Authors

Peter Chadwick was born in Manchester in 1946 and originally trained as a geologist before switching careers to psychology in 1973. He has batchelors degrees and doctorates in both subjects. Originally he worked in the field of perception, studying human factors in geologists, but after a paranoid illness in 1979 he moved to…

Windy Dryden is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths University, London, and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He has authored or edited more than 250 books, including the second edition of Reason to Change: A rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) workbook (Routledge, 2021) and the third edition of…

Laura Buchanan trained as an occupational therapist, subsequently specialising in mental health and psychiatry. She later trained as a person-centred therapist at the University of Strathclyde, specialising in women's issues. Laura has worked overseas in Bangladesh as a lecturer in occupational therapy and as a counsellor, and currently lives…

David Cain, PhD, ABPP, is the editor of Humanistic Psychotherapies: Handbook of Research and Practice (2002) and of Classics in the Person-Centered Approach (2002). He received his doctorate in clinical and community psychology from the University of Wyoming. At present, he teaches at the California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego of…

Mick Cooper is Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton and a practising counselling psychologist. Mick is author and editor of a range of texts on person-centred, existential, and relational approaches to therapy. Mick has led a series of research studies – both qualitative and quantitative – exploring…

Michael Behr is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. His research topics are person-centred counselling, child and adolescent psychotherapy, young people’s emotions, and parent–school relationships. He has written several books about school development and person-centred work…

Daniel N. Berkow, PhD, currently is Associate Director of a university counseling centre. He has provided group therapy for students in university settings, and for adults, adolescents, and children in community settings. His areas of interest in publication and presentation include group dynamics, therapeutic inquiry, and intercultural understandings of counseling.

Barbara Temaner Brodley’s (1932 – 2007) graduate teaching, consultation, international workshop presentations and publications have established her as one of the foremost authorities on the theory and practice of client-centered therapy. Brodley received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Clinical Psychology and Human Development.  At the…

Yvonne Bates is committed to the development of an inclusive and collaborative therapeutic community, campaigning against the academic expropriation and professionalisation of practice. She is keen to challenge the myth of the therapist as expert and to encourage theorists, practitioners and policy makers to work in genuine partnership with clients…

Jerold Bozarth was Professor Emeritus of the University of Georgia, where his tenure included Chair of the Department of Counseling and Human Development, Director of the Rehabilitation Counseling Program and Director of the Person-Centered Studies Project. He was a consultant for person-centred training programmes in the Czech Republic and Portugal;…