[...]... (2004: pp 17–19), the leading edges of person-centred therapy are: • Pre-Therapy – an evolving form of person-centred therapy (e.g Prouty et al., 2002) designed to help those with severe psychological disturbance (e.g psychosis); Gillon-3563-01.qxd 24 5/24/2007 10:36 AM Page 24 PERSON-CENTRED COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY • Pluralistic self – theoretical advancements in person-centred theory to account for... 5/24/2007 10:36 AM Page 22 PERSON-CENTRED COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY committed to the original theory and practice of person-centred therapy outlined by Rogers in 1959 Those taking such a stance took great exception to the slippage advocated by the experiential perspective, particularly as it seemed to encourage moves toward an erosion of the unique principles and attributes of person-centred therapy as... thus began to be seen, particularly within the discipline of psychology, as more rhetorical than scientific This diminished both his credibility and standing, an outcome which also undermined person-centred therapy as a legitimate method of psychological working Gillon-3563-01.qxd 20 5/24/2007 10:36 AM Page 20 PERSON-CENTRED COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY Box 1.4 Encounter gr oups Due to Rogers’ inter est... 5/24/2007 10:36 AM Page 18 PERSON-CENTRED COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY was simply another aspect of the attempt to understand what worked in psychological therapy and why A global appr oach By the mid 1950s, and despite being at the forefront of client-centred activity, Rogers had decided to leave Chicago and return to the University of Wisconsin for a new role spanning both the departments of Psychology and Psychiatry...Gillon-3563-01.qxd 5/24/2007 ONE 10:36 AM Page 6 The Histor y and Development of the Person-centr ed Appr oach Introduction The person-centred approach to counselling psychology has a long and complex history Like any key movement in psychology, it emerged from a dynamic combination of historical circumstance with extraordinary human innovation The circumstances were those of the... much written about Rogers in terms of development of the person-centred therapy, often focusing on his background and personality (e.g Thorne, 1992) Indeed, so closely identified is he with the theory and practice of the person-centred approach that many call the approach ‘Rogerian’ rather than use its fuller title Yet, to understand person-centred counselling simply in terms of the work of one man is... by a client This threw down a significant challenge to the experiential person-centred practitioners, many of whom could no longer define their work as person-centred in the terms thus set out Brodley and others (e.g Bozarth, 1996) within the classical tradition (also occasionally known as literalist person-centred therapy) view person-centred therapy as nondirective and any attempt to introduce direction... out by her definition Person-centred counselling psychology into the new millennium The events at a conference in 1988 bringing together practitioners from both classical and experiential perspectives was described by Thorne (1992) as akin to ‘orthodoxy meeting heresy’ Certainly, during that meeting, and in the years following it, there was much heated discussion regarding what a person-centred approach... Gillon-3563-01.qxd 8 5/24/2007 10:36 AM Page 8 PERSON-CENTRED COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY this learning (Rogers, 1961: pp.11–12), describing a conversation with one mother he worked with: The problem was clearly her early r ejection of the boy , but over many interviews I could not help her to this insight Then she tur ned and asked ‘do you ever take adults for counselling her e?’ When I r eplied in the af... inter-relatedness may be seen as much in molecular biology (Zohar, 1990) as it is in human psychological functioning For those in the Gillon-3563-02.qxd 28 5/24/2007 10:36 AM Page 28 PERSON-CENTRED COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY person-centred tradition, placing trust in this tendency, as expressed within the individual, is absolutely central to clinical practice It is the formative or actualising tendency that . Change: Person-centred Counselling Psychology in Action 67 5 The Person-centred Approach and the Four Paradigms of Counselling Psychology 87 6 Person-centred. is meant by the term person-centred counselling psychology , which constitutes the title of this book. Person-centred counselling psychology, in this regard,