The Client-Centred Therapist in Psychiatric Contexts

As an enthusiast of the person-centred approach, and one who works in a psychiatric setting, I feel I have benefited immensely from reading this book. - I whole heartedly recommend it to person-centred counsellors and therapists seeking more of an understanding of psychiatric settings - I believe this should include all trainees and person-centred therapists. I share her opinion that 'psychiatry today is in dire need of a humanistic revitalisation'. This book will hopefully encourage others, as it has me, to embrace with her the challenge of working towards this. Rachel Freeth, HCPJ, April 2004. I read this book with several different hats on. As a counsellor trainer I thought this book offered a valuable way of bridging the gap between the medical model and client-centered therapy - As a counsellor with an integrative theoretical orientation, I found the author's classifications of client-centred therapists illuminating. - As a mental health nurse, this book introduced me to 'pre-therapy' first developed by Garry Prouty. - I think this is an invaluable book both for trainers and experienced counsellors working within a variety of settings. It has certainly left me feeling reflective on how I communicate my experience of empathically understanding the client. Victoria Cole, CPJ, March 2004. Sommerbeck's 30 years' of experience working in a psychiatric setting make this lucid book a must-read for anyone interested in working humanistically with clients who bear severe diagnoses or within institutions and systems. Kathy Moon, Person-centred pratitioner and academic.