20/01/25 – 24/03/25 – Oxford – Mondays 2:00pm to 5:00pm
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One of the transformational developments in the history of talking therapy, the person-centred approach (PCA) proposed by Carl Rogers, has become firmly established at the heart of modern counselling. It has profoundly impacted coaching, teaching and education, healthcare and medicine, mediation and conflict resolution, and even international reconciliation.
The first therapeutic method in the humanistic school marked a huge departure from the ‘medical’ mode of doctor-patient. The three ‘core conditions’ of empathy, unconditional positive regard, and congruence are frequently over-simplified, taken out of context, and mistaught. PCA is not simply a set of techniques – it is a fundamental philosophy about individuals and the world as a whole.
In this course, we explore the philosophy underlying PCA, Rogers’ detailed analysis of what is necessary for therapy to work, and add a modern understanding of emotions and their communication.
