to further co-operation between person-centred and experiential associations, institutions and groups in Europe, especially in the field of psychotherapy and counselling, e.g. through common projects and mutual support
to support and facilitate European person-centred and experiential associations, institutions, groups and individuals in their work
to promote the person-centred and experiential paradigms and to support and encourage scientific study as well as the improvement of practise in this paradigm, specifically in the field of psychotherapy and counselling
to engage in socio-political processes to ensure the continued contribution of the paradigm in health, social insurance, education, academic contexts and other areas of society
to have a commitment to support and/or organise European PCE conferences, symposia etc., especially if the WAPCEPC does not hold its conference in Europe in a specific year, and ensure that there is close collaboration between local/national association members organising such conferences and PCE Europe
to foster the exchange of research, theory and practice among a variety of language groups through existing journals and other means
as a Chapter of WAPCEPC to work together closely with the World Association
to work together with the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) and other key associations
to exchange ideas with other psychotherapeutic and counselling orientations and to stimulate co-operation in the field of psychotherapy and counselling
The aim of the Network is to provide a European-wide forum for those professionals in science and practice who
have a commitment to the primary importance of the relationship between client and therapist in psychotherapy and counselling
hold as central to the therapeutic endeavor the client's actualising process and phenomenological world
embody in their work those conditions and attitudes conducive to therapeutic movement first postulated by Carl Rogers
have a commitment to an understanding of both clients and therapists as persons, who are at the same time individuals and in relationship with others and their diverse environments and cultures
have an openness to the development and elaboration of person-centred and experiential theory in light of current and future practice and research.
