Introduction to the Special Issue on Pre-Therapy

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Notes on contributors

D. Van Werde

Dion Van Werde is a psychologist/PC-Experiential psychotherapist (KULeuven). He is cofounder, coordinator and trainer of the Pre-Therapy International Network. He is a former board member of ISPS Flanders/Netherlands. Dion works near Gent, Belgium, in residential care for people suffering psychosis, and created there a “contact milieu” along Pre-Therapy lines ([email protected]). He wrote a book with Garry Prouty and Marlis Pörtner called “Pre-Therapy” (PCCS-books), now translated into 4 languages, as well as articles and chapters in books (see “references” at www.pre-therapy.com). He gives workshops and lectures on Pre-Therapy internationally.

L. Sommerbeck

Lisbeth Sommerbeck is a clinical psychologist, accredited as a specialist in psychotherapy and supervision by the Danish Psychological Association. Since 1974 and until she retired in 2011 she was employed in Danish psychiatry, where the bulk of her work consisted in psychotherapy, supervision, consultation and teaching. She has written books, book-chapters and articles about various aspects of client-centered therapy and in 2002 she initiated the Danish Carl Rogers Forum.

P. Sanders

Pete Sanders lives in Wales and retired as a person-centered therapist, trainer and clinical supervisor after over 35 years practice. He is a Pre-Therapy Trainer and a member of the Pre-Therapy International Network.