Completion of the Survey

Q. No.	Question	Completed	Skipped
1	How long have you used the Person-Centred Approach in your work?	149	3
2	In which part(s) of Scotland do you work?	142	10
3	In total, how many roles do you perform in which you use the Person-Centred Approach?	139	13
4	Do you work as a counsellor?	145	7
5	In which contexts do you work as a counsellor?	135	17
6	In what other role(s) do you use the Person-Centred Approach?	134	18
7	Are you: employed etc?	141	11
8	How do you work with your clients?	140	12
9	Who do you work with?	140	12
10	Have you developed any particular areas of interest, competence or specialism in the client work that you do using the Person-Centred Approach?	116	36
11	In an average week, how many people do you reach in your work using the Person-Centred Approach?	138	14
12	What are the roles of any colleague(s) you work with?	136	16
13	Do your colleagues use the Person-Centred Approach within their work?	138	14
14	Do you find specific ideas within Person-Centred theory particularly useful in the way that you work?	110	42
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?	134	18
16	What is innovative about what you do?	66	86
17	Are you a member of PCT Scotland?	140	12

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

Number of respondents: 149

	Total	%
Less than 2 years	13	8.7
2 – 5 years	35	23.5
6 – 10 years	51	34.2
11 – 20 years	43	28.9
More than 20 years	7	4.7

Question 2: In which part(s) of Scotland do you work? (please click all areas in which you regularly work)

Number of respondents: 142

	Total	% of results	%of 2005 Scottish population	Compared with 2005 Population*
Aberdeen City	8	3.8	3.9(-)
Aberdeenshire	7	3.3	4.6(+)	Very Low
Angus	2	1.0	2.1	Very Low
Argyll and Bute	3	1.4	1.7
Clackmannanshire	1	0.5	1.0
Dumfries & Galloway	1	0.5	2.9	Very Low
Dundee City	6	2.9	2.8
East Ayrshire	5	2.4	2.3
East Dunbartonshire	7	3.3	2.1	Very High
East Lothian	5	2.4	1.8(+)	High
East Renfrewshire	0	0		No information
Edinburgh, City of	27	12.9	9.0	Very High
Eilean Siar	0	0		No information
Falkirk	2	1.0	2.9(+)	Very Low
Fife	9	4.3	7.0	Very Low
Glasgow City	54	25.7	11.4	Very High
Highland	4	1.9	4.2(+)	Very Low
Inverclyde	1	0.5	1.6(-)	Very Low
Midlothian	2	1.0	1.6(-)
Moray	0	0		No information
North Ayrshire	6	2.9	2.7	High
North Lanarkshire	11	5.2	6.3
Orkney Islands	0	0		No information
Perth & Kinross	4	1.9	2.7	Low
Renfrewshire	8	3.8	3.3
Scottish Borders	1	0.5	2.1	Very Low
Shetland Islands	1	0.5	0.4
South Ayrshire	9	4.3	2.2	Very High
South Lanarkshire	10	4.8	6.0	Low
Stirling	6	2.9	1.7(+)	Very High
West Dunbartonshire	4	1.9	1.8
West Lothian	6	2.9	3.2(+)
	210

* Based on % distribution of total responses compared with % of Scottish population by local authority area (based on 2005 mid-year estimates from General Register Office for Scotland).

Discrepancies of +/- 20 & 33% (v.high/high/low/v.low)

Assumption made that for low numbers of counsellors that this would not be accurate.

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

Number of respondents: 139

	Total	%
1	35	25.2
2	33	23.7
3	47	33.8
4	15	10.8
5	8	5.8
6	1	0.7

Question 4: Do you work as a counsellor?

Number of respondents: 145

	Total	%
Yes	138	95.2
No	7	4.8

Question 5: In which context(s) do you work as a counsellor? (please click all the contexts in which you work)

