Welcome to Athens & Online
The 16th World Conference for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling (PCE2024) will take place in person & Online from the 9th to the 13th September in 2024, in Technopolis Athens. The Pre-Conference will take place in person & Online from the 7th to the 8th September in 2024, in ICPS – College for Humanistic Sciences. The PCE Conference is the biennial event of the World Association for Person-Centred & Expreriential Psychotherapy & Counselling (WAPCEPC).
This year’s conference theme is
Following the findings of the e-Delphi panel conducted and presented by David Murphy and Niels Bagge in the PCE 2022 congress, we are aiming at organizing the scientific content around the education, the training, the supervision and the lifelong- creation of the PCE therapist in our communities.
Following the findings of the e-Delphi panel conducted and presented by David Murphy and Niels Bagge in the PCE 2022 congress, we are aiming in organizing the scientific content around the education, the training, the supervision and the lifelong- creation of the PCE therapist in our communities.
keynote topics
“The Person, Education, and Politics in Person-Centred Psychology”
This keynote speech will aim to strike some key notes on the theme of the conference, that is, person, paideia (education), and politeia (politics)...
“The Human Side of Psychotherapists.”
It will be discuss some of the main research findings presented in my recent (2022) book, How Psychotherapists Live: The Personal Self and Private Life of Professional Healers...
“Speaking In Order To Listen”: Teaching Person-Centered Psychotherapy to Non-Person-Centered Therapists.
In this presentation I will share my latest understanding of the core person-centered principles that I teach to graduate students...
“Psychotherapy Relationships and Responsiveness That Work”.
Clinical experience and controlled research consistently demonstrate that the therapy relationship...
"The Illusion of separatness"
We have learned to understand ourselves, person-centred theory and lifelong development through the lens of the individual organism...
“Developing the Person in Context: Humility, Imagination, and Interconnectedness”
The presentation will invite exploration of the development of the person as both facilitator and agent within contexts...
“The Evolution of Empathic Understanding in EFT”
This talk will describe the evolution and development of different aspects of therapist understanding and responsiveness in emotion-focused therapy (EFT)...
"Person-Centered supervision: are Rogers’ conditions (still) necessary and sufficient?"
Rogers used to see supervision as the “therapy of the therapist”. A place where to check how the therapist is in the therapeutic relationship...
“Client Centered Psychodrama, in therapy, training, supervision and so on”
his workshop will focus on the theme of Client Centered Psychodrama, in therapy, training, supervision and so on. It will begin with a short introduction on history, theory of the Client Centered Psychodrama and “client-centered compatibility”...
pre-Conference
Conference
In Person & Online Conference
PCE2024
OPEN TO ALL!
The ONLINE CONFERENCE is a chance to attend from everywhere.
CONFERENCE PLATFORM
The PCE2024 CONFERENCE PLATFORM offers a unique experience simulating a real-life conference attendance.
call for papers
Streaming video from the IN-PERSON conference to the ONLINE CONFERENCE making PCE2024 a HYBRID CONFERENCE.
Keynote
Speakers
Keynote sessions in our conference are designed to be impactful and engaging, capturing the audience’s attention and providing valuable insights or perspectives on the subject matter. These sessions will cover overarching themes, trends and important issues relevant to Person- Centered Counseling Psychotherapy. Keynote speakers are chosen for their expertise, influence, and ability to inspire and inform the audience.
Pre-Conference
Workshop Facilitators
Our Experiential workshops are learning sessions that emphasize hands-on, practical experiences to enhance participants’ skills, knowledge, and personal development. The Workshops of the Pre-Conference are connected with Supervision and training in PCE modalities.
Online
Keynote speakers
Our Experiential workshops are learning sessions that emphasize hands-on, practical experiences to enhance participants’ skills, knowledge, and personal development. The Workshops of the Pre-Conference are connected with Supervision and training in PCE modalities.
Semi Plenary
Encounter Group
The Person-Centred encounter group offers the chance to connect with each other on a deeper, more personal level. “In such a group the individual comes to know himself and each of the others more completely than is possible in the usual social or working relationships.”
Rogers, C. (1969), Encounter Groups, p16.
