John Barkham

I read the initial five chapters of this book for university assignments, so my review relates to the first half of the book only.

I found the first two chapters a little dry, they being overviews of the development of person-centered groupwork. There's actually a fair bit of 'personality' in them, but I guess I'm not that interested in who was on a particular committee and what they were doing half a century ago. Useful, nevertheless, in providing some dates and references for the assignments.

The next three chapters I found more engaging and interesting, most particularly Peggy Natiello's chapter, Sexism, Gender Dynamics and the Person-Centred Approach, which sadly seems more relevant now than when she wrote it in 1999. For her contribution, I've increased a 3-star rating to 4.

Not essential, but useful and interesting, nevertheless.… (mais)