Dave Mearns

1.5k total citations
29 papers, 754 citations indexed

About

Dave Mearns is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Dave Mearns has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 754 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Clinical Psychology, 12 papers in Social Psychology and 2 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Dave Mearns's work include Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (18 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (15 papers) and Counseling Practices and Supervision (7 papers). Dave Mearns is often cited by papers focused on Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (18 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (15 papers) and Counseling Practices and Supervision (7 papers). Dave Mearns collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Austria. Dave Mearns's co-authors include Brian Thorne, Mick Cooper, Peter F. Schmid, Margaret S. Warner, Windy Dryden, John McLeod, Robert Elliott, William B. Stiles, Cécile Rousseau and John McLeod and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Humanistic Psychology, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling and Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies.

In The Last Decade

Dave Mearns

24 papers receiving 606 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dave Mearns United Kingdom 13 570 323 74 65 64 29 754
Brian Thorne United Kingdom 9 402 0.7× 248 0.8× 77 1.0× 55 0.8× 53 0.8× 34 596
Ernesto Spinelli United Kingdom 8 301 0.5× 154 0.5× 61 0.8× 83 1.3× 66 1.0× 22 540
James T. Hansen United States 18 593 1.0× 515 1.6× 59 0.8× 42 0.6× 60 0.9× 52 779
Marcus West United Kingdom 6 603 1.1× 220 0.7× 33 0.4× 116 1.8× 125 2.0× 15 849
Fred J. Hanna United States 18 437 0.8× 397 1.2× 61 0.8× 103 1.6× 33 0.5× 47 772
Steen Halling United States 12 211 0.4× 163 0.5× 44 0.6× 78 1.2× 51 0.8× 33 393
Ernest S. Wolf United States 10 632 1.1× 223 0.7× 25 0.3× 89 1.4× 83 1.3× 31 846
Leon Hoffman United States 16 602 1.1× 206 0.6× 71 1.0× 67 1.0× 28 0.4× 91 831
Neil Altman United States 12 520 0.9× 203 0.6× 47 0.6× 152 2.3× 47 0.7× 52 706
Kathy Weingarten United States 12 442 0.8× 191 0.6× 92 1.2× 162 2.5× 29 0.5× 18 660

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dave Mearns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dave Mearns

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dave Mearns. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dave Mearns based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dave Mearns. Dave Mearns is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mearns, Dave & Mick Cooper. (2018). Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 87 indexed citations
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Mearns, Dave, Brian Thorne, & John McLeod. (2016). Personzentrierte Beratung und Psychotherapie in der Praxis. 1 indexed citations
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Mearns, Dave, et al.. (2008). Working with Couples and Families. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies. 7(4). 233–234. 1 indexed citations
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Mearns, Dave, et al.. (2007). Person-centred counselling in action. 3rd ed.. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 36 indexed citations
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Mearns, Dave, Brian Thorne, & Cécile Rousseau. (2006). La thérapie centrée sur la personne et les « configurations » du Self. n° 3(1). 62–89.
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Mearns, Dave & Peter F. Schmid. (2006). Being-with and being-counter: relational depth - the challenge of fully meeting the client. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 5(4). 255–265. 16 indexed citations
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Mearns, Dave. (2005). Le projet de développement du thérapeute. n° 2(2). 24–50.
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Mearns, Dave. (2004). Problem-Centered is not Person-Centered / Problemzentriert ist nicht personzentriert / Centrado en el problema no es centrado en la persona. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies. 3(2). 88–101. 5 indexed citations
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Mearns, Dave & Brian Thorne. (2003). La terapia centrada en la persona hoy: nuevos avances en la teoría y en la práctica. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja).
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Mearns, Dave. (2003). The Humanistic Agenda: Articulation. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 43(3). 53–65. 4 indexed citations
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Dryden, Windy, Dave Mearns, & Brian Thorne. (2000). Counselling in the United Kingdom: Past, present and future. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 28(4). 467–483. 18 indexed citations
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Mearns, Dave, et al.. (2000). Person-Centred Therapy Today: New Frontiers in Theory and Practice. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 114 indexed citations
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Mearns, Dave, et al.. (1997). Applied pluralism in the evaluation of employee counselling. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 25(3). 327–344. 11 indexed citations
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Dryden, Windy, et al.. (1995). Issues in Professional Counsellor Training. 11 indexed citations
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Mearns, Dave. (1995). Supervision: a tale of the missing client. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 23(3). 421–427.
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Mearns, Dave & Brian Thorne. (1988). Person-Centred Counselling in Action. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 214 indexed citations

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