The Encounters Podcast

In this episode we dive into rich topics of language, culture, and power. Discover what it’s like to have therapy not in your ‘mother’ tongue – and why every therapist needs to understand the concept of code-switching.

Rachael speaks to Zeynep Kasap (she/her) a person-centred psychotherapist and researcher of Turkish origin.

How person-centred psychotherapy is uniquely suited to working with the subject of death and loss, and why engaging with this topic can bring us closer to fully living.

Rachael speaks to Kate Hoyland (she/her) a person-centred psychologist and producer of the Encounters Podcast.

Is the person-centred approach a queer theory? What are the gaps, what’s missing from awareness and what are the downright failures of training for trans and non-binary trainees – and where lies the hope in person-centred queerness?

Rachael speaks to LJ Loveys (they/he/she), a person-centred trainee.

Being unscripted, open and not-knowing can be a terrifying prospect for new (and experienced!) therapists alike. Join us for a meaty look at a key, and yet often misunderstood, aspect of person-centred theory. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t mean, ‘I think it, so I’ll say it…’

Also in the podcast, what do we mean by pluralism, and what is our relationship to other psychological approaches?

Rachael speaks to Dave Hansen (he/him) a person-centred therapist, EMDR therapist and trainer.

Beginning a therapy relationship is full of risks and promise. Discover what it’s like to be a person-centred client, whether it’s feeling like a wobbly newborn fawn or entering into a Tardis-like space of possibilities…

Rachael speaks to Jeremy O’Sullivan (he/him), a person-centred therapist and client.