Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy First Edition

This is a must-have for any counselor or therapist that recognizes the relational space between counselor and client as 'the' agent of change. The concept of relational depth is one I have continually found beneficial and illuminating as I continue to grow and expand in my clinical work. It is a refreshing read in a time when 'technique' and quick, surface-level fixes continue to gain emphasis and focus within our culture and systems.

This is a wonderful book that presents an innovative and far reaching approach to therapeutic change.It is also a very readible and accesible book, altough well documented and researched.It presents an approach for working very effectively and with a lot of sense with adolescents and adults from a position that is called "relational depth".Im a clinical psychologist and the book opened new areas for me.I think it should be of interest for person-centred, existentially and humanistic therapist, altough the authors said this approach could be utilized by many therapists or facilitators.I recomend it with all my heart.Javier Armenta

This is a beautifully written book and a must have for all trainee counsellors and psychotherapists. It breaks the therapeutic relationship down to the core of what it is really all about, meeting another human being at a depth that goes far beyond the surface level of relating. It has been a refreshing read to someone who in training has become a little bogged down with techniques and 'getting it right'. The case studies give a much needed insight into the therapeutic encounters of the author, with an open and honest evaluation by the author of his own work. I have never seen this before in a book of this kind.By sharing this material Dave Mearns gives you a gift. After reading this book I went back to clients with a refreshed pair of eyes and ears and with the knowledge that your openess to a meeting of relational depth can be enough.

Brilliant book. And in my view Gene Gendlin's Focusing makes working at relational depth not just possible but far more likely to happen

As a trainee counsellor needing an understand of what relational depth should feel like and the book delivers. It is also a book you can go back and find reference to a particular section when needed.

Very thought provoking and an essential for any therapists reference library. I personally really enjoy Mearns' work and would recommend this to everyone.

Excellent read