A dialogue between focusing and relational perspectives.

TY - JOUR

T1 - A dialogue between focusing and relational perspectives.

AU - Cooper, Mick

AU - Ikemi, Akira

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - This paper explores the question 'What is dialogue?' and its relevance to therapeutic practice through a dialogically structured conversation between two members of the person-centered and experiential community: Akira Ikemi, a leading advocate of focusing; and Mick Cooper, who is associated with a relational person-centered stance. The conversation begins with the question of whether dialogue in therapy is synonymous with a co-explication, by client and therapist, of their felt senses, and the implications that this might have for therapeutic practice. It then considers the roles that unconditional positive regard, agreement and disagreement may have in facilitating—and inhibiting—dialogical processes. This is expanded through a consideration of other factors that may facilitate dialogue, including a stance of indefiniteness, affirming dissensus, and an openness to being changed by the Other. Throughout the dialogue, a recurring theme is the togetherness, or separateness, of human be

AB - This paper explores the question 'What is dialogue?' and its relevance to therapeutic practice through a dialogically structured conversation between two members of the person-centered and experiential community: Akira Ikemi, a leading advocate of focusing; and Mick Cooper, who is associated with a relational person-centered stance. The conversation begins with the question of whether dialogue in therapy is synonymous with a co-explication, by client and therapist, of their felt senses, and the implications that this might have for therapeutic practice. It then considers the roles that unconditional positive regard, agreement and disagreement may have in facilitating—and inhibiting—dialogical processes. This is expanded through a consideration of other factors that may facilitate dialogue, including a stance of indefiniteness, affirming dissensus, and an openness to being changed by the Other. Throughout the dialogue, a recurring theme is the togetherness, or separateness, of human be

KW - relational perspective, therapeutic practice, experiential community, 2012, Client Centered Therapy, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Psychotherapy, 2012

M3 - Article

SN - 1477-9757

VL - 11

SP - 124

EP - 136

JO - Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies

JF - Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies

IS - 2

ER -