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Los Angeles - Since Sigmund Freud created psychoanalysis, the first comprehensive theory of counseling and psychotherapy, hundreds of other theoretical approaches to counseling and psychotherapy have been developed. Tracing the theories from the beginnings of counseling and psychotherapy all the way to the current trends and movements is the new The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy.

Mick Cooper and John McLeod define pluralistic therapy as ‘the assumption that different clients are likely to benefit from different therapeutic methods at different points in time.’ It often allows for a more responsive and fluid approach to a client’s needs.

Sage is the world’s leading independent publisher for counselling and psychotherapy and we are proud to have published books over several decades that have helped support training in the psychological therapies, including many bestselling publications from leading figures in the field.

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Person-centred therapy is a humanistic approach developed by Carl Rogers in the 1950s. Human beings have an innate tendency to develop themselves and often this can become distorted. Using the person-centred approach puts the client’s own perception central to the therapy.