Toward an Integrated Person-Centered Theory of Wellness and Psychopathology.Margaret S. WarnerAbstract. Several steps are needed in the development of a person-centered model of wellness and psychopathology. The phenomenological and process-oriented aspects of person-centered theory offer crucial advances over the more static logics of traditional psychology. Unless we develop a consistently phenomenological language and understanding of the way meaning is processed, these advances tend to be obscured and distorted. And, there are a number of potential sources of processing difficulties beyond Rogers’ original “conditions of worth.” Notably, the capacity to process meaning can be compromised when early attachment relationships or biological development are thwarted. These steps allow us to develop a continuum of wellness and psychopathology that is consistent with person-centered values. Person-centered theory, understood in this way, offers a model of human functioning that is relevant to all of clinical psychology and the social sciences. And, it strengthens the rationale for person-centered therapy in relation to all levels of psychological dysfunction.
Person-centered Counseling for Alcohol-related Problems: The client's experience of self in the therapeutic relationship. Marijke Moerman and John McLeod
Abstract. Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) is an intensive method of qualitative inquiry that has the potential to identify distinct aspects of the client's experience of therapy in relation to different problem domains. This paper presents an account of the client's experience in person-centered counseling for alcohol-related problems. Six clients receiving person-centered counseling for long-standing issues associated with alcohol abuse engaged in Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) interviews, which were transcribed and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Three main domains were identified: the experience of self; experiencing the counselor in the therapeutic relationship; experiencing the impact of counseling. The findings show that the clients overwhelmingly focused on the experience of the self, which was described as both anguished/uncooperative and connecting/emergent.
Non-Directivity in Client-Centered Therapy.
Barbara Temaner BrodleyAbstract. In this paper I present explanations and rationales for non-directivity as an attitude inherent in client-centered therapy theory and try to show this is what Rogers intended and practiced. I discuss reasons for making the non-directive attitude explicit. I point out some false claims made by experiential process-directive therapists, some problems client-centered therapists consider intrinsic to process-directivity and some concerns with research. I also discuss some behavioral implications of the non-directive attitude. My overall aim is to encourage therapists to reconsider directive practices or at least become more knowledgeable and inclusive about client-centered therapy and its non-directive attitude when educating therapists. Linguistic Characteristics of the Different Spaces of Experiential Psychotherapy. Frans Depestele Abstract. In experiential psychotherapy the therapeutic space can be differentiated into five consecutive spaces: the relationship space, the reflection space, the focusing space, the symbolization space, and the self-symbolization space (Depestele, 2004). The speaking of the client is different in each space. Linguistics distinguishes the kinds of speaking into rhetoric and poetics. The aim of rhetoric is to persuade. The aim of poetics is to speak the truth by ‘depicting’ as well as possible. Rhetoric (thought figures) functions in the relationship space where the client tries to persuade the therapist to take up a certain role (transference), and in the first stage of the reflection space where they try to persuade part of their own experiencing. Poetics (tropes and word figures) functions in the second stage of the reflection space and the following spaces where the client tries to be open for all aspects of their experiencing (or truth). ReviewsLouise Embleton Tudor, Keemar Keemar, Keith Tudor, Joanna Valentine & Mike Worrall. The Person-Centred Approach: A contemporary introduction.
Reviewed by Brian Thorne.
Campbell Purton. Person-centred therapy; The focusing-oriented approach.
Reviewed by Frans Depestele.
E. E. Gantt, & R.N. Williams (Eds.). Psychology for the other: Levinas, ethics and the practice of psychology.
Reviewed by Jan van Blarikom.
G. Proctor and Mary Beth Napier (Eds.). Encountering Feminism: Intersections between feminism and the person-centred approach.
Reviewed by Suzanne Keys.
Godfrey T. Barrett-Lennard. Steps on a mindful journey: Person-centred expressions.
Reviewed by Germain Lietaer. |