Yalom and Rogers are immensly impactful for me. First, Rogers’ understadning of the power of Unconditional Positive Regard maps onto my understanding grace. We all need to be loved and accepted.
This relationship happens in the Here and Now (borrowing from Yalom) and Yalom’s four major concerns explain the world and our interactions in it. We are by the way isolated in this world and come visit we can talk about this!
In terms of theories, these are my two inspirations but I loved a ground break article by Cheston on melding and blending theories to match the client and achieve integration and congruence.