Applying the Person-Centred Approach to Global, Social and Personal Crises

Against the backdrop of current debates in society about mental health and responses to crises, this edited volume examines the person-centered approach (PCA) as a vital framework for addressing contemporary mental health challenges and promoting psychosocial resilience across diverse cultural contexts.

Mairi McMenamin is an independent Person-Centred Counsellor, Supervisor and Trainer, UK. Kate Munro is an independent consultant in Person-Centred Education, UK.

Foreword By Yana Gololob Introduction Section 1: Global Challenges, Global Issues 1 The Person-Centred Approach in Global Challenge and Global Change Susanna Markowitsch 2 Working With Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Children in Greece: The Challenges of Working with Global Issues Alex Vallidis and Elektra Diakolambrianou 3 Applying the Person-Centred Approach in a Time of War: Working across Modalities to Deliver Support and Supervision to Those in a War Zone Mairi McMenamin and Terry Daly Section 2: The Person-Centred Approach and Social Change 4 Applying the Person-Centred Approach to a Recruitment Crisis in Social Care Terry Daly and Kate Munro 5 Artificial Intelligence, Technology Evolution and the Person-Centred Approach Gareth Pierce 6 Neurodiversity and the Person-Centred Approach: Am I Doing This Right? Sonny Hallett Section 3: The Person-Centred Approach in Universal Issues and Personal Trauma 7 The Person-Centred Approach and Working with Ex-convicts: Facilitating the Return Elektra Diakolambrianou 8 The Value of the Person-Centred Approach When Discussing Death and Dying Stephanie Hutchinson 9 The Person-Centred Approach Working with Relationships: Working Therapeutically on the Cliff Edge Jacquelyn Pratt 10 Let's Talk about Baby Loss: A Person-Centred Approach to 'Being Alongside' Bereaved Parents Jen Keppie Afterword