There are still aspects of person-centred therapy and its effectiveness open for research

While throughout this book there are many references to how, when and where person-centred therapy has been researched and Point 99 directly addresses the evidence for its effectiveness, as Elliott (2013: 476) notes, ‘there are many questions open for PCE therapy research’. His list of these (pp. 476–478) to which he adds expansions comprises: 1

How effective are PCE therapies with specific client populations?

2

How effective are PCE therapies with particular clients?

3

What are the effects of the facilitative conditions on the outcome of PCE therapies?

4

What are the immediate in-session effects of therapist facilitative responses on the depth of client-processing?

5

What do clients experience as most helpful in PCE therapy?

6

What are the characteristics of transformative moments in therapy?

7

What do PCE therapists know about how to help facilitate different kinds of productive client work in therapy?

8

What are the effects of change processes in PCE therapy/counselling training?