‘This is the main stimulating, thorough, in-depth paintings on empathy as originated and constructed through Carl Rogers inside client-centred treatment and the person-centred procedure reader will locate. It presents a rigorous examine empathic figuring out, with functional case illustrations all through. 'What a ‘cornucopia’ of choices are supplied during this publication. The costs and extracts from Rogers are constantly to the purpose, and explorations of the thoughts wealthy and unique, each one amplifying, but no longer altering, Carl’s meanings. This publication has a distinct layout and magnificence, merging culture with innovation and whimsy. it's either intellectually stimulating and intensely own. i used to be thrilled with the wit, humour, and performs on phrases. compared to the reductionistic, stereotypic depiction of Rogers’ paintings in such a lot of past texts outdoors the individual targeted method neighborhood, this booklet is a breath of clean air. i feel Steve has guided us with splendor and perception, knowledge and compassion, in the direction of deeper understandings of the genius and profundity of Carl Rogers’ paintings and his ideas. whereas the viewers for this publication may well most sensible be thought of to be these in education as therapists, or scholars utilizing the publication as a school textual content, it is going to even be such a lot valuable for practitioners who are looking to evaluation and renew a deeper knowing of Rogers’ procedure. capability consumers, in looking a secure haven for his or her deep explorations, can also revenue significantly from this e-book as a consultant of their search.' homosexual Leah Barfield in her Foreword