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Client‐centered therapy: Where has it been and where is it going? A comment on Hathaway (1948)
Author(s) -
Hill Clara E.,
Nakayama Emilie Y.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(200007)56:7<861::aid-jclp5>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - psychology , psychotherapist , context (archaeology) , person centered therapy , paleontology , biology
We review the article by Hathaway (1948) critiquing nondirective therapy. We summarize Hathaway's concerns about nondirective therapy and psychotherapy research in general and consider the historical context of the article. Then we discuss progress on methodological concerns raised by Hathaway, empirical evidence obtained in the last 50 years about the efficacy of client‐centered therapy and other kinds of psychotherapy, the current status of client‐centered therapy, and projections for the future. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 56: 861–875, 2000.