Full Description
This collection of the work of John Shlien is exactly what the subtitle says: 'an invitation to think about client-centered therapy and the person-centered approach'. It features John's best-known work alongside some lesser-know papers and a handful of hitherto unpublished essays. John Shlien was one of the most influential of Carl Rogers' students and associates, as a writer, researcher and academic. With a witty, provocative style as a writer and speaker, John was an insightful commentator and creative theorist, able to provoke vigorous debate wherever he went. This collection gives the reader a chance to sample the breadth of his ideas.
Contents
Section 1: Psychological Health To Feel Alive:A thought on motivation; A Criterion of Psychological Health; Creativity and Psychological Health; A Client-Centered Approach to Schizophrenia: First approximation; Secrets and the Psychology of Secrecy; Macht Therapie Glucklich? Can Therapy Make You Happy? Section 2: A Literalist Approach. The Literal-Intuitive Axis: And other thoughts; A Countertheory of Transference; Embarrassment Anxiety: A literalist theory. Section 3: Applications: Theory Research and Life. Basic Concepts in Group Psychotherapy: A Client-Centered point of view; Empathy in Psychotherapy: Vital Mechanism? Yes. Therapist's Conceit? All Too Often. By Iself Enough? No; The Robert W. White School. Section 4: The Position of Client-Centered Therapy. 'Introduction'; Theory as Autobiography: The Man and the Movement; Untitled and Uneasy.
