Are you a therapist with more than 400hrs practice, who offers person-centred therapy at least as part of what you do? If you would like to be involved in this study, please send an email expressing your interest. If you are a client in therapy, please discuss being involved with your therapist.
Research Project
This extended research project is investigating whether person-centred therapy can be enhanced by incorporating self-directed learning. We hope to demonstrate that person-centred therapy can be made more efficient or effective by harnessing the client’s ability to self-direct their own learning, thereby saving money for providers such as the NHS or the client themself.
This Study
In this study, we are asking the question; "Is effective self-counselling, based on a set of prescribed therapeutic questions, possible in the absence of a therapist?"
Background
In summary, we are researching the amalgamation of Rogers’ ideas on person-centred therapy with his ideas on self-directed learning. We hypothesise that clients may be able to progress their own therapeutic learning before, between or after sessions with their therapist.
Study 1, Renger, S. (2021c) Therapists’ Views on the Use of Questions in Person-centred Therapy. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2021.1900536
Study 2, Renger, S., Macaskill, A., & Naylor, B. (2020). Learning and change within person‐centred therapy: Views of expert therapists. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 20(3), 535-544. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12291
Study 3, Renger, S., & Macaskill, A. (2021a) Simplifying the definition of the fully functioning person for client use. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12386
Study 4, Renger, S., & Macaskill, A. (2021d) Guided Goal Setting in Therapy towards Being Fully Functioning Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-021-09505-8
Study 5, Renger, S. & Macaskill, A., (2021b) Developing the Foundations for a Learning-Based Humanistic Therapy. Journal of Humanistic Psychology https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678211007668
Study 6, 2020: What questions could enable a person-centred client to progress their own therapy? (A Delphi study with person-centred therapists) Independent Study (To be submitted for publishing)