Number of respondents: 135

		Survey		Revised
		Total	%	Total	%	% of responses
Health – GP Practice		24	17.8	24	17.8	8.5
Health – other primary care setting		13	9.6	13	9.6	4.6
Health – hospital		4	3	4	3	1.4
Health – palliative care		5	3.7	6	4.4	2.1
Education – school		11	8.1	11	8.1	3.9
Education – college or university		17	12.6	17	12.6	6
Occupational health – employee assistance programme		20	14.8	20	14.8	7.1
Occupational health – workplace-based		4	3	4	3	1.4
Community – health project		12	8.9	14	10.4	5
Community – inclusion project		3	2.2	4	3	1.4
Private practice – generic counselling		95	70.4	95	70.4	33.6
Private practice – specific issue(s)		12	8.9	14	10.4	5
Counselling agency – generic counselling		23	17	24	17.8	8.5
Counselling agency – specific issue(s)		15	11.1	21	15.6	7.4
Social work		-	-	2	1.5	0.7
Voluntary sector		-	-	8	5.9	2.8
Other		25	18.5	2	1.5	0.7
Other	Rape & crisis line as a volunteer			-
	Mental health association (charity)			-
	Ability centre for those with disabilities, their partners, siblings or relatives and carers.			-
	Voluntary agency – LGBT switchboard			-
	Voluntary organisation			-
	Voluntary sector			-
	Voluntary agency			-
	Social work			-
	2 voluntary agencies			-
	Theatre			1
	Voluntary counselling service, partly funded by Choose Life			-
	Critical incident response			-
	Career counselling and person-centred guidance			1
	Learning disabilities			-
	Hospice-based palliative care			-
	Children and young persons’ counselling service (trauma-based issues) which is part of Social Work Resources, Local Authority provision.			-
	Voluntary sector both generic and specific			-
	Voluntary sectory project offering supported accommodation to homeless people and education and training programmes. Work as part of a small mental health project within this larger organisation.			-
	Trainer			-
	Staff counsellor for Social Work department			-
	Stress centre			-
	Group work for women with eating distress			-
	Cruse bereavement care			-
	Two separate specific issue agencies as well as a community health project, so three contexts all together			-
	Voluntary sector			-

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

Number of respondents: 134

		Survey		Revised
		Total	%	Total	%
Supervisor		67	50	67	50
Trainer		59	44	62	46.3
Facilitator		44	32.8	46	34.3
Project worker		8	6	10	7.5
Social worker		3	2.2	-	-
Teacher		4	3	-	-
Nurse		4	3	-	-
Manager		16	11.9	16	11.9
Other professional role		-	-	17	12.7
Researcher		-	-	2	1.5
Personal		-	-	3	2.2
None		23	17.2	23	17.2
Other		21	15.7	-	-
Other	As a person			-
	While working on my own growth and development			-
	Organisational consultant			-
	I write, direct and facilitate interactive theatre			-
	With family and friends!			-
	Psychologist			-
	Health visitor			-
	Pastoral			-
	Welfare officer			-
	Mediator			-
	Occupational therapist			-
	Consultant			-
	I undertake two different training roles – one on a counselling diploma and one with teachers on their diploma in guidance and pastoral care			-
	Mentor			-
	Life coach			-
	Researcher, organisational consultant, tutor			-
	Business			-
	Stress management			-
	Health promotion			-
	Body work			-
	Researcher			-

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

Number of respondents: 141

	Total	%
Employed	81	57.4
Self-employed	107	75.9
Volunteer	38	26.9
On placement	3	2.1
Other:	-	-

Question 8: How do you work with your clients? (please click all the ways which apply)

Number of respondents: 140

		Total	%
Face to face		139	99.3
Telephone		37	26.4
Via the internet		8	5.7
Other		1	0.7
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Question 9: Who do you work with?

Number of respondents: 140

	Individuals	Families	Groups	Total
Adults	137 (97.9%)	31 (22.1%)	49 (35%)	138 (98.6%)
Young people (12 – 16 years)	33 (23.6%)	9 (6.4%)	5 (3.6%)	34 (24.3%)
Children	10 (7.1%)	3 (2.1%)	3 (2.1%)	11 (7.9%)

Question 10: Have you developed any particular areas of interest, competence or specialism in the client work that you do using the Person-Centred Approach?

