About this event
Session 5: Psychological Contact & Perception
Is this the relationship?
Possibly the least explored areas in person-centred theory and practice, this session will take a deep dive into Rogers’ conditions 1 and 6. What is meant by ‘psychological contact’ and is it an on/off idea? Does ‘perception’ depend on the client or the therapist? Are there things we can actively do in order to facilitate psychological contact with someone else, and to support the other person in perceiving our empathy and love/UPR?
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- To have a deeper understanding and appreciation of the complexities of psychological contact and perception of the conditions in a relationship.
- To be able to reflect on how to facilitate the contact and to have some confidence that contact has been achieved at least minimally.
- To be able to consider how the 5 therapist conditions are interwoven and are necessary and sufficient.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- For those people training or interested in the person-centred approach, from early career therapists to those of us a bit longer in the tooth.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- To appreciate the subtleties and nuances of the therapeutic relationship.
Person‑Centred Theory & Practice: 12‑Month Masterclass Series
Join us for a purposeful, year‑long exploration of the ideas that animate Carl Rogers’ person‑centred approach. Across eight live, highly interactive workshops—spaced monthly from June 2025 to January 2026—renowned trainer Sheila Haugh will guide you from foundational principles to leading‑edge debates. The programme blends concise theory input, reflective dialogue and live skills practice, supporting you to work with the confidence that “the client knows best.”
Together we will explore…
- Why Trust the Client? Formative, Actualising & Self‑Actualising Tendencies
- Empathy: Heartfelt Listening
- Positive Regard: Is Love the Curative Element?
- A Pyramid or an Iceberg? Authenticity & Congruence
- Psychological Contact: Are We in this Together?
- Client Perception: Essential Person‑centred Communication Skills
- Relational Depth: An Emergent Dynamic?
- Configurations of Self: Exploring Our Plural “Me‑s” in Practice
Secure your place and invest in a year of focused professional growth—building a richer, more responsive person‑centred practice one month at a time.
RECORDING
This event will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.
ZOOM
This event will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
SELF-SELECT FEE
The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.
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Sheila Haugh
Sheila is a person-centred therapist, facilitator, and consultant/supervisor. Until recently, she was the Director of Studies and Course Leader for the MSc Contemporary Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Applications at the Metanoia Institute in London. She is a former convenor of BAPCA and a former member of the board of WAPCECP. Sheila works in the UK and in Czechia, where she has lived for the past 15 years. She is co-editor of two books and author of a number of chapters, the most recent being:
Bozarth, J. D., & Haugh, S. (2024). Unconditional Positive Regard. In M. Cooper, G. di Malta, M. M. O’Hara, Y. Gololob, & S. Stephen (Eds.), The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling (3rd ed., pp. 200–211). Bloomsbury Academic.
