Person-Centred Practice Quotes

“Most of us are adept at maintaining our self-structures and denying to awareness experiences which challenge our status quo.”
― Alan Coulson, Person-Centred Practice: The BAPCA Reader

“Person-centred counselling may be thought of as 'not enough'. In my experience it is. It allows for self-determination through an acknowledgement of a person's human rights.”
― Suzanne Keys, Person-Centred Practice: The BAPCA Reader

“Movement away from defensive destructiveness and towards greater social responsibility is a characteristic of this [actualising] tendency. The political implication of this position is that we do not need to be controlled by authority. We, individually and collectively, not only have the right to self-determination and group determination but, given the necessary conditions, can be trusted to use our power responsibly.”
― Rose Cameron, Person-Centred Practice: The BAPCA Reader

“Psychotherapy is an art enlightened by wisdom, theory and research.”
― Barbara Temaner Brodley, Person-Centred Practice: The BAPCA Reader

“Healing from childhood abuse is not going mad, it is going sane.”
― Jan Hawkins, Person-Centred Practice: The BAPCA Reader