Reviews for Dictionary of Person-Centred Psychology

The average rating for Dictionary of Person-Centred Psychology based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-07-01 00:00:00 Lucy Leicht I borrowed this book from my college library to help with an assignment and ordered a copy shortly thereafter, as it's such a fantastic resource that I wanted it permanently at hand without worrying about having to continually book it in and out. As a dictionary it is, naturally, an alphabetical listing of the key concepts related to the person-centred approach to counselling and psychology. The writing is clear, comprehensible and concise, with lots of cross-references to facilitate the following of linked concepts and streams of theory development. It's well-referenced, too, which makes it an excellent resource for locating citations for assignments. Although not designed to be read from cover-to-cover, that's what I'll be doing to strengthen my understanding of person-centred theory. On a practical note, living as I do in the UK, I found that ordering it directly from the publisher's website was cheaper than any of the other available purchasing options. Update Now that I've finished reading I have little further to add - an excellent resource which will be at my elbow when reading other related text-books.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-08-07 00:00:00 Daniel Hultine This was a terrific book despite what it's about. Tracey writes this true story as a novel. She lost two toddlers in a house fire thought to be an accident and it turned out not to be the case and a "friend" had set her home alight on purpose. It was written in the book's description that she found God during all her trials and tribulations and I was unsure about bothering but took the chance and was happy I did. There's very little Godly stuff in if if you're like me and don't believe any of that. She does need to find another editor as the one she has now left in loads of errors. Changing people's names, apostrophes missing or misused......it goes on and on and was annoying. Tracey was very lucky in that she had so many good friends, especially one she called Katherine in the book. I was sobbing in a lot of places in the book too.....it was so sad and she wrote it well. She sounds like someone I'd like very much as she talks a lot like I do although I don't believe I'd be as forgiving as she was. The poem near the end of the book and that she included as part of her impact statement was very good and very, very touching indeed. I'd highly recommend it but have a box of Kleenex handy too.....