Brian Thorne

Brian Thorne is Co-founder of the Norwich Centre for Personal, Professional and Spiritual Development. A retired counsellor and psychotherapist, he is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at the University of East Anglia, Norwich and a former Professor of Education in the College of Teachers. He is the author or editor of 19 books which include, most recently, Counselling and Spiritual Accompaniment: Bridging Faith and Person-Centred Therapy (Wiley – Blackwell, 2012) and – with Pete Sanders – Carl Rogers (3rd ed) (Sage Publishers, 2012). Professor Thorne is unusual in having maintained throughout a long and distinguished career, a passionate commitment both to the theory and practice of person-centred therapy and membership of the Anglican Church!