1.1 140 person-centred practitioners
completed the survey.
1.2
Of these, 134 (95.7%)
were members of PCT Scotland (61% of membership at time of survey), therefore
meeting (or in training to meet) the membership criteria concerning training
and experience of working as person-centred therapists.
1.3
Two thirds of the
respondents (67.8%) have at least 6 years’ experience of using the
person-centred approach in their work.
1.4
4.7% of the respondents
have been using the person-centred approach in their work for over 20 years.
2.1
Respondents to the
survey work in 28 out of the 32 local authority areas in Scotland. Areas not
represented in the survey are: East Renfrewshire, Eilean Siar (Western Isles),
Moray and the Orkney Islands.
2.2
Almost two thirds of
the respondents (64.8%) work in only one local authority area.
2.3
27.5% of respondents
regularly work in two local authority areas.
2.4
10 respondents (7%)
regularly work in more than two local authority areas.
2.5
1 respondent regularly
works in ten local authority areas!
2.6
Local authority areas
with a “very high” density of respondents compared with local population*:
Dundee City, East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow City, South Ayrshire, Stirling .
2.7
Local authority areas
with a “high” density of respondents compared with local population*: East
Ayrshire, City of Edinburgh, North Ayrshire, Perth & Kinross, West
Dunbartonshire.
2.8
Local authority areas
with a “low” density of respondents compared with local population*:
Aberdeenshire, Falkirk, West Lothian.
2.9
Local authority areas
with a “very low” density of respondents compared with local population*:
Dumfries & Galloway, Fife, Highland, Scottish Borders.
3.1
25% of respondents work
as a person-centred practitioner in one role and in one context.
3.2
Three quarters of
respondents (74.1%) perform two to five roles in at least one context.
3.3
1 respondent performs
six roles as a person-centred practitioner in one context or more.
3.4
95.2% of the
respondents work as counsellors.
3.5
70.4% of respondents
counsel in private practice.
3.6
Respondents work as
counsellors in a wide variety of contexts which can be grouped as: health
(16.1%); education (9.9%); occupational health (8.5%); community projects
(6.4%); private practice (38.5%); specialist counselling agencies (15.9%); and
social work (0.7%).
3.7 50% of the respondents also work as
supervisors.
3.8 46.3% of the respondents also work as
trainers.
3.9
34.3% of respondents
also work as facilitators.
3.10
Other roles performed
by the respondents include: project workers, social workers, teachers, nurses,
managers, organisational consultant, writer and director of interactive
theatre, psychologist, welfare officer, mediator, occupational therapist,
consultant, mentor, life coach, researcher.
4.1 57.4% of respondents are employed.
4.2
Three quarters of
respondents (75.9%) work in a self-employed capacity.
4.3
One quarter of
respondents (26.9%) carry out some form of voluntary work.
5.1
99.3% of the
respondents work face-to-face with their clients.
5.2
26.4% of the
respondents use the telephone in their work with clients.
5.3
5.7% of the respondents
work with clients via the internet.
5.4 1 respondent uses text as a means of
working with clients.
6.1
98.6% of the
respondents work with adults.
6.2
24.3% work with young
people (aged 12-16 years) and 7.9% work with children.
6.3
22.1% of respondents work
with adults in family groups, such as couples, and 35% work with unrelated
adults in groups.
6.4
6.4% of respondents
work with young people (aged 12-16 years) as part of family groups and 2.1%
work with children as part of family groups.
6.5
24.3% of respondents
work with groups of young people (aged 12-16 years)
6.6 2.1% of respondents work with groups of
children.
7.1
Respondents identified
a number of areas of interest, competence or specialism within their client
work, including: bereavement (60.9%), relationship (58.3%), stress (53%), abuse
(52.2%), depression (52.2%).
8.1
In an average week, the
respondents who completed this survey, collectively reach 2208 people in
their work using the Person-Centred Approach.
9.1
77.6% of the
respondents work with at least some other colleagues who use the Person-Centred
Approach within their work.
9.2
5.1% of respondents are
the only people in their work setting who use the Person-Centred Approach
within their work.
10.1
51.5% of respondents
consider innovative the work that they do in which they use the Person-Centred
Approach.