What is empathy? Is it a basic human characteristic? Is there a biological basis for it? How does it work in therapy? Is it a necessary condition for therapeutic change? Sheila Haugh and Tony Merry have assembled a formidable collection of distinguished writers from Client-Centred Therapy and the Person-Centred Approach to help the serious student examine these and other important questions.

About the Author
Sheila Haugh currently serves on the board of the World Association for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling (WAPCEPC) and was formally Convenor for the British Association for the Person-Centred Approach (BAPCA). Until last year she was Course Leader for the MA Client-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling at Leeds Metropolitan University (UK), her particular interests including the development of theory within the classical approach to client-centred psychotherapy. Tony Merry was Reader in Psychology and the University of East London and taught on postgraduate and undergraduate courses in counselling and counselling psychology. He was author of several books and articles on counselling and psychology. He co-founded the British Association for the Person-Centred Approach (BAPCA) in 1989 and was editor of Person-Centred Practice until his untimely death in 2004. He contributed to workshops and other person-centred events in Europe, including several with Carl Rogers in England, Ireland and Hungary in the 1980s.


Book Information
ISBN 9781898059301
Author Sheila Haugh
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint PCCS Books
Publisher PCCS Books
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 15mm