Peter F. Schmid THE PERSON IN THE PERSON-CENTRED APPROACH Being-with and being-counter in the therapeutic relationship

1. Peter F. SchmidTHE PERSON IN THE PERSON-CENTRED APPROACHBeing-with and being-counterin the therapeutic relationship Sheffield, 7-8 April 2006

2. The distinguishing characteristics of a person-centered approach 1. As persons client & therapistspring from a fundamental ‘We’ 2. The client is the expert 3. The therapist is present 4. Therapy is dialogue

3. PERSON anthropology • ENCOUNTER epistemology • PRESENCE ethics • DIALOGUE therapy theory & practice

4. PERSON person-centred anthropology the pc image of the human being • The human being is both autonomous & interdependent • Client & therapist spring from a fundamental ‚We‘

5. The distinguishing characteristics of a person-centered approach 1. As persons client & therapistspring from a fundamental ‘We’ 2. The client is the expert 3. The therapist is present 4. Therapy is dialogue

6. PERSON anthropology • ENCOUNTER epistemology

7. ENCOUNTER person-centred epistemology the pc way of understanding • To encounter means to be touched by the disclosure of the Other (constituting a Thou-I-relationship) • The client is the expert

8. The distinguishing characteristics of a person-centered approach 1. As persons client & therapistspring from a fundamental ‘We’ 2. The client is the expert 3. The therapist is present 4. Therapy is dialogue

9. PERSON anthropology • ENCOUNTER epistemology • PRESENCE ethics

10. PRESENCE person-centred ethics the pc way of being and acting • To be present means to kairologicaly co-create out of (mutual) encounter (fully living the core conditions) • The therapist is present (i.e. he/she is co-experiencing & co-responding with/to the client)

11. The distinguishing characteristics of a person-centered approach 1. As persons client & therapistspring from a fundamental ‘We’ 2. The client is the expert 3. The therapist is present 4. Therapy is dialogue

12. PERSON anthropology • ENCOUNTER epistemology • PRESENCE ethics • DIALOGUE therapy theory & practice

13. DIALOGUE person-centred therapy theory the pc way of doing psychotherapy/counselling • Dialogue means being-with and being-counter • Person-centred therapy is dialogic therapy

14. The distinguishing characteristics of a person-centered approach 1. As persons client & therapistspring from a fundamental ‘We’ 2. The client is the expert 3. The therapist is present 4. Therapy is dialogue

15. The crucial & unique point of PCT is the image of the human being – seeing the human as a person i.e. taking the ‘expert’s’ actualizing tendency serious (and not push or ‘make’ or guide or know) & the understanding of relationship – encounter person to person i.e. proceeding from the unavoidable We and responding to the client’s call

16. The crucial & unique point of PCT is • in anthropological language:person instead of patient/client (i.e. resources instead of problems) • in dialogical language:Thou-I out of We instead of I-Thou • in phenomenological language: being open to what is revealed instead of observing • in epistemological language: offering acknowledgment instead of gaining knowledge • in the language of a theory of ‘disorders’:resources instead of problems, the ability to growth instead of disorder • in the language of theory of relationship:encountering instead of making a relationship • in existential language:being touched and present instead of seeking purposefully, finding out (‘in order to’) • in technical language:listening & being facilitative instead of guiding, steering or giving process advice • in ethical language:responding to a call instead of advising and moralizing • in didactical language: ‘Aus-Bildung’ (‘e-ducation’) instead of training

17. The distinguishing characteristics of a person-centered approach (the paradigm change) 1. As persons client & therapistspring from a fundamental ‘We’ 2. The client is the expert 3. The therapist is present 4. Therapy is dialogue

18. ‘I am willing to stand by valuing the person above anything else.’Carl R. Rogers

19. The Person-Centered Websiteby Peter F. Schmid Die personzentrierte SiteLe site centré sur la personneDe Persoonsgerichte SiteSite da Abordagem Centrada na PessoaPágina Web Centrada en la Persona