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Person-centered psychology and psychotherapy is situated at the interface of other arenas of psychological research and clinical activity that often go unnoticed by the person-centered community. Many of the core ideas associated with the person-centered psychology—such as its focus on therapeutic relationships, intrinsic motivation, and human potential—are topics that are alive and well in parts of contemporary mainstream psychology. The aim of this chapter is to promote bridge building among the person-centered community to these other areas of psychology. What we advocate is a new inclusive approach in which person-centered psychologists can begin to build bridges in which they can learn from, and provide learnings for, research in other areas. Specifically, we discuss the interface of person-centered psychology and positive psychology
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Joseph, S., Murphy, D. (2013). Person-Centered Theory Encountering Mainstream Psychology: Building Bridges and Looking to the Future. In: Cornelius-White, J., Motschnig-Pitrik, R., Lux, M. (eds) Interdisciplinary Handbook of the Person-Centered Approach. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7141-7_15
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