Brian Thorne

Professor Thorne shows convincingly that the spiritual needs and yearnings of many clients presenting themselves to secular counsellors can no longer be ignored, trivialized or pathologized. The book constitutes an impassioned plea both to person-centred therapists to acknowledge the centrality of spiritual issues for many of their clients and also to Christians to embrace the richness of their spiritual tradition...

This text should cause something of a stir in the counselling and psychotherapy world and more particularly amongst person-centred practitioners and pastoral counsellors. It takes the later work of Carl Rogers with the utmost seriousness and, as a result, moves into unexpected and, perhaps for some, dangerously controversial terrain. Rogers discovered towards the end of his life that he had...

Counselling and Spiritual Accompaniment presents the key spiritually-focused writings of Brian Thorne, one of the most influential thinkers on the convergence of spirituality with counselling, along with new material reflecting his recent work in spiritual accompaniment. The book: Reflects the increasing focus on spiritual issues as an essential part of therapy. Represents the culmination of an intellectual quest, undertaken by...