Sage Publications , pp. 104 1st Edition . Hardback. New. Sage Publications ISBN 0761948686 9780761948681 [US]

Sage Publications 2004 HARDBACK New P 104 1st Edition.

ISBN10: 0761948686, ISBN13: 9780761948681, [publisher: SAGE Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover. From the Foreword`It is an honour to be asked to write a foreword for this new book by Michael McMillan. I have been excited about this book ever since I read early drafts of its first two chapters some time ago at the birth of the project. At different times thereafter I have read other parts and my consistent impression has been that this is an author who has both a sophisticated academic understanding of the material and a great skill in communicating that widely. Those two qualities do not often go together!The book is about change. After a first chapter in which the author introduces us to the person-centred concept of the person, chapter two is devoted to the change process within the client, including a very accessible description of Rogers' process model. Chapter three goes on to explore why and how change occurs in the human being, while chapter four introduces the most up-to-date person-centred theory in relation to the nature of the self concept and its changing process. Chapters five and six explore why change occurs in therapy and the conditions that facilitate that change, while chapter seven looks beyond the core conditions to focus on the particular quality of presence, begging the question as to whether this is a transpersonal/transcendental quality or an intense experiencing of the core conditions themselves.This is ...

Sage Pubns, Date: 2004. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 176 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. 2004. Sage Pubns ISBN 0761948686 9780761948681 [GB]

Sage Pubns 2004 Hardcover New 1st edition. 176 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches.