Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy'The book represents a 'gentle revolution'.... all therapeutic work in general, cannot be the same again' - Therapy Today Focusing on the concept of relational depth , Dave Mearns and Mick Cooper describe a form of encounter in which therapist and client experience profound feelings of contact and engagement with each other, and in which the client has an opportunity to explore whatever is experienced as most fundamental to her or his existence. |
Contents
1 TOWARDS A RELATIONAL THERAPY | 1 |
A RELATIONAL UNDERSTANDING | 17 |
3 THE NATURE AND EXPERIENCE OF RELATIONAL DEPTH IN COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY | 35 |
4 REACHING THE PARTS | 52 |
A PARTIAL DRUNK | 71 |
A TRAUMATISED CLIENT | 98 |
7 FACILITATING A MEETING AT RELATIONAL DEPTH | 113 |
8 THE THERAPISTS DEVELOPMENTAL AGENDA | 136 |
9 TOWARDS A REVOLUTION | 158 |
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Other editions - View all
Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy Dave Mearns,Mick Cooper Limited preview - 2005 |
Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy Dave Mearns,Mick Cooper Limited preview - 2017 |
Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy Dave Mearns,Mick Cooper Limited preview - 2017 |
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