Number of respondents: 116

		Survey		Revised
		No.	%	No.	%
Stress		60	51.7	61	53
Anxiety		48	41.4	48	41.7
Depression		57	49.1	60	52.2
Addiction		17	14.7	17	14.8
Physical ill-health		19	16.4	21	18.3
Abuse		60	51.7	60	52.2
Trauma		38	32.8	39	33.9
Bereavement		70	60.3	70	60.9
Identity		33	28.4	38	33
Eating Disorders		8	6.9	8	7
Relationship		65	56	67	58.3
Social Exclusion		25	21.6	25	21.7
Working with specific client groups		-	-	12	10.4
Developmental issues		-	-	3	2.6
Psychosexual issues		-	-	1	0.9
Palliative care		-	-	1	0.9
Work/life balance / well-being / life purpose		-	-	1	0.9
Spirituality		-	-	1	0.9
Short-term working		-	-	1	0.9
Workplace bullying		-	-	2	1.8
Process facilitation		-	-	1	0.9
Other		35	30.2	-	-
	LGBT			-
	Working with people with an early diagnosis of a dementia who are under the age of 65			-
	Suicidal ideation			-
	Long-standing mental health problems			-
	Partnership working – relative to extremely marginalized clients			-
	Working with people experiencing “severe” / enduring mental health problems			-
	Trauma			-
	Attachment			-
	Black and minority ethnic women and girls mental health issues			-
	Mostly generic counselling but work-related stress and issues of control in relationships appear regularly in my work with clients			-
	Diversity			-
	Children and young people			-
	Psychosexual			-
	Gender identity			-
	Learning disabilities			-
	Sexual orientation, peri-natal depression			-
	Mental health			-
	No speciality			-
	Palliative care			-
	Sexual orientation			-
	Work-life balance, well-being, life purpose			-
	Deaf-blind clients			-
	Spirituality, panic attacks			-
	Motor neurone disease			-
	Short-term working			-
	Workplace bullying			-
	Disabilities			-
	Post-natal depression, chronic fatigue syndrome			-
	Disability			-
	Loss / family break ups			-
	Developmental trauma, mental health in menopause			-
	Workplace bullying			-
	Process facilitation of individuals and groups			-
	Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people.			-
	Post-natal depression			-

Question 11: In an average week, how many people do you reach in your work using the Person-Centred Approach? (For example, the average number of clients with whom you would work or, if you teach, the number of students.)

Number of respondents: 138

	Total	%
1 – 5	18	13
6 – 10	33	23.9
11 – 20	53	38.4
21 – 30	17	12.3
31 – 40	5	3.6
41 – 50	7	5.1
More than 50	5	3.6

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

Number of respondents: 136

		Survey		Revised
		No.	%	No.	%
Not applicable		15	11	15	11
Counsellors (trainees, volunteers, supervisors, supervisees)		100	73.5	104	76.5
GPs / doctors		30	22.1	35	25.7
Nurses / health visitors		31	22.8	33	24.3
Teachers		26	19.1	27	19.9
Social workers		23	16.9	23	16.9
Project workers		36	26.5	36	26.5
Administration staff		74	54.4	75	55.1
Other		37	25.7	-	-
Other	Volunteers			2	1.5
	Support workers			1	0.7
	Trainers			5	3.7
	Lecturers			4	2.9
	Advice Workers			1	0.7
	Managers			5	3.7
	Actors			1	0.7
	Psychologists			5	3.7
	Student advisers			2	1.5
	Mental Health practitioners			4	2.9
	Holistic therapists			2	1.5
	Specialist drugs worker			1	0.7
	Chaplain			1	0.7
	Organisational consultants			1	0.7
	Physiotherapists			1	0.7
	Researchers			1	0.7

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

Number of respondents: 138

	Total	%
All	11	8
Some	96	69.6
None	7	5.1
Not applicable	24	17.4

Question 14: Do you find specific ideas within Person-Centred theory particularly useful in the way that you work?

Number of respondents: 110

	Total	%
Core conditions	82	42.5
Rogers’ theory of development and therapy	38	19.7
Relational features	32	16.6
Client features	6	3.1
Developments to theory	25	13
Application to specific contexts	10	5.2
	193

Question 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?

Number of respondents: 134

	Total	%
Yes	69	51.5
No	65	48.5

Question 16: What is innovative about what you do?

Number of Respondents: 66

Main Theme		Number	%
The principles of the person-centred approach	Actualising tendency	2	2.6
	Core Conditions	5	6.4
	Empowerment	2	2.6
	Extending the therapeutic context	4	5.1
	Non-directivity	2	2.6
	Relational depth	1	1.3
	Uniqueness of each person in the relationship	5	6.4
	Working with the client’s experience	4	5.1
	The approach as a whole	2	2.6
	Total	27	34.6%
Working with other approaches	Integration	14	17.9
	Dialogue	1	1.3
	Partnership	2	2.6
	Total	17	21.8%
Working in an innovative context	Total	15	19.2%
Taking the person-centred approach out of the therapy room	Total	12	15.4%
Promoting and developing the person-centred approach and/or the counselling profession	Total	7	9%
		78

Question 17: Are you a member of PCT Scotland?

Number of respondents: 140

	Total	%
Yes	134	95.7
No	6	4.3