Events

“In such a group the individual comes to know himself and each of the others more completely than is possible in the usual social or working relationships.”  (Carl R. Rogers, 1969) PCE Europe organise monthly online encounters over two hours via Zoom. The next is:  Friday evening, 16th of January 2026 18:00 – 20:00 Portugal, UK 19:00 – 21:00 Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, S…

We are pleased to announce that PCT Scotland are running four Encounter Groups in 2026. The first of these is in Glasgow in January. These events are free of charge of to members. Non-members are welcome and will be charged at £35. You can find information about membership of PCT Scotland here. All of the event spaces are accessible. Refreshments are included but please bring your own lunch. If you would like to attend, please express y…

“If we can touch one another as persons in the way it can happen in an encounter, then we emerge from an existence of loneliness and diminution to a possibility of fully aliveness. I can really say ‘yes’ to mankind, because I have discovered in a deeply personal way that each person in the world is an abundant reservoir of life and love” (Carl Rogers on Encounter Groups 1970) Persona would like to invite you to take up this opportunity to meet…

PCT Scotland is a stakeholder in a project being run by the Strathclyde Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Clinic (at the University of Strathclyde) called: A place of useful research: Enhancing the impact of the Strathclyde Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Clinic. The project aims to foster knowledge exchange between practitioners and researchers in the counselling and psychotherapy field. As the research clinic focuses on person-c…

With Sarah Rossi and Katie Murray This workshop explores the potential for person-centred counsellors to facilitate ‘the self-actualising tendency of the socially positioned individual’ (Anne Kearney, 1996), within a counselling training and practice framework which often favours a middle class worldview.  Consequently this creates significant barriers to people with less socioeconomic capital accessing both counselling service and the tra…

The PCE Europe team has created a new type of event for the PCE community, the PCE Europe Community Meetings. They are intended as a supplement to the Symposium that takes place every two years in the years in between the symposiums. To create a space to discuss important issues of our profession, organisations, strategies think about our identity and our development as an organisation (membership, ethics…) and as a community concentr…

We are pleased to announce that PCT Scotland are running four Encounter Groups in 2026. The second of these is in Edinburgh in April. These events are free of charge of to members. Non-members are welcome and will be charged at £35. You can find information about membership of PCT Scotland here. All of the event spaces are accessible. Refreshments are included but please bring your own lunch. If you would like to attend, please express…

PCT Scotland is a stakeholder in a project being run by the Strathclyde Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Clinic (at the University of Strathclyde) called: A place of useful research: Enhancing the impact of the Strathclyde Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Clinic. The project aims to foster knowledge exchange between practitioners and researchers in the counselling and psychotherapy field. As the research clinic focuses on person-c…

With Louise Wilson. This will be the second of PCT Scotland's workshop series in 2026. More information to follow soon.

“If we can touch one another as persons in the way it can happen in an encounter, then we emerge from an existence of loneliness and diminution to a possibility of fully aliveness. I can really say ‘yes’ to mankind, because I have discovered in a deeply personal way that each person in the world is an abundant reservoir of life and love” (Carl Rogers on Encounter Groups 1970) Persona would like to invite you to take up this opportunity to meet…

We are pleased to announce that PCT Scotland are running four Encounter Groups in 2026. Our third Encounter will be held in Aberdeen in June. These events are free of charge of to members. Non-members are welcome and will be charged at £35. You can find information about membership of PCT Scotland here. All of the event spaces are accessible. Refreshments are included but please bring your own lunch. If you would like to attend, please…

The 17th World Conference on Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling „PCE2026“ will take place from July 8th to 12th 2026 in Cologne at the Maternushaus. The pre-conference will take place from July 6th to 8th 2026 at the TH Cologne. The PCE conference is the biennial event of the World Association for Person-Centered & Expreriential Psychotherapy & Counselling (WAPCEPC). A CHANGING WORLD … what it does with us an…

“If we can touch one another as persons in the way it can happen in an encounter, then we emerge from an existence of loneliness and diminution to a possibility of fully aliveness. I can really say ‘yes’ to mankind, because I have discovered in a deeply personal way that each person in the world is an abundant reservoir of life and love” (Carl Rogers on Encounter Groups 1970) Persona would like to invite you to take up this opportunity to meet…

We are pleased to announce that, in addition to the three one-day encounters PCT Scotland are running in 2026, we are also hosting a fourth two-day residential. Accommodation for single occupancy room for two nights, all meals and refreshments will cost £240 for members. Non-members are welcome and will be charged a further £35. The encounter room and break out rooms will be paid for PCT Scotland. You can find information about membership of…

“If we can touch one another as persons in the way it can happen in an encounter, then we emerge from an existence of loneliness and diminution to a possibility of fully aliveness. I can really say ‘yes’ to mankind, because I have discovered in a deeply personal way that each person in the world is an abundant reservoir of life and love” (Carl Rogers on Encounter Groups 1970)  Persona would like to invite you to take up this opportunity to…