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Brian Thorne on belovedness, sexuality & power in therapy

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

In the passage before this excerpt, Brian has been talking about the idea of the ‘beloved’, in the context of the writings of Julian of Norwich. How any of us makes sense of ‘beloved’ will depend on personal experiences and conceptual structures/language. It is an … Continue reading →

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Brian Thorne on power in person-centred therapy

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

In this passage, Brian is looking at a 1986 paper by Jerold Bozarth and Barbara Temaner Brodley, exploring what they saw as supporting assertions implicit in Carl Rogers’ 19 propositions – and which may therefore be included in a person … Continue reading →

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Person-Centred Basics – Dave Mearns & Brian Thorne on Congruence

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

The sixth in our occasional series of person-centred fundamentals. ‘Why is congruence important? Like empathy and unconditional positive regard, congruence makes it easier for the client to trust the counsellor and the counselling process. If the client accepts the congruence … Continue reading →

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Person-centred basics: expertise of the person-centred counsellor – Dave Mearns & Brian Thorne

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

The fourth in our occasional series of person-centred fundamentals. ‘The person-centred counsellor must learn to wear her expertise as an invisible garment in order to be an effective counsellor. Experts are expected to dispense their expertise, to recommend what should … Continue reading →

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Brian Thorne on the awesome task of the person-centred therapist

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘The person-centred therapist is charged with the awesome task of becoming fully human and the core conditions are the applied practice of that task. It is as if the work of the professional therapist in the person-centred tradition constitutes a … Continue reading →

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Person-centred Basics – Dave Mearns & Brian Thorne on building trust via the core conditions

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

The second in our occasional series of refreshers in some of the fundamentals of a person-centred approach to therapeutic work. The following examples from Dave and Brian cluster around the central theme of building trust, and which core conditions may … Continue reading →

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Mia Leijssen on Working with the Inner Critic

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Interesting excerpt from Mia’s essay on Focusing, in this excellent book edited by Brian Thorne and Elke Lambers. Mia looks at working with someone who experiences interruptions from the ‘bad parent’/superego voice. She follows this with a brief illustrative case … Continue reading →

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Use of self in therapy – Brian Thorne

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘In the last year of his life Carl Rogers give a remarkable interview to Michele Baldwin on the use of self in therapy. It would seem that Rogers was in a particularly expansive mood, and although he could not have … Continue reading →

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Maya Angelou – Love liberates

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

This is utterly beautiful. Thank you to Monica Cassani and http://www.beyondmeds.com for linking to this. http://beyondmeds.com/2015/06/03/love-liberates/ I think Monica’s comment is wholly accurate:- ‘We need love in the mental health system. Love is ultimately the only thing that heals, because … Continue reading →

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Brian Thorne on the person-centered therapist’s ‘family within’

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘Compassion for the body will be a cornerstone of the person centred therapist’s spiritual discipline but so, too, will be an acceptant and empathic response to his or her inner world where conflicting voices and a confusing array of configurations … Continue reading →

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