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The issue of touch within therapy relationships relies on the personal integrity of the therapist, unless the tradition of therapy they practice prohibits it altogether.  This day will provide space for focus on each participant’s relative comfort and/or discomfort with touch within therapeutic relationships.  We will consider what might constitute ‘safe’ touch between therapist and client, as well as the potential healing as…

This APCCA Level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, improve their wellbeing and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and well-being and of its benefit to the therapeutic process. Please note the course consists of 3 sessions over 3 consecutive Tuesday evenings:- 24th February 6 pm - 8.30 pm…

Thursdays 10am 1pm: 26th Feb, 5th Mar, 12th Mar, 19th Mar (£160) Modules nine and ten of the Focusing Skills Certificate An opportunity to explore areas which are inextricably linked with our humanness. Focusing is intrinsically relational – relating to ourselves, relating to each other. How might the process unfold if we allow ourselves to be more aware of our shared humanness, how much do we feel open to connection and can we respect the par…

Where there is chronic abuse in childhood, many learn to survive by dissociating from their traumatic experiences. This may involve leaving the body, numbing out, splitting off, depersonalising and/or derealising. The experience and expression of dissociative process can be confusing for therapists as well as for the person living with it. The vulnerability of people experiencing dissociative processes to being pathologised and diagnosed with va…

Two day course: Focusing is a process that can enrich all areas of our lives, as it is about the very way that we pay attention to what we experience. Often we have habitual ways of relating to ourselves, others and situations: Focusing can help us to slow down, listen inside and appreciate the subtleties in our experience. Developing the ability to listen to ourselves with compassion can help us to know what our needs are, make changes and resp…

Based on work by David Groves,  a pioneering New Zealand psychotherapist, who worked with repressed traumatic memories, developing an approach which fits with the PCA, by using only the client’s language. Paying particular attention to the client’s metaphors, and developing a  way of working which enabled clients to lead in their own healing, his work is mainly known by NLP and/or hypnotherapy practitioners. However, &nb…

The purpose of the group is to meet to explore the person-centred way of being and encounter one another in a genuine and respectful way.  The group will not be facilitated so each person attending would take responsibility for themselves in the group.  We have an agreement on confidentiality, that what is said in the group is not repeated outside the group. Please give your name at Customer Services in case of fire and tell them your…

This will be the fourth year PCAN has booked at the 4-star Queen’s Bay Hotel, Paphos, Cyprus, for a week of Encounter*. Space for Encounter will be available each morning and evening from Monday to Friday, allowing plenty of time to enjoy the hotel facilities and delights of the island in the afternoons and the weekend days. The rooms are booked at half-board rate. Food is excellent, of amazing range and ample. The hotel is family run, with many…

Janus CPD, in partnership with Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute introduces our first ever Certificate in Person-Centred Supervision. Delivered over 5 in person weekends in 2026, join us for a relational training experience. Delivered as 5 three-day weekend workshops from May - October 2026 Course Leader: Emma Wren Harrison Offered as 5 three-day (Fri, Sat & Sun) workshops Venue: In-person training based in Nottingham City…

Person-centred, contact-orientated, nature-based therapy led by Rab Erskine and Chip Ponsford. “A great opportunity to learn from gifted and experienced practitioners. They embody the very principles that they seek to teach.” ​​​ ​The Heart Wood Certificate Level Training Course is an in-person residential course, being offered as a modular six-weekend experience in 2026 and 2027, totalling 100 hours of CPD. The course looks at worki…

Join us for a monthly encounter group, based on person-centred values and principles. Encountering each other, we offer a space for exploration and expression without interpretation, enhancing personal growth and self-awareness. Join us for refreshments starting at 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start. Encounter runs 6.30pm - 8.30pm

PCAN is delighted, as always, to offer a Summer 3-day Encounter in the nurturing environment at Holy Rood House, Sowerby, Thirsk, North Yorkshire. We are made very welcome at Holy Rood House, which has become an established venue for PCAN. The atmosphere is warm and relaxed, the staff very willing to accommodate our needs. We can recommend the catering, and the varied gardens provide additional sanctuary. Across the road there is a nature reserv…

tPCA Residential Conference 2026: The Right to Be: Power and The Person-Centred Approach We welcome all those involved in promoting and developing the person centred approach through counselling, supervising, teaching, studying, writing and research. Friday 17 July to Sunday 19 July Eastwood Hall, Mansfield Rd, Eastwood, Nottingham, NG16 3SS The issue of “power” is fundam…