This book examines the scientific contribution and increasing relevance of the Person-Centered Approach (PCA) in psychotherapy. It shows connections of PCA to international and interdisciplinary studies as well as demonstrates PCA as a meta-approach.

​This book examines the scientific contribution and increasing relevance of the Person-Centered Approach (PCA) in psychotherapy. The direction taken in the book is to provide readers with a multidisciplinary and multi-perspective view as well as practical applications. Beyond the more conventional psychotherapy applications (client-centered, experimental, emotion-focused, child-centered, motivational interviewing, existential, filial, etc.) others have evolved including peace and conflict resolution work, encounter and T-groups, nonviolent communication, parent effectiveness training, person-centered planning for people with disabilities, relationship enhancement methods, learner-centered education, technology-enhanced learning environments, human relations leadership training, etc. Simultaneously, scientific disciplines were influenced by this perspective in less obvious ways. Hence, the major contribution of this book is to identify and characterize the key bridges-so far only partly recognized- between the PCA and several other disciplines. Based on the results of the bridge-building endeavor, the editors will propose an initial formulation of the PCA as a meta-theory. It is intended as a generic framework to solve complex, social problems and to stimulate further research and development concerning the human species in relationship to its environment.​

Introduction to Interdisciplinary Applications.- An Experiential Example of the Person-Centered Approach: Carl Rogers Work.- Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies: An overview.- Motivational Interviewing and Client-Centered Therapy.- Linking the Person-Centered Approach to the Arts: Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy and Empowerment.- Person-centered work in services for people in need of everyday care.- Counseling the Sai Way.- Person-Centred Medicine and Subjectivity.- The Learner-Centered Model: Vision for the Future.- The Person-Centered Approach in Adult Education.- Characteristics and Effects of Person-Centered Technology Enhanced Learning.- Ubiquitous Educational Computing and Learner-Centered Instruction: A Likely Pair.- Foundational Oppression: Families and Schools.- The Person-Centered Approach in Family Education.- Successful Management with the Person-Centered Approach: Building the Bridge to Business.- Person-Centered Approach: Theory and Practice in a Nontherapeutic Context.- A Person-Centered-Approach to Innovation Management: Experiences and Learnings.- The Person-Centred Approach and its Capacity to EnhanceConstructive International Communication.- Conflict Transformation.- PCA Encounter Groups: Transformative learning for individuals and communities.- Staying Human: Experiences of a Therapist and Political Activist.- The Person-Centered Approach: An Emergent Paradigm.