Past events

Originally it was intended that Ukraine would host our 16th biennial conference however the  ongoing war means it is not possible.  Fortunately Greek colleagues stepped in and we welcome you to Athens in September 2024. Click on the banner below for the PCE 2024 website.

PCE Europe and the Hellenic Focusing Center invite you to Athens, Greece, from 21st - 24th September 2023 for the 5th PCE Europe Symposium to celebrate in person and online  25 years of PCE Europe, and explore the theme of:  Welcoming Polyphony in a Changing World Ιn a changing world, in a state of crisis, norms and language can’t possibly mean the same as they used to; hence polyphony prevails, both in the ‘outer’ and in the ‘inner’ world, since everyone has, or should have, a voice. There…

Dear WAPCEPC members, We are excited to announce that our Association will be able to host a P.C.A Encounter Group for yet another summer in the unique island of Samothrace,  Greece! You can find more information below! We really hope you can make it!  Feel free to forward to your contacts!    Becoming a Person, an International Mental Health Professionals' Association is hosting the 17th summer and 3rd International P.C.A. Encounter Group from 7 until 12 July 2023 in Samothrace, Greece. Durin…

Hello everyone You can find more details regarding conference on our web page: https://adpca.org/adpca-conference-2023/        (English version) or https://adpca.org/adpca-conference-2023-China/  (Chinese version) Once you have signed up your interest, all future communication will be in your chosen language. Call for Presenters We invite you to submit proposals for presentations or workshops as soon as possible. We welcome submissions from all presenters, old and new. You can reg…

Encounter Event: We would like to announce the 4th Annual Person-Centered and Experiential Seminar and Encounter Group Friday May 19th to Sunday May 21, 2023  Location TBD (could be in New York City or in the New York’s Hudson Valley) Fundamental to the work of the psychologist Carl Rogers, the Person-Centered Approach, and other forms of experiential psychotherapy is the “Encounter Group.” Encounter Groups are a special kind of group experience with no leader, few rules, and no predetermine…

Saturday 4 Feb 2023 @ 8.00am ASDT (Friday 3 Feb @ 9.00pm GMT) Growing into Emerging Tomorrows: What Person-Centred and Experiential Approaches Offer a World in Transition - Dr Maureen O'Hara. The Annual Memorial Melissa Harte Lecture was established to honour the work of Dr Melissa Harte (1959 - 2021 and pay tribute to her contribution to the world of Person Centred Experiential and Emotion Focused Therapy.  Melissa founded the Australian Institute of Emotion Focused therapy in Melbourne and…

APG•IPS invites you to an International Online Workshop with  CAROL WOLTER-GUSTAFSON The war next to our door - our pain and suffering of being in conflict As human beings, and as psychotherapists who value empathy, compassion, and the promotion of humanistic change, we are enormously challenged when we come face to face with senseless violence and wars, and the hate that fuels them. Though we are unique, we share some deep universal responses like fear, outrage, powerlessness, grief, and…

PCE 2022 Conference will take place in Copenhagen July 4-8, 2022. Pre-conference will take place July 2-3. Visit the conference web-site! Download the conference flyer!

An Evening with Friends.  Friday 6 May 2022 at 7pm - 9.30pm BST (GMT+1) via zoom PCT Scotland is 35 years old this year. This is a milestone that is worth celebrating and we want to do this in style. The celebrations are kicking off with an exciting event. We are very pleased to invite you to gather round a virtual campfire with international and local friends:  Gay Leigh Barfield, Peggy Natiello, Carol Wolter-Gustafson( USA); Alberto Segrera (Mexico); Brian Levitt (Canada/USA); Krista…

PCE Europe and the Romanian Association for Person-Centred Psychotherapy invite for the 4'th PCE Europe simposium 'Loneliness and Intolerance the PCA view of today's challenges. December 3-5 2021 Pre-symposium - December 2-3 Post-symposium - December 6 More information: https://www.pce-europe.org/symposiums, https://psihoterapierogersiana.com/simpozion-pce-2021/#en

  To our esteemed colleagues, propelled together by the four winds from near and afar, we greet you and your families. E ngā matawaka, e ngā mana, e ngā reo, e rau rangatira mā, tēnā koutou. E ngā hau e whā, ngā mihi nui ki a koutou me ō koutou whānau hoki. Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.  The Conference Organising Committee for PCE2021 is very much focused on the conference which will take place in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand in June 2021 from Sunday 20th to Wednesday 23rd J…

The Flemish Organisation of Client-centered Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling - WAPCEPC subscribing member invites to the First virtual annual conference: Behind the scenes The neuroscience of experiential psychotherapy. Date: 11.06.2021 More information: https://www.aanmelder.nl/124162/wiki/619596/english

The Australian and Aotearoa-New Zealand Chapter of the World Association for Person Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling is pleased to announce its first mini conference in Melbourne, 26th and 27th October 2019 (Fee discount of  $50.00 for WAPCEPC members!!) CONFERENCE THEME: Emotions in the Context of the Person Centered Approach  Person-centred therapy has a low profile in Australia and Aotearoa-New Zealand. While Rogerian theory has had a broad and significant influence…

1st Annual Leaderless Encounter Group NYC 6pm, Thursday February 27th to 4pm, Sunday March 1st Sponsored by Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies North America http://www.nypcrc.org/pce-north-america & the New York Person-Centered Resource Center http://www.nypcrc.org Fundamental to the work of the psychologist Carl Rogers, the Person-Centered Approach, and other forms of experiential psychotherapy is the “Encounter Group.” Encounter Groups are a special kind of group experie…

Vienna, Austria, 8-12 July 2018 Pre-conference: 6-8 July, 2018 Conference Theme: "Facilitating Hope: Personal and Societal Challenges" Conference web-site: https://www.pce2018.com.

