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December, 2014 | SAGE Publications, Inc

Person-Centered Approaches for Counselors


Jeffrey H. D. Cornelius-White - Missouri State University, USA
112 pages | December, 2014 | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Integrating common factors research and practice, Person-Centered Approaches for Counselors highlights the deep social justice roots of the approaches and shows counselors in training and experienced therapists how to integrate person-centered process and outcome measures to improve therapy outcomes. For each of the person-centered approaches covered (including classical, focusing, emotion-focused, intersubjective, and interdisciplinary orientations) this accessible book covers historical development, theory, process, evaluation, and application.

Person-Centered Approaches for Counselors is part of the SAGE Theories for Counselors Series that includes Psychoanalytic Approaches for Counselors by Frederick Redekop and Cognitive Behavioral Approaches for Counselors by Diane Shea.

Therapist and Relationship Factors
The Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
Summary

Contact, Incongruence, and Perception
Client-Directed, Outcome Informed, Client Hero
Actualizing Tendency
Nondirective Attitude
Conclusion
Summary

Classical Client-Centered or Nondirective Therapy
Focusing
Intersubjectivity
Experiential, Emotion-Focused
Interdisciplinary Research and Practice
The Futurism of the Person-Centered Approach and Its Implications
Summary

Central Concepts in Multicultural Counseling Competence
Understanding Client’s Worldview: Cultural Elements to Empathy
Culturally Appropriate Interventions and Unconditional Positive Regard
Social Justice Advocacy Competencies
History of Multiculturalism and the Person-Centered Approach
Ethical and Religious Concepts and the Person-Centered Approach
The Paradox: A Universal System of Adaptability to Differences
Summary

Deena
Casey
Session One: First Encounter
Session Two: Scared, Really Scared
Session Three: Some Relief
Session Four: A Possible Misunderstanding
Session Five: Nonstop Talker
Session Six: I Miss My Mom, Bad. She Was a Bitch to Deal With
Session Seven: Talkative Again
Sessions Eight and Nine: No Show
Questions for Your Consideration
Summary

PCA Is Love
Courageous, Compassionate Confrontation
Perception
Linking the Relational and the Client Conditions
It Figures
Understand, Verify You Understand, and Improve
Power Within, Power With, Power Over
The Ever-Reaching Actualization Process: Give and Receive
Summary

Student Study Site

The Student Study Site includes:

  • Mobile-friendly web quizzes for each chapter allows for independent assessment of progress made in learning course material.

KEY FEATURES:

  • A concise, conversational approach speaks directly to graduate students’ concerns and makes key information easy to understand and apply.
  • Transcripts of actual counseling sessions and scenarios of different client responses bring theories to life.
  • A common factors approach to therapy is integrated into every section, providing compelling evidence and practical suggestions for improving training and practice.
  • The final chapter discusses future developments in the field.