Personal Construct Counselling in Action - Paperback

by Fay Fransella (Author), Peggy Dalton (Author)

The revised and updated edition of this practical, accessible book gives a clear introduction to personal construct counselling for counselling trainees and practitioners alike. Outlining the key principles of the personal construct approach to counselling and relating them to practice, the book carefully explores ways in which counsellors, through credulous listening to everything the client says - and does not say - can build the client′s awareness of the manner in which he or she construes problems. The range of methods that can be used to help the counsellor and client learn more about inherent contradictions and their implications, are described and illustrated. The book goes on to show how the counsellor and client in partnership can then devise experiments for change through which the client can try out new and more rewarding ways of construing and acting. A number of approaches to facilitating change are discussed and exemplified. The book includes a detailed case study of the counselling process with one particular client.

Author Biography

Fay Fransella is Reader Emeritus in Clinical Psychology, University of London and a registered psychotherapist. She is a director of the Centre for Personal Construct Psychology and a member of its Advisory Group. In addition to writing about personal construct psychology, she is engaged in the Centre′s development of a distance learning programme for personal construct psychology and repertory grid methods.

Peggy Dalton is currently a member of the Centre for Personal Construct Psychology′s Advisory Group. She works as a counsellor and psychotherapist in private practice and teaches on the Diploma Course for PCP Education and Training. She is particularly concerned with continuing professional development and runs supervision groups, workshops and other events, which enable practitioners to share their experiences.