your essay writing through overcoming the fear of using libraries to beating the traumas of tape transcribing. This book is approachable and reassuring in its style, aiming to help you express yourself in your assignments to the best effect.


Successful Psychotherapy: A Caring, Loving Relationship - Patterson, C. H. & Hidore, S - Jason Aronson, Inc.  (1997)  ISBN: 978-1568217956
World renowned psychotherapist C.H. Patterson, Ph.D., and co-author Suzanne C. Hidore, Ph.D., distill over seventy years of clinical experience to demonstrate how the essence of all good therapy lies in a caring, loving relationship. Their approach transcends different theoretical orientations and will be of great value to every therapist, whatever the school of training. Cognitive and psychodynamic therapists alike will find useful advice on enhancing the therapeutic process. Patterson and Hidore delineate the necessary factors for productive therapy as well as the philosophical and attitudinal stance underlying them, how they are manifested in the relationship, why they are basic to the therapeutic process, and how they are universal to each type of therapy treatment. In addition, citing research and clinical examples, the authors show that class, race, and culture need not be impediments to establishing a helping therapeutic relationship.

The Martin Buber - Carl Rogers Dialogue - Anderson, R. & Cissna, K - State University of New York Press  (1997)  ISBN: 978-0791434383

The Person Centred Approach: A passionate presence - Natiello, P - PCCS Books   (2001)  ISBN: 1 898059 26
'Reading this book was the journey I needed. Peggy Natiello informs, illuminates and inspires with this thoughtful and clear account of what 'a way of being' really means. In an age when therapists frequently feel the pressure to add yet another technique to their tool bag, this book is fresh air and reminds us that it is the relationship and quality of being which heals and that this is unique to each encounter.
For anyone seeking to understand the person-centred approach, this book will give a real insight into the rigour, discipline, courage and depth required. For those already committed, this timely book with its many examples deepens our understanding of the radical, political, yet deeply personal nature of this way of being. Not since reading my first Carl Rogers book, have I been so moved, empowered and affirmed.
Jenny Biancardi (UK)   

The Psychotherapy of Carl Rogers - Farber, B., Brink, D., & Raskin, P - New York: The Guilford Press  (1996)  ISBN: 978-1572303775
This volume gives readers a unique inside view of Rogers' therapy sessions. Presenting actual cases without edits or revision, this book [illuminates] his reflections, interpretations, self-disclosures, and errors.  After each case is presented, a client-centered therapist elaborates on the session's strengths, weaknesses, theoretical assumptions, inconsistencies, and notable features. In addition, for the experiential cases in the 2nd section, a practitioner from another orientation—psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, spiritual—provides critical commentary.  An important volume for psychotherapists [and other practitioners], this book also serves as a text for courses in counseling, psychotherapy, psychology, and client-centered therapy.

The Sevenfold Circle: Self Awareness in Dance - Bryant-Jefferies, R and Frances, L - Findhorn Press  (Mar 1998)  ISBN: 978-1899171378
Richard (B-J) tells me that he is the most prolific Person-centred author. This book goes back to when he was in short trousers - ie, his first book.

Theoretical Evolutions in Person-Centered/Experiential Therapy: Applications to Schizophrenic and Retarded Psychoses - Prouty, G - Westport  (1994)  ISBN: 978-0275945435
OK, so this is not the snappiest title in the world, nor does the title sound politically correct to Europeans - don't be put off by either of these points - Prouty brought something genuinely new to the PCA - pre-therapy. This is good stuff.  Allan Turner

This is Madness Too: A Critical Look at Psychiatry and the Future of Mental Health Services - Newnes, C., Holmes, G. and Dunn, C - PCCS Books  (May 2001)  ISBN: 978-1898059370
Powerful political action requires a more co-ordinated approach by service-users and survivors; this book rightly serves to aid that co-ordination.