Come and join us to celebrate PCT Scotland's 30th Anniversary Two days of Encounter, Conversation Café & an Evening of Fun and Celebration Saturday 4th - Sunday 5th November 2017 Merchants House, 7 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 1BA Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. 30th anniversary of PCT Scotland on the 4th and 5 th November. Bookings now Closed Written by annette cooper on 14 May 2017. This event is low cost and is superb value for money as it includ…

New York City, USA, 20-24 July 2016 Conference Theme: "Integrity, Interdisciplinarity, Innovation" Conference web-site: http://www.nypcrc.org/pce2016/.

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 20-24 July 2014 Conference Theme: "Beyond the Fontiers - Experiencing Diversity" For more information visit http://www.pce2014.com.ar/en/conference.

Conference Theme: "Working with Anxiety : From Symptom to Self" The 7th General Assembly of the WAPCEPC took place during the conference. Organized by the Flemish Association for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling in collaboration with the Universiteit Antwerpen (UA), the Katholike Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) and the Facultateit voor Mens en Samenleving (FMS) Local Organizing Committee: Lisbeth Neven (Chair), Paul Dierick, Pieter Goetvinck, Ellen Gunst, Myriam…

Empowerment: The politics of the helping relationship The 6th General Assembly of WAPCEPC took place during the conference The Conference was organized on behalf of the World Association for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling, ACP Italia - Associazione dell'Approccio Centrato sulla Persona "Carl Rogers" and IACP - Istituto dell'Approccio Centrato sulla Persona. folder_pce-10.pdf   Local Organizing Committee Alberto Zucconi Giovannella Nasta Emanuela T…

Present Strengths and Future Challenges University of East Anglia The 5th General Assembly of WAPCEPC took place during the conference The Conference was organised on behalf of the World Association for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling and the Centre for Counselling Studies within the School of Education and Lifelong Learning of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. (in conjunction with the University Counselling Service). Local Organising Committee…

Leading a Good Life - A PCE perspective of health Kongresszentrum am Templiner See The 4th General Assembly of the WAPCEPC took place during the conference hosted by GwG (German Association for PCA) Scientific Committee Local Organizing Committee Prof. Dr. Michael Behr Dipl. Psych. Ulrich Esser Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kriz Prof. Dr. Klaus Heinerth Prof. Dr. Gerd-Walter Speierer Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kriz Prof. Ursula Straumann Prof. Dr. Eleonore Ploil Prof. Dr.Dr. Günter Zurhorst Prof. Dr. Paulus G. Wa…

Process Differentiation and Person-Centeredness The 3rd General Assembly of WAPCEPC took place during the conference PCE 2003 ws hosted and organized by the Vereniging voor Cliëntgerichte Psychotherapie (VCgP) on behalf of the World Association of Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling (WAPCEPC). Keynote lectures: Leslie Greenberg (Canada) Dave Mearns (Scotland) Rainer Sachse (Germany) Peter F. Schmid (Austria) Hans Swildens (Netherlands)

The 2nd General Assembly of the WAPCEPC took place during the conference. Organization: Margaret Warner et al. Conference volume: Watson, J. C., Goldman, R. N., & Warner, M. (Eds.) (2002). Client-centered and experiential psychotherapy in the 21st century: Advances in theory, research and practice. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS books.  

The 1st General Assembly of WAPCEPC took place during the conference Organization: Samuel Autunes and João Andrade Ribeiro Conference volume: Antunes, S. & Marquest-Teixeira, J. (Eds.) (2001). Proceedings of the 4th ICCCEP.Lisbon: Universidade Católica Portuguesa.    

Toscana Congress Organization: Peter Frenzel, Robert Hutterer, Lore Korbei, Gerhard Pawlowsky, Peter F. Schmid, Siegrid Spudich-Sperl, Reinhold Stipsits, Johanna Uljas-Lutz, Elisabeth Zinschitz Conference volume: Hutterer, R., Pawlowsky, G., Schmid, P. F., & Stipsits, R. (Eds.) (1996). Client-centered and experiential psychotherapy. A paradigm in motion. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

University of Stirling Organization: David Brazier, Mhairi MacMillan, Brian Thorne et al.   Conference volume: Brazier, D. (Ed.) (1993). Beyond Carl Rogers. London: Constable. Spanish/español: Brazier, D. (Ed.) (1993). Más allá de Carl Rogers. Bilbao: Desclée de Brouwer.

Organization: Germain Lietaer Conference volume: Lietaer, G., Rombauts, J., & Van Balen, R. (Eds.) (1990). Client-centered and experiential psychotherapy in the nineties. Leuven: Leuven University Press.