Person-Centered Practices : From Individual Growth to Collective Change

This interdisciplinary book applies person-centered principles across counseling, education, health care, and more, emphasizing Carl Rogers's impact. Chapters cover core practices, case examples, research, ethics, diversity, and social justice, showing how relational philosophy fosters positive change in diverse contexts.

Uniquely interdisciplinary, this book explores contemporary applications of person-centered principles not only in counseling and psychotherapy, but also in education, health care, coaching, management, policing, and beyond. The text highlights the ongoing impact of Carl Rogers's foundational work and enumerates the essential characteristics of the person-centered approach. Leading scholars and practitioners demonstrate how a shared relational philosophy can help bring about positive change in remarkably different contexts. Following a consistent format, chapters integrate historical background, core principles and practices, rich case examples, current research, and emerging developments, with sustained attention to ethics, diversity, and social justice.