Temenos, Sheffield, UK THE PERSON IN THE PERSON-CENTRED APPROACH Being-with and being-counter in the therapeutic relationship Workshop Peter F. Schmid

7 - 8 April 2006
Temenos: www.temenos.ac.uk

Peter F Schmid

THE PERSON IN THE PERSON-CENTRED APPROACH
Being-with and being-counter in the therapeutic relationship

Abstract:

To view the human being as person is grounded in the conviction that we are both independent, living out of our own resources, and interdependent, inevitably connected with others.  This implies tremendous consequences for anthropology, epistemology, therapy theory and practice. The client experiencing their self-in-development and the presence of the therapist enable both to encounter each other. One of the central aspects of such an authentic relationship is the character of therapist responses which derive from their counter-position in the ‘en–counter’ with the client. In this workshop we will further examine the  meaning of person, encounter, presence, (concordant and complementary) resonance, confrontation and dialogue from a person-centred perspective.

PowerPoint presentation, lecture, group work, discussion