The Person-Centred Approach in Scotland – 2006

 

The Association for Person-Centred Therapy (Scotland) – known as PCT Scotland – is creating a snapshot of the Person-Centred Approach in Scotland today.

 

We are interested in collecting data from people who consider themselves to be working within the broad spectrum of the Person-Centred Approach. We hope to have input from counsellors as well as other practitioners who work within the Person-Centred Approach in its wider application.

 

We want to find out from you WHERE you are, WHAT you do and with WHOM you work.

 

We would also like to find out a little about HOW you work.

 

Completing this survey should take you only a few minutes. You can use this form and return it to:

 

Mapping Project, PCT Scotland, 12 Millbank Street, Dalrymple, Ayr, KA6 6FE

 

by 30 November 2006.

 

 

Thank you for taking part in this survey. Every single completed survey will help us to build a picture of the scope and influence of the Person-Centred Approach in Scotland at the present time.

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact PCT Scotland:

-         by phone (0870 765 0871),

-         email (secretary@pctscotland.co.uk)

-         in writing to the above address.

 

 

 

Are you a member of PCT Scotland?

 

[    ]  yes

[    ]  no

 

 

 

 

Your Work

 

 

1.    How long have you used the Person-Centred Approach in your work?

 

[    ]  Less than 2 years

[    ]  2 – 5 years

[    ]  6 – 10 years

[    ]  11 – 20 years

[    ]  More than 20 years

 

 

2.    In which part(s) of Scotland do you work? (please tick all areas in which you regularly work)

 

[    ]  Aberdeen City

[    ]  Highland

[    ]  Aberdeenshire

[    ]  Inverclyde

[    ]  Angus

[    ]  Midlothian

[    ]  Argyll & Bute

[    ]  Moray

[    ]  Clackmannanshire

[    ]  North Ayrshire

[    ]  Dumfries & Galloway

[    ]  North Lanarkshire

[    ]  Dundee City

[    ]  Orkney Islands

[    ]  East Ayrshire

[    ]  Perth & Kinross

[    ]  East Dunbartonshire

[    ]  Renfrewshire

[    ]  East Lothian

[    ]  Scottish Borders

[    ]  East Renfrewshire

[    ]  Shetland Islands

[    ]  Edinburgh City

[    ]  South Ayrshire

[    ]  Eilean Siar

[    ]  South Lanarkshire

[    ]  Falkirk

[    ]  Stirling

[    ]  Fife

[    ]  West Dunbartonshire

[    ]  Glasgow City

[    ]  West Lothian

 

 

 

 


 

The Roles & Contexts in Which You Work

 

 

 

In this section of the survey we will use the terms “roles” and “contexts”.

 

What do we mean by roles and contexts?

 

You may work as a person-centred practitioner:

 

-         in one role within a single context (for example, as a counsellor in a GP practice or a project worker in an addictions project)

 

-         in more than one role within a single context (for example, as a counsellor and also as a supervisor for a voluntary agency)

 

-         in one or more roles within multiple contexts (for example, you work as a counsellor in a school, you counsel and supervise in private practice, you are a self-employed trainer contracted to your  local authority to deliver “diversity awareness” workshops to staff)

 

 

 

3.    In total, how many roles do you perform in which you use the Person-Centred Approach?

 

 

Number of roles =                          

 

 

 

4.    Do you work as a counsellor?

 

[    ]  Yes

[    ]  No

 


 

5.    In which context(s) do you work as a counsellor? (please tick all which apply)

 

[    ]  health – GP practice

[    ]  health – other primary care setting

[    ]  health – hospital

[    ]  health – palliative care

[    ]  education – school

[    ]  education – college or university

[    ]  occupational health – employee assistance programme

[    ]  occupational health – workplace-based

[    ]  community – health project

[    ]  community – inclusion project

[    ]  private practice – generic counselling

[    ]  private practice – specific issue(s)

[    ]  other(s) (please specify below)

 

 

 

 

6.    In what other role(s), if any, do you use the Person-Centred Approach? (please tick all which apply)

 

[    ]  supervisor

[    ]  trainer

[    ]  facilitator

[    ]  project worker

[    ]  social worker

[    ]  teacher

[    ]  nurse

[    ]  manager

[    ]  other (please specify below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.    Are you: (please tick all answers which apply to you across the various roles and contexts in which you work)

 

[    ]  employed

[    ]  self-employed

[    ]  volunteer

[    ]  on placement

[    ]  other (please specify below)

 

Your Clients

 

 

8.    How do you work with your clients? (please tick all the ways which apply)

 

[    ]  face to face

[    ]  telephone

[    ]  via the internet

[    ]  other (please specify below)

 

 

9.    Who do you work with? (please tick all which apply)

 

 

Individuals

Families

Groups

Adults

[    ]

[    ]

[    ]

Young People (12 – 16 years)

[    ]

[    ]

[    ]

Children

[    ]

[    ]

[    ]

 

 

 

10.      Have you developed any particular areas of interest, competence or specialism in the client work that you do using the Person-Centred Approach? – for example…

 

[    ]  stress

[    ]  anxiety

[    ]  depression

[    ]  addiction

[    ]  physical ill-health

[    ]  abuse

[    ]  trauma

[    ]  bereavement

[    ]  identity

[    ]  eating disorders

[    ]  relationship

[    ]  social exclusion

[    ]  others(s) (please specify below)

 


 

11.      In an average week, how many people do you reach in your work using the Person-Centred Approach? (for example, individuals counselled, in groups facilitated, in classes taught)

 

[    ]  1 – 5

[    ]  6 – 10

[    ]  11 – 20

[    ]  21 – 30

[    ]  31 – 40

[    ]  41 – 50

[    ]  More than 50

 

 

 

 

Your Colleagues

 

 

12.      What are the roles of any colleague(s) you work with? (please tick all which apply)

 

[    ]  counsellors

[    ]  GPs

[    ]  nurses

[    ]  teachers

[    ]  social workers

[    ]  project workers

[    ]  administration staff

[    ]  other (please specify below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.      Do your colleagues use the Person-Centred Approach within their work?

 

[    ]  all

[    ]  some

[    ]  none

[    ]  not applicable

 


 

Your Practice

 

 

14.      Do you find specific ideas within Person-Centred theory and practice particularly useful in the way that you work? (for example, conditions of worth, configurations of self, focusing…)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.      Do you consider the work that you do – in any of the contexts in which you use the Person-Centred Approach – to be innovative?

 

[    ]  yes

[    ]  no

 

 

16.      What is innovative about what you do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

end of survey – thank you