This is Madness: A Critical Look at Psychiatry and the Future of Mental Health Services. - Newnes, C., Holmes, G. and Dunn, C - PCCS Books  (Jun 1999)  ISBN: 978-1898059257
This collection of critical essays on psychiatry is almost a who's who of the new anti-psychiatry movement.

Time Limited Therapy in Primary Care: A Person Centred Dialogue - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Publishing  (Dec 2003)  ISBN: 978-1857759990
This title includes an extended introduction exploring issues directly related to working within a Primary Health Care setting. ‘… the author brings to life in a gripping way what really goes on when a counsellor sees a patient in the primary healthcare setting. It’s good to read for once a book that describes so realistically and movingly the minute-by-minute account of what actually happens….’                                                                                                                                              Graham Curtis Jenkins, retired GP, Director, Counselling in Primary Care Trust

Trust and Understanding; The Person-Centred Approach in everyday care for people with special needs - Pörtner, M - PCCS Books  (2007)  ISBN: 978 1 898059 91 2
In this second edition ofTrust and Understanding the basic principles of the Person-Centred Approach are described for those who care for, and work with, people in need of care in large and small homes, institutions and schools. Guidelines for this 'new-to-some' way of working are introduced clearly and practically, using many real examples, with the aim of: •improving understanding of people with special needs and respecting their individuality •maximising quality of life for those in need of care and their carers •making services more satisfying for staff as well as decreasing stress •providing a balance between institutional expectations and the autonomy of residents.

Excellent book, even if it is in a specialist area. I guess I should declare an interest - Marlis is an old friend and she refers to my "learning difficulties" son in the book - all be it, with a different name. Allan Turner




Unconditional Positive Regard Volume 3 - Bozarth J. and Wilkins, P - PCCS Books  (Nov 2001)  ISBN: 1 898059 31 4
Volume 3 on the "Core Conditions". You have to work out for yourself the titles of the other books!

Understanding Psychotherapy: Fifty years of client-centered theory and practice - Patterson, C. H. - PCCS Books  (2000)  ISBN: 1 898059 28 4
It consists of 34 papers published over a period of 50 years. John Shlien, in the Foreword writes: "This weighty volume, collection of a life time of work, constitutes a whole course of instruction in theory and practice." Jerold Bozarth writes that it "contains the real 'gold standards' of psychotherapy and counseling."

What is Person-Centred Therapy? - Merry, T & Lusty, B 
A book for beginners or those new to cct. Some definitions and explanations of client-centred terms and concepts accompanied by some ideas about how to develop and explore person-centred qualities and values in counselling.

Women Writing in the Person-Centred Approach - Fairhurst, I. PCCS Books  (1999)  ISBN: 1 898059 26 8
In Women Writing in the Person-Centred Approach, Irene Fairhurst has compiled an international anthology of person-centred writings by women. In the field of counselling and psychotherapy, on person-centred training courses, women outnumber men by about eight to one, yet in our literature the opposite is the case. This book both redresses that balance and presents the reader with a uniquely themed collection of work in the person-centred tradition. From the distinguished practitioners to the yet-to-be-famous, the contributors present a refreshing range of chapters.

Workplace Counselling - the NHS - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press  (May 2005)  ISBN: 1 85775 727 0

Workplace counselling is widely available, taking many forms, but essentially offering help and support to enable people to resolve workplace and personal issues that are affecting their work performance. The NHS is the largest employer in the UK and the workplace counselling sessions here described focus on issues of racial oppression and discrimination, bereavement, and workplace stress.


Workplace Counselling - the NHS - Bryant-Jefferies, R - Radcliffe Medical Press  (2005)  ISBN: 9781857757279
Workplace counselling is widely available, taking many forms, but essentially offering help and support to enable people to resolve workplace and personal issues that are affecting their work performance. The NHS is the largest employer in the UK and the workplace counselling sessions here described focus on issues of racial oppression and discrimination, bereavement, and workplace stress. - From the author.