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The Network of European Associations for Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling was founded in 1998 and became a European chapter of the WAPCEPC in July 2009. The Chapter retains its name but is commonly referred to as PCE Europe.

The following European PCE associations are members of the European Chapter:
• Association Française de Psychothérapie dans l'Approche Centrée sur la Personne (AFP-ACP), France
• Association Francophone de Psychothérapie Centrée-sur-la-Personne et Expérientielle (AFPC), Belgium
• Association Portuguesa de Psicoterapia Centrada na Pessoa de Counselling (APPCPC), Portugal
• British Association for the Person-Centred Approach (BAPCA), UK
• Forum Personzentrierte Praxis, Ausbildung und Forschung (Forum/APG), Austria
• Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Gesprächspsychotherapie (GwG), Germany
• Hellenic Focusing Center, Greece
• Hungarian Association for Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling (HAPCPC), Hungary
• Institute of Counselling & Psychological Studies (ICPS), Greece
• Institute for Person-Centered Studies (IPS of APG), Austria
• Österreichische Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche klientenzentrierte Psychotherapie und personorientierte Gesprächsführung (ÖGwG), Austria
• Person Centered Approach Institute Praha (PCA Czechia), Czechia
• Person-Centred Approach Institute - France (PCAIF), France
• Person-Centred Therapy Scotland (PCT Scotland), UK
• Pre-Therapy International Network,
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Personzentrierte Psychotherapie und Beratung (PCA-ACP), Switzerland
• Vereniging voor Cliëntgerichte Psychotherapie (VCgP), The Netherlands
• Vlaamse Vereniging voor Cliëntgerichte - Experiëntiële Psychotherapie en Counseling (VVCEPC), Belgium

The aim of the Network as a Chapter is to provide a forum for the European associations for person-centred and experiential psychotherapy and counselling that are members in WAPCEPC.
PCE Europe has the following goals:
• to further co-operation and exchange between person-centred associations and institutions in Europe, especially in the field of psychotherapy and counselling;
• to facilitate the building of a PCE identity and the sense of belonging to the PCE paradigm within Europe
• to support/facilitate European person-centred associations, institutions and individuals in their work;
• to have a commitment to support and organise European PCE conferences, workshops, events;
• to work together with the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP), the European Association for Counselling (EAC) and other key associations;
• to address specific European socio-political concerns and ensure the contribution of the paradigm in them;
• to establish a European Certificate for Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling in order to ensure that PCE psychotherapists and counsellors are trained according to its standards and to aid their mobility within Europe;

PCE Europe invites into its membership existing national person-/client-centred and experiential organisations, training institutes and other institutions in Europe which
• are organisational members in WAPCEPC,
• adhere to its principles and its goals
• are committed to clearly defined ethical standards,
• have a commitment to psychotherapy and counselling training and/or further training according to state of the art person-centred training standards and (if these exist) national psychotherapy and/or counselling training standards.