Pricing
Plans
Conference
WAPCEPC MEMBER PASS
Conference
Student Member Pass
*LIMITED PLACEs
ACCOMMODATION FOR PCE 2024
ATHENS GOLDEN AGE HOTEL
ATHENS 21 HOTEL
MUSE ATHENS URBAN SUITES
schedule
details
Pre Conference
Coffee
Welcome to PCE 2024
Encounter Group/ Workshop "Spikey's Deck of Remedies, preventing burnout through play"
Workshop facilitators: Diakolambrianou Elektra/ Petrakaki Eleftheria/ Vallidis Alex
Break
Description
Keynote Workshop
"Person-Centered supervision: are Rogers’ conditions (still) necessary and sufficient?"
Social Gathering
Description
Pre Conference
Coffee
Keynote Workshop/ Encounter Group
"Client Centered Psychodrama, in therapy, training, supervision and so on"
Break
Encounter Group/ Workshop "When Rogers met Adler: Rogerian Core Conditions aligned with Adlerian Social Interest"
Intercultural Evening Event
Conference
Registration
Opening Session & Musical Event with artists from the Greek National Opera
Honorary Guests: Constantinos Pappas- President of ICPS College, Theodora D. Tsovili, PhD, Child Protection, UNHCR Greece
Lunch Break
Keynote Session
"The Person, Education, and Politics in Person-Centred Psychology."
Break
Semi Plenary / Maria Kefalopoulou & Yana Gololob
Maria Kefalopoulou - topic: "Eudaimonia/happiness in ancient Greek culture and core person-centred values and conditions: The person in harmony with the politis/citizen"
Yana Gololob - topic: "Courageous Hearts: Impact of Wartime Experiences on Personality and Therapeutic Relationships"
Break
Parallel Sessions / Encounter
Break
Online Keynote Session
"Psychotherapy Relationships and Responsiveness That Work."
Conference
Coffee
Keynote Session
"The Evolution of Empathic Understanding in EFT."
Break
Parallel Sessions / Encounter
Lunch Break
Parallel Sessions
Break
Parallel Sessions / Encounter
Online Keynote Session
“Speaking In Order To Listen”: Teaching Person-Centered Psychotherapy to Non-Person-Centered Therapists."
General Assembly 1
Conference
Coffee
Keynote Session
"Developing the Person in Context: Humility, Imagination, and Interconnectedness."
Break
Parallel Sessions / Encounter
Lunch Break
Parallel Sessions
Break
Parallel Sessions / Encounter
Online Keynote Session
“The Human Side of Psychotherapists.” It will be discuss some of the main research findings presented in my recent (2022) book, How Psychotherapists Live: The Personal Self and Private Life of Professional Healers."
General Assembly 2
Conference
Coffee
Keynote Session
"The Illusion of separateness."
Break
Parallel Sessions / Encounter
Lunch Break
Parallel Sessions
Break
Farewell Dinner
Conference
Coffee
Pannel Session
Honorary guest: Mrs. Judy Moore
Break
The Forum / Facilitator from Germany
Lunch Break
Closing Session
Social Program
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The 16th World Conference
for Person Centered & Experiential Psychotherapy & Counseling is
under the Auspices of the City of Athens
official
sponsors
Platinum Sponsor
the
venues
ICPS - College for Humanistic Sciences in Athens
Address – 81 Ilia Iliou str.,11744, Metro station –
Neos Cosmos (Red Line)
Near the Center of Athens
- 2 Amphitheaters (40 & 100 people)
- Rooms for Workshops
- 2- way Mirror Counseling Lab
- Hybrid Education Facilities
- Lounge for breaks with Acropolis view
Technopolis of Municipality of Athens
100 Pireos str., 11854
Gazi, Athens,
Near Metro Station Kerameikos (Blue Line)
Technopolis City of Athens is housed in the old gasworks plant of Athens, a unique industrial monument, transformed into the most vibrant cultural multi-space in the heart of the city, open and accessible to all, with more than 1,000,000 visitors per year.
The transformation of the industrial space, the park, into a cultural space was completed by the Municipality of Athens in 2001. It is an industrial museum area of 30 acres, which has been transformed into a multipurpose space of culture, constituting another pole of cultural attraction of modern Athens. Technopolis City of Athens, has become a hub of cultural and Science events, thus upgrading a historic area of the capital and creating another focal point in the cultural identity of Athens.
The vision of Technopolis is to enhance the development of different communities and contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of the citizens in any possible way.
Concerts, exhibitions, performances, screenings, educational programs and actions of the Industrial Gas Museum, seminars and workshops dedicated to new technologies, initiatives for the development of entrepreneurship and innovation and events of social nature are only some of the 900 events that take place every year in Technopolis. Technopolis of Athens is under the administration of the Municipality of Athens.
