02950nam 2200637 a 450 991081905160332120240313014858.00-7619-6486-X1-4462-3407-X1-283-88044-X1-4462-6542-0(CKB)2550000000709975(EBL)1001343(OCoLC)823384275(SSID)ssj0000675808(PQKBManifestationID)12347150(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000675808(PQKBWorkID)10676807(PQKB)10377844(MiAaPQ)EBC1001343(OCoLC)606933915(StDuBDS)EDZ0000064263(Au-PeEL)EBL1001343(CaPaEBR)ebr10682712(CaONFJC)MIL419294(FINmELB)ELB136047(EXLCZ)99255000000070997520120327d2003 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrPerson-centred therapy in focus /Paul Wilkins1st ed.London SAGEc20031 online resource (147 p.)Counselling & psychotherapy in focusDescription based upon print version of record.1-4462-1956-9 0-7619-6487-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-142) and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements and Author's Note; Chapter 1 - Introduction: So Just What is Person-Centred Therapy?; Chapter 2 - 'More than Just a Psychotherapy': An Important Social and Political Context or Unjustified Complacency?; Chapter 3 - The Underlying Epistemology: Outmoded Twentieth-Century Modernism?; Chapter 4 - The Model of the Person: An Insufficient Base?; Chapter 5 - Self-Actualisation: A Culture-Bound, Naïve and Optimistic View of Human Nature?; Chapter 6 - The Core Conditions: Necessary but Insufficient?Chapter 7 - 'Non-Directivity': A Fiction and an Irresponsible Denial of Power?Chapter 8 - An Absent Psychopathology: A Therapy for the Worried Well?; Chapter 9 - Reflection: A Simple Technique of Little Effect?; Chapter 10 - The Issue of Boundaries: Harmfully Sloppy Ethics?; References; IndexCharacterized by its critics as theoretically light-weight culturally-biased and limited in application, until recently the person-centred approach to therapy has had relatively little written in its defence. Paul Wilkins provides a rigorous response to the critics with well-researched, counter-arguments.Counselling & psychotherapy in focus.Client-centred psychotherapyClient-centred psychotherapy.616.8914Wilkins Paul1946-1148716StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910819051603321Person-centred therapy in focus4056006UNINA