Abstract
One of the most striking things about the method of psychotherapy originating with Carl Rogers and his colleagues—and which has variously been referred to as ‘non-directive therapy’, ‘relationship therapy’, ‘client-centred therapy’ and ‘person-centred therapy’ - is that it, or rather the ideas underpinning it, gave rise to something described as an ‘approach’. Thus, the ‘person-centred approach’ (PCA) is not only a way of doing psychotherapy but a way of being in relationship, a relationship which can be with another individual, a group, a nation, or even the planet (see Wilkins, 2003).