What does it mean to have a relation with 'relational depth'? What is the experience of an intimate, interpersonal encounter, and what can it do for the therapeutic relation? In this article, Mick Cooper tries to answer these questions from the perspective of the insights he gained and the research he did for the book that he published together with Dave Mearns, 'Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy' (2005). He also addresses the challenge and the implication of these views for person centered and experiential psychotherapy.
relational depth, experiential and existential psychotherapy, the therapeutic relation, receptivity and expressiveness, therapeutic presence
The tPeP (Journal Person-centered experiential Psychotherapy) is the scientific journal for Dutch and Flemish psychotherapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, that work from, or are interested in a client-centered perspective.
