Aktuelle Mitteilungen | Boletín informativo
WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR PERSON-CENTERED AND
EXPERIENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING
NEWSLETTER February 2001
Aktuelle Mitteilungen | Boletín informativo
Dear World Association Member
The WAPCEPC Board has decided to keep in touch with members through a regular
Newsletter, of which this is the first edition. Since the great majority
of members have access to e-mail, it seemed sensible for a number of reasons,
including speed and cost, to communicate via this medium where possible.
We do, however, lose out on fancy graphics and formatting!
If you are receiving this by snail-mail, please let us have your e-mail address
(newsletter@pce-world.org) or fax
number if you have either. Thanks.
This first edition is primarily intended for the Board to let you know of the
work which is being done behind the scenes on your behalf. However, we
hope that it will be used in future by members to communicate with each other.
Contributions may be sent to newsletter@pce-world.org.
WAPCEPC JOURNAL
Preparations for the Journal
are well under way. It will be entitled Person-Centred and Experiential
Psychotherapies and will commence publication in the second half of 2002,
which, fortuitously, is the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Carl
Rogers. The Managing Editor is Robert Elliott. Dave Mearns and Peter
Schmid are Co-Editors.
The mission of the Journal is to encourage and disseminate, worldwide, new work
on Person-Centered and Experiential therapies, including philosophy, theory,
practice, training, and research. The journal will not give preference to
any parts of the world, nor to any philosophical or theoretical emphases within
the approach. Just as the triennial World
Conference on Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling
(previously ICCCEP) has succeeded in maintaining an openness to the whole
person-centered and experiential field, so too will the Journal maintain that
spirit of inclusiveness.
As an international journal, Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies
will appear in English, but will be fully cognizant of the major contributions
made by those from non-English-speaking countries. Thus, the Journal will
publish abstracts of all articles in up to four languages, English, German,
Spanish, and, if appropriate, the language of the submitter.
The Journal will commence publication with two special issues:
(1) New Developments in Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy.
The first issue of the Journal will address new developments in
Person-Centered and Experiential therapies. These may be developments in
regard to our understanding of the philosophies reflected by the approach, the
theory underpinning it, its practice, and current research (including research
reviews).
(2) The Continuing Contributions of Carl Rogers to Psychotherapy and
Counseling.
The second issue of the Journal will be devoted to new work on the
continuing legacy and influences of Carl Rogers to theory, practice, training
and research in psychotherapy and counseling. We are particularly
interested in pieces that address Rogers' contributions in light of challenges
from biological/medical and other theoretical approaches, evidence-based mental
health, and developments in contemporary society such as globalization.
Such pieces might include extrapolating the trajectory of Rogers' thought to
these and other current developments.
Contributions of different lengths are invited, including both standard
article-length pieces of 3000-7000 words (including references) and shorter
reports and reviews of 1000-2,500 words. It is hoped to set in place a 'fast-track'
refereeing procedure for the first volume of the journal. This should allow an
article to be reviewed by three international referees and for collated feedback
to be given within a six to eight week period.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
To assist this efficient process, where possible, articles
should be submitted as email attachments to the following e-mail address: journal@pce-world.org
If electronic submission is not possible, then four copies of the article should
be sent, along with a copy of the paper on disk. Paper copies of articles
should be sent to the establishment co-editor:
Professor Robert Elliott, Department of Psychology, University of Toledo,
Toledo, Ohio 43606, USA.
Potential contributors are encouraged to contact journal@pce-world.org
for further information, or to consult the website,
MEMBERSHIP
It is important that the Association attracts new members in order to keep down
the costs of the Journal and, hence, membership fees. Existing members can
be of great help in this, first, in encouraging colleagues to join and, secondly,
in letting the Board know of any organisations which might be approached. Please
do this either by writing to WAPCEPC c/o SGGT Office, Schoffelgasse 7,
CH-8001, Zurich, Swizerland, or e-mailing: external-relations@pce-world.org.
DUES
The membership dues for individual members for the years 2001 and 2002 together
are Euro 50. This payment includes receipt of a regular Newsletter and the
first 2 issues of the Journal in 2002.
SPECIAL OFFER:
If you pay before 1 September 2001 you will receive a reduction of E 10 and pay
only Euro 40 for the two years.
