Events

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…

Our speaker this year is Professor David Murphy from the University of Nottingham. The lecture will be held in a different building on campus than previous years: the Learning and Teaching Building. We'll be on the 4th floor, which can be accessed by lift from Richmond Street or from street level at the top of North Richmond Street. The lecture will begin at the usual time of 6.30pm (registration from 6pm), followed by a wine reception until 8…

Heart Wood Certificate Level Training Course Person-centred, contact-orientated nature-based therapy Led by Rab Erskine and Chip Ponsford   Including the Extended Certificate in Pre-Therapy (contact reflections) certified by the Pre-Therapy International Network.   “A great opportunity to learn from gifted and experienced practitioners. They embody the very principles that they seek to teach.”   A modular in-person course…

With Louise Wilson. Congruence is arguably the most complex of the therapist attitudes and a variety of definitions exist within person-centred literature including from Rogers himself. However, there is widespread agreement that therapist ‘realness’ or ‘genuineness’ is central to the therapy relationship and Rogers emphasised the need for therapists to remain self-aware and open to experience. What does this look like for the person-centred th…

“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…

Sexual abuse is cemented in place by silence; this operates on many levels throughout society. Sexual abuse and childhood sexual abuse are seldom found on curriculums in universities or colleges further education. The silence prevails and then in practise becomes fear and mystique for those who may find themselves needing to respond. In this workshop we get the opportunity to give space and name what happens, to explore the impact on survivors;…

“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…