Person-centred Communication
Theory and Practice
2nd Edition
Published on 1. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-19-578687-3 (ISBN)
Description
How can you enable people to develop themselves? How do you build a relationship of trust with a community? How do you create an environment in which clients respond positively? Facilitators from various professions will find that the second edition of Person-centred Communication continues to enhance their communication, listening, and empathic skills. It demonstrates how to live the values of the person-centred approach developed by Carl Rogers, by showing respect for clients and empowering them to take responsibility for themselves. Building on the feedback from readers of the first edition, this new edition focuses even more strongly on the self, including the self of the facilitator. The importance of self-reflection, thought-processes, values, and actions are creatively addressed. This is an indispensable guide to working with individuals, groups, and communities in a humane and respectful way.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Goodwood
South Africa
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
line drawings
ISBN-13
978-0-19-578687-3 (9780195786873)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Theory: Thinking about people - unique experiences and perceptions of people, specific experiences, the development of the self, unsymbolized experiences, wholeness and self-determination, conditions for facilitation, the process of change. The facilitator's values: Respect, individualizationSelf-determination; confidentiality. Putting thinking and values into practice: Dealing with unsymbolized experiences, advanced empathy, immediacy. Some special considerations: Cross-cultural communication - people in conflict, the self of the facilitator.