num_pages: 329
description: Explores the interface between the Person-Centred Approach and radical political theory and activity. This work also explores the contribution that a critical analysis of social and political factors can make to the practice of person-centred therapy, and examines the contribution this therapy can make to the sphere of socio-political theory1. Opening Remarks - Gillian Proctor 2. Politics and Therapy: Mapping areas for consideration - Pete Sanders The Politics of the PCA 3. First Change the World, or First Change Yourself? The Personal and the Political Revisited - Clive Perrett 4. Is There a Political Imperative Inherent Within the Person-Centred Approach? - Seamus Nash 5. Person-Centred Therapy and Time Limited Therapy - Pauline MacDonald 6. Rethinking Person-Centred Therapy - Khatidja Chantler 7. The Cultural Situatedness of Language Use in Person-Centred Training - Rundeep Sembi 8. Personal Reflections on Training as a Person-Centred Counsellor - Lois Peachey 9. Therapy: Opium for the masses or helps those who least need it? - Gillian Proctor 10. Socialist Humanism: A progressive politics for the twenty-first century - Mick Cooper 11. The Spectacular Self: Alienation as the lifestyle choice of the free world, endorsed by psychotherapists - Pete Sanders 12. The Radical Humanism of Carl Rogers and Paulo Freire: Considering the person-centered approach as a form of conscientizacao - Maureen O'Hara 13. Psychotherapy: The politics of liberation or collaboration? A career Critically Reviewed - Dave Mearns Socio-political issues and the therapy relationship 14. Person-Centered Therapy with Children and Adolescent Victims of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Brazil - Elizabeth Freire, Silvia Koller, Aline Piason, Renata B da Silva and Deborah Giacomelli 15. Not Just Naming the Injustice: counselling asylum seekers and refugees - Jude Boyles 16. Disability, Multidimensionality and Love: The politics of a counselling relationship in Further Education - Suzanne Keys 17. South Asian Women and Mental Health Services - Kamer Shoaib 18. Person-Centred Therapy, Culture and Racism: Personal discoveries and adaptations - Indu Khurana 19. White Counsellor Racial Identity: The unacknowledged, unknown, unaware aspect of self in relationship - Colin Lago and Sheila Haugh 20. Clients' Experiences of How Perceived Differences in Social Class Between Counsellor and Client Affect the Therapeutic Relationship - Jane Balmforth 21. The Person-Centred Approach: A vehicle for acknowledging and respecting women's voices - Bea White Person-Centred Approach and Social Action 22. A Passion for Politics in Carl Rogers' Work and Approach - Gay Barfield 23. Transformation in Transylvania - Reinhold Stipsits 24. The Centre: A Person-Centred Project in Education - Fiona Hall-Jenkins 25. Politicizing School Reform Through the Person-Centered Approach: Mandate and advocacy - Jeffrey Corneluis-White and Randel Brown 26. Emotional Literacy and the Person-Centred Approach - Mike Hough 27. What Does It Have To Do With Client-Centered Therapy? - John K Wood 28. Taking Sides - Or Not? - Rosemary Hopkins29. A Personal View of How Activism is Relevant to the Person-Centred Approach - Mae Boyd 30. Toward a Person-Centered Politics - John Vasconcellos 31. Concluding Remarks - Pete Sanders
language: English
title: Politicizing the Person-Centred Approach: An Agenda for Social Change
publisher: PCCS Books