Dave Mearns is formerly Director of the Counselling Unit and Professor of Counselling at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Dave is author or co-author of four other counselling books published by SAGE: Person-Centred Counselling in Action, Second Edition, Experiences of Counselling in Action, Person-Centred Counselling Training and Person-Centred Therapy Today: New Frontiers in Theory and Practice.

Introduction
PART ONE: EXTENDING THE THERAPEUTIC CONDITIONS
Don¿t Confuse Unconditional Positive Regard with `Liking¿
Offering the Client an Engagement at `Relational Depth¿
What Is Involved in Offering Wider Contracts to Clients?
Extend the Core Conditions to the Whole of Your Client - Introducing `Configurations¿ of Self
Don¿t Get `Hooked on Growth¿
PART TWO: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNSELLOR
Counsellor `Paralysis¿
Diagnosis and Treatment
Beware of the Need to Appear `Clever¿
`Burn-Out¿ and How to Avoid It
Personal Therapy Is Not Enough
What to Do If You Are Not Perfect
Using the Large Unstructured Group to Develop Congruence in Person-Centred Training
Developing a Spiritual Discipline - with Brian Thorne
PART THREE: THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE
You Do Not Need to Be an `Expert¿ on the Client Group or Issue to Work Expertly with the Client
Be `Beside¿ the Client, but Not `on the Side of¿ the Client
Getting beyond `Transference¿
Brief Companionship - with Brian Thorne
Becoming Aware of the `Unspoken Relationship¿ between Counsellor and Client
Tapping the `Unspoken Relationship¿ between Counsellor and Client
PART FOUR: THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS
Getting the `Power Dynamic¿ Right
Let the Client¿s Locus of Evaluation Be the Guide to Your Working
Assisting the Client¿s Focusing
Be Aware of and Beware the Dynamics of Self-Concept Change
Confronting the Client
Trouble-Shooting `Stuckness¿ within the Therapeutic Process
PART FIVE: PERSON-CENTRED PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
The Person-Centred Perspective on Psychopathology - with Elke Lambers
The Neurotic Client
Borderline Personality Disorder - with Elke Lambers
Psychosis - with Elke Lambers
Personality Disorder - with Elke Lambers
An Introduction to Client-Centred Pre-Therapy - with Dion Van Werde
Dealing with the Possibility of Psychotic Content in a Seemingly Congruent Communication - with Dion Van Werde