CSP BOOKS

Why won’t I take on my own personal power and why do I let myself feel powerless in the face of those who seem to decide for me? “With more complete expression, individuals are recognized for their uniqueness and strengths, and mutual trust begins to develop.” A radically freeing book from the pen of Carl…

STEVE VINCENT “What alarms me slightly is the fervor with which…Person-Centered Approach beliefs are held as though they constitute an absolute belief – a truth that is self evident.” Steve Vincent is concerned with differentiating between the work of those persons who counsel by implementing skills and those who are Person (or Client)-Centered in their…

BRUCE MEADOR Bruce Meador at his lighthearted best. Many miniatures, few are merely funny. Don’t think of it as reading the poetry out loud Think of it as turning the TV up So you can hear the sound better. Hi There, Sardines Each sardine packed in oil Says with missing grin “I might not have…

GRACE HARLOW KLEIN Taking the impact of the waves As they threatened to pull me under the crashing surf A tiny part of me looked on, watching with disbelief and interest. But the action at first took The most insignificant of forms Like getting out of bed each morning And turning on the lights.

CARL ROGERS The late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement, revolutionized psychotherapy with his concept of “client-centered therapy.” His influence has spanned decades, but that influence has become so much a part of mainstream psychology that the ingenious nature of his work has almost been forgotten. A new introduction by Peter Kramer sheds…

WILL STILLWELL The meditations here are Will Stillwell’s attempt to think about and bring forward an experiencing of unconditional positive regard, congruence, and empathy. “In psychotherapy as in music, too much technique is never the problem. The problem is non-integrated technique where the technique shows itself as raw will.” “The psychotherapist then, is a person…

“I see myself as having a poetic glow somewhere down inside me…” How was I to know he danced To the beauty of the ridge? That the glen glazed his eyes for so much to see. (from His Eyes, Darkened by My Shadow) What I have just read to you – these words They are…

WILL STILLWELL Most of my time I distract, tangled into self-assigned tasks an’ things whose thrill at accomplishment is less, less than that instinct instant our pulse is fingered, blood courses semen, flesh, eggs, and stones, smiling perfect realization that can never hold still Every thing rises from intimacy sticky candy on our fingertips.