Stephen Paul has recently retired as  Director of The Centre for Psychological Therapies at Leeds Metropolitan University after 20 years of  service.   He is a client-centred psychotherapist. He is co-editor of The Therapeutic Relationship: Themes and Perspectives (PCCS , 2008) and  The Therapeutic Relationship Handbook: Theory and (McGraw-Hill /OUP ,2014). Stephen was instrumental in developing a Relational Approach to Therapy with Geoff Pelham (1999).. He has worked extensively in both adult and child & adolescent psychiatry. He has been  head of a therapeutic school  and  was Director of the VSO programme in Bhutan. Stephen now writes, practises therapy, supervision and coaching, and provides training.