Freedom is a huge responsibility!

Freedom is a huge responsibility!

If you are in the helping profession why are you not helping?

If you are in the helping profession why are you not helping?

Taking care of people in groups

Taking care of people in groups

I have great hopes for the future

I have great hopes for the future

Columbia University Faculty walk out on Carl Rogers

Columbia University Faculty walk out on Carl Rogers

Carl Rogers was the most non-defensive person I ever met

Carl Rogers was the most non-defensive person I ever met

Carl Rogers consistently lived what he preached

Carl Rogers consistently lived what he preached

Illuminating person centred theory from the experience

Illuminating person centred theory from the experience

Power is everywhere in Person centred theory

Power is everywhere in Person centred theory

Sometimes it’s okay to leave groups

Sometimes it’s okay to leave groups

Person centred groups need facilitators

Person centred groups need facilitators

Therapists learn from teachers who model their approach

Therapists learn from teachers who model their approach

Empathy can easily be misunderstood as sympathy

Empathy can easily be misunderstood as sympathy

Learning about empathy from experience

Learning about empathy from experience

Congruence is learned in a group

Congruence is learned in a group

Illuminating person centred theory from the experience

Illuminating person centred theory from the experience

Empathy can be learned

Empathy can be learned

Carl Rogers struggle with the attention he recieved

Carl Rogers struggle with the attention he recieved

I don’t think you are a psychologist as much as a philosopher

I don’t think you are a psychologist as much as a philosopher

Carl Rogers “I use empathy to understand the client”

Carl Rogers “I use empathy to understand the client”

You have to get knocked around a bit to learn how to be a person centred facilitator

You have to get knocked around a bit to learn how to be a person centred facilitator

I love groups

I love groups

How do you make the group so intense?

How do you make the group so intense?

Group facilitator makes a commitment to being seen

Group facilitator makes a commitment to being seen

Carl Rogers “If you have to hit someone, hit me”

Carl Rogers “If you have to hit someone, hit me”

African American in Group being told how to speak

African American in Group being told how to speak

I loved seeing Carl Rogers anger

I loved seeing Carl Rogers anger

Stories are often the best learning tool

Stories are often the best learning tool

Our clients teach us how to be

Our clients teach us how to be

The person centred approach is demanding

The person centred approach is demanding

Giving up control as a therapist is radical, powerful and exciting!

Giving up control as a therapist is radical, powerful and exciting!

Group participant screaming in the shower

Group participant screaming in the shower

Encounter Groups A Passionate Presence – Interview with Peggy Natiello

Encounter Groups A Passionate Presence – Interview with Peggy Natiello

Peggy Natiello authored “The Person-Centered Approach: A passionate presence” as a challenge to those who practice the person-centered approach “to recognize and fully engage the philosophical belief system, the passionate style of living and the integrity that person-centeredness demands.” Her challenge extends to both therapists working one to one and those who would enter the encounter group experience.