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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 i ...
Hardback. New. The belief that change occurs during the therapeutic process is central to all counselling and psychotherapy. This volume examines how change can be facilitated by the counsellor embodying certain therapeutic qualities - in particular empathy, unconditional positive regard and congruence. ISBN 0761948686 9780761948681 [GB]
ISBN10: 0761948686, ISBN13: 9780761948681, [publisher: SAGE Publications Inc] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. [Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]
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