Reductions are possible on written request to treasurer@pce-world.org
ORGANISATIONAL MEMBERSHIP
The membership dues for associations, also for two years, are:
Euro 240 (up to 1.9.01: E 200) for organisations with up to 50 members
Euro 450 (up to 1.9.01: E 375) for organisations with 51-100 members
Euro 660 (up to 1.9.01: E 550) for organisations with over 100 members
This payment includes e-mail Newsletters and one copy of each Journal.
Reductions are possible on written request to treasurer@pce-world.org
You can pay via Bank Transfer to:
Bank Account: 1349-0005.398
Zuercher Kantonalbank
Filiale Ch-8800 Thalwil, Switzerland
Bank-Clearing Nr. 749, Swift-Nr.: ZKB K CH ZZ 80 A
Much more easily, it will soon be possible to pay via the PAYING FACILTY on the
homepage of WAPCEPC, www.pce-world.org (payment
facility).
If you have questions concerning the dues, please direct them to Anne Wunderle, treasurer@pce-world.org.
WAPCEPC
WEBSITE
The new World Association website is now at www.pce-world.org.
The site, which is constantly being developed and updated, contains a wealth of
information. This includes the Statutes and Bylaws, membership information,
email addresses of board members, history, principles and goals, journal
information, forthcoming events, conferences, links, literature, online papers,
organisations and addresses worldwide, libraries, websites…… and so on!
Your feedback and suggestions are always welcomed (webmaster@pce-world.org).
SECRETARIAL
SERVICES
The University of Strathclyde has generously offered to provide free administrative support to the World Association for the next two years. As you can imagine, the Board were only too happy to accept!
MEMBERSHIP
SERVICES
Administration for membership registration and payments is being provided by the Zurich office of the SGGT (the Swiss Association). Again, the Board is most grateful for their support.
OTHER
WORK
The British Association for the Person-Centred Approach (BAPCA) approached the Board for support in their campaign for Person-Centred therapy to be recognised as a valid form of psychotherapy. As requested by BAPCA, the Chair sent a letter to be forwarded to the relevant authorities.
CHICAGO
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The 2000 General Assembly of the World
Association was held in conjunction with the ICCCEP
conference, in Chicago. The Assembly was a lively affair, with much
participation and debate. At one stage, the likelihood of achieving
consensus on such matters as the name of the organisation and its Principles
and Statutes seemed remote. However, after some ad-hoc groups went
away to work on the more contentious wording, the Assembly achieved not solely
consensus, but unanimity. This was greeted with spontaneous applause
and augurs well for the future of our Association.
It was decided that the next World Conference for
Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling (PCE-Conference,
formerly ICCCEP) will take place in The Netherlands in the year 2003, 6 - 11
July.
BOARD
MEMBERS
The following members were elected to serve on the Board
until the next Assembly in 2003:
Vera Engler Cury Brazil
Robert Elliott USA
Elke Lambers Scotland
Germain Lietaer Belgium
Peter F. Schmid Austria
Alberto S. Segrera Mexico
Janet Tolan United Kingdom
Anne Wunderle Switzerland
Alberto Zucconi Italy
Detailed information can be found in the minutes at www.pce-world.org
(minutes of the GA 2000)
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
15th Annual Person-Centered Workshop
Warm Springs, USA January 17-21, 2001
jbozarth@negia.net
5. internationales Theorie-Workshop des IPS
Die gesellschaftliche Bedeutung von Psychotherapie
23. - 25. März 2001
Nähere Info: apg-ips@gmx.at
Seventh Person-Centred Trainers Conference
March 23rd to 25th 2001
Stoke Rochford Hall, UK
pccs@cwcom.net
2001 A Focusing Odyssey
13th International Focusing Conference
http://www.focusing.org/chfc/confern.htm
Ireland, 2nd - 6th May, 2001
16th Annual Meeting of the ADPCA 2001
Association for the Development of the Person-Centered Approach
Manchester, UK, May 30 - June 3, 2001
www.counserve.co.uk/adpca2001
VIIIth PCA FORUM Japan, 2001
Practicing Global Encounter
August 26-30, 2001
Ako City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan (about 50km west from Kobe)
Kansai University of Social Welfare
Hatase Minoru, Shoji Murayama, Kazuo Yamashita
yamakaz@mxy.mesh.ne.jp
ÄGG-Tagung 2001
"Komorbidität"
Hans-Prinzhorn-Klinik, Herner
9.-10. Nov. 2001
Organisation: L. Becker
NEAPCEPC meeting
THE 4th GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2001
in BRUSSELS
November 9 through 11, 2001
priels.jeanmarc@skynet.be
Newsletter Editor: Janet Tolan