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tPCA trainers' conference

02 May 2023 | Kathy Engler

Dear members, The Association is very much looking forward to hosting tPCA Trainers’ Conference in Swanwick from 20th to 22nd July 2023: Http://bit.ly/tpcatrainersconference As a reminder, this specialist Conference is geared around the needs, challenges and celebrations of all those who train, or would like to train, in a manner informed by the PCA. Our Conference theme: Training during an Age of Change and Uncertainty is designed to be inclusive, provocative and relevant to the experien...

New Community of Practice - for neurodivergent members of tPCA.

26 April 2023 · Kathy Engler

Are you neurodivergent and have an interest in the person-centred approach? We would love to hear from you! We (LJ and Kathy) are setting up a new community of practice where we can explore o...

Education and Training Special Interest Group and Tutor Support Group to Merge: Next Combined Meeting Date

30 March 2023 · Christine Bennett

The Education and Training Special Interest Group and Tutor Support Group are to merge and the next combined meeting will be on Tuesday 2nd may at 7.30pm. We have made the decision to combine the t...

Next Meeting of The Education and Training Special Interest Group

15 March 2023 · Christine Bennett

The next meeting of the Education and Training SIG will be on Thursday 30th March at 7.30pm. If you would like to join us and are not already on the mailing list for the Zoom link, please contact ...

Do you know it is now possible to make a contribution to the tPCA bursary fund?

24 February 2023 · Kathy Engler

You may be aware that the tPCA have, for some time, provided bursaries to support people who would otherwise not be able to afford the cost of the conferences. In order to offer bursaries to a gr...

Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity and Person-centred Therapy Conference 25th November 2023: A Call for Presenters

20 February 2023 · Kathy Engler · Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity

We’re excited to announce that the Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) Special Interest Group is in the process of putting together a hybrid in-person/online conference. This one da...

Welcome, and SCoPEd updates and info - where next?

11 February 2023 · LJ

Good morning all, Probably as a result of the SCoPEd result, which has shown that it has little regard for the competencies of the PCA, we at tPCA have seen a significant increase in our member...

Education and Training Special Interest Group and Tutor Support Group: Next Meeting Dates

03 February 2023 · Christine Bennett

The next meeting of the Education and Training SIG's Support Group will take place on Monday 13th March at 7.30pm. Monday is an unusual day for us to meet and hopefully this means that some counsel...

Kinky Clients and The Origin Story

29 January 2023 · Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity

This month's GSRD guest blog comes from Bay Whitaker. Bay Whitaker is a counsellor and Director of the small group practice Sheffield Central Counselling (link sheffieldcentralcounselling.co.uk...

Please give us your membership experience feedback

11 December 2022 · LJ

Dear all, Some of our readers are current members, some are past members and some have never been members. We are a charity that is trying to stay current with what people would like to see from u...

Research group - new SIG

19 November 2022 · LJ · working groups/research

We're really pleased to be able to say that we've just set up a group to facilitate research in the person-centred world. The group is open to any member who's interested in research - you don't ha...

A prize for counselling students!

09 October 2022 · LJ

We are very pleased to announce the following prize in conjunction with PCCS books - The Pete Sanders students writing award PCCS books and the person-centred association (tPCA) are pr...

Education and Training Special Interest Group and Tutor Support Group: What's the Difference Between the Two Groups?

18 September 2022 · Christine Bennett

The Education and Training Special Interest Group will hold its next Zoom meeting on Thursday 20th October at 7.30pm. This group invites tPCA member with an interest in person-centred counselling ...

Let Us Know You Are Out There Person-Centred Supervisors!

18 September 2022 · Christine Bennett

The Education and Training special Interest Group have identified a difficulty that students on person-centred level 4 diploma courses and higher education courses are experiencing. There is a shor...

In memory: Dr Paul Wilkins 2/11/46-24/8/22

29 August 2022 · LJ

Dr Paul Wilkins 2/11/46-24/8/22 This week we said goodbye to a major figure in the person-centred world as Paul Wilkins slipped gently away from us on Wednesday. He is known to so many people t...

New SIG - Working with people with learning disabilities

24 August 2022 · Kathy Engler · Working groups/PWLD

New SIG - Working with people with learning disabilities Ann-Marie Wilson writes: Hello, I currently training as a person-centred counsellor and psychotherapist and for my MA dissertation will f...

Students: new special interest group

08 July 2022 · Kathy Engler · Students

Are you a trainee who is interested in The Person-Centred Approach? Then this could be the group for you! We are setting up a new special interest group for trainees who are wanting to explore and...

Database of Person Centred Training Courses

02 July 2022 · Christine Bennett

If you look at the blue menu bar at the top of the tPCA website, there's an option for "Resources" if you click on that and then on to "Courses" there's a database where you can list any person cen...

Education and Training Special Interest Group Invites New Members

12 June 2022 · Christine Bennett · Working groups/Education and training

The Education and Training Working Group has become The Education and Training Special Interest Group. We are now inviting new members to join us for discussion and more! Details of our next meetin...

Therapists with disabilities meeting

14 May 2022 · LJ · working groups/disabilities

LJ writes: The disabilities special interest group that is a co-facilitation between PCT Scotland and tPCA had its first meeting last week. We had a lovely hour of talking about our experi...

Dissociation evening success

14 May 2022 · LJ · Non-Pathologising Therapy

Fiona Gregory of the non-pathologising group writes: The Non-Pathologising Therapy Group ran its first CPD event on May 10th and it was a really interactive and interesting session. In small group...