About this event
Our hope is that this one-day online conference, “The future of PCA: how to serve a changing world”, will be an inclusive platform for the diverse voices in our community to explore the future of the Person-Centred Approach (PCA) in an evolving global context.
This conference aspires to create another opportunity for collaboration and continuation of a long history of the Person-Centred Approach re-examining itself, where we can collectively envision the path ahead for PCA and identify the practices necessary to keep it impactful and responsive to current and future challenges.
The following questions will guide our discussions during the conference. They will also serve as a basis for ongoing dialogues in the months ahead.
- Are we still relevant and do we still have an added value?
- What our contribution has been so far and what have been our struggling points?
- What areas require improvement?
- What are the challenges we face?
- What have we learned from our practices and history?
- How do we move forward to ensure we remain relevant in an ever-changing world?
- Where are the opportunities for growth and expansion?
Panel discussions
We plan to hold live panel discussions with colleagues representing diverse perspectives, within our community. To accommodate our global reach and various time zones, we have scheduled three sessions to ensure geographic inclusivity. The idea of the panel discussions is to spark and initiate a broader dialogue among participants.
This conference hopefully will kick off a process of continuous dialogue to address the challenges facing the PCA, the complexities of the modern world, and the ways needed to ensure its continued relevance.
RECORDING
This conference will be recorded. 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 workshop will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
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All the colleagues at ONLINEVENTS and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a manner consistent with the BACP Ethical Framework, which can be accessed on the link below. When registering for this event you are agreeing to be present and interact in a manner that is consistent with this Framework.
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The Future of PCA – PANEL 1 PRESENTERS
Jan Hawkins
Kazuo Yamashita
Susan Stephen
Brian Rodgers
Sheila Haugh
Emma Tickle
Sophie Muller
Sarah Henry
The Future of PCA – PANEL 2 PRESENTERS
Colin Lago
Peggy Natiello
Fabienne Chazeaux
Arina Dogaru
Leonore Langner
Patricia Foster
David Murphy
The Future of PCA – PANEL 3 PRESENTERS
Gay Barfield
Carol Wolter-Gustafson
Marcia Tassinari
Martin Lange
Norman Chambers
Will Stillwell
Nicola Blunden
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CONFERENCE HOSTS
Maria Kontarini
Being a person-centered practitioner is the melting pot of diverse personal & professional experiences in the fields of psychotherapy, diplomacy, politics, business consultancy, life in seven different countries and life in general.
My various experiences include having served as a diplomat in Bosnia and NATO, having been shaped and formed by experiencing the aftermath of the war, embarking on an ongoing journey of personal and collective healing, looking for answers and understanding for the variables that contribute to war and finding ways to contribute to more peace and justice in the world.
Practicing the person-centered approach in my daily interactions with people, inside the therapy room, inside my family system, in my friendships, in my function as group facilitator gives me hope about what is possible when we tap in the innate capacity of human beings for constructive action.
At the same time, the challenges we face nowadays require collective action, along personal agency. Since November 2022, together with Gay Barfield, more person-centered practitioners and participants we have been running the Peace Project in the 21 st Century. We come together as global citizens, from all walks of life, who care for peace & justice aspiring to create a ripple effect at each level possible personal, interpersonal, intercommunal.
John Wilson
I am a co-founder and Director at Onlinevents, dedicated to democratising learning in the helping professions. We host the world’s first and largest video learning library akin to “Netflix” for these professions.
Additionally, I serve as a Director at Temenos Education and lead the Counselling & Psychotherapy Programme. Our focus is on nurturing students to become their most potent selves, both personally and professionally.
With over 20 years of experience, I currently manage a private practice as a Psychotherapist and Supervisor, offering services through video, text chat, and virtual environments.
I also facilitate groups and am involved in the Going Global and La Jolla programmes, rooted in Carl Rogers’ Encounter Group movement. I am a past Chair and now an Honorary Fellow at the Association for Counselling & Therapy Online (ACTO). I have served on the board of the World Association for Person Centered & Experiential Psychotherapy & Counselling for 6 years.
