Heather Moran’s Study Day on March 13th “It’s all about the how” was really well attended, despite a handful of cancellations. The day focussed on all the practical issues about how to work with children and young people using PCP, which was very relevant to other age groups as well. Heather introduced us to two new techniques, which we were able to try out in the afternoon. The whole day related to her new book - A beginner’s guide to Personal Construct Therapy with children and young people - available at all good bookshops, as they say.
Feedback included:

• A really productive day that I will find very helpful in my practice
• Tools really relevant to my role - can pick up and use straight away
• Environment felt comfortable and relaxed - as a newcomer I felt welcome

Friday February 7th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Queen's Road Baptist Church. Costs will be split between those who sign up to attend, and so should will be modest.

Are you interested?
A Cave Day is when people come together in a group to work alongside each other on their own creative projects. The structure provides focussed silent sessions during which participants work alone, interspersed with breaks in which they share with others. The aim is to try to make a first draft during the day. You do not need an extensive knowledge of Personal Construct Psychology in order to participate.

We have been considering producing a collection of papers, each written from a personal point of view, about the work that we do and how it affects us. Some of the products of the Cave Day might fit in with this idea.

We are now discussing what day and date will be best for the group. More news to follow.

If you are interested, let me know: sally@covpcp.com

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Something we are getting pretty jumpy about and rightly so. One off shoot of humanity’s big existential crisis is that we get get more creative when needs must. We are digesting the recent update on traditional PCP techniques and attitudes contained in Personal Construct Methodology published by Wiley Blackwell and Edited by Peter Caputi, Linda Viney, Beverley Walker and Nadia Crittenden [Review to come]. In the meantime Dr Peter Goodge has allowed us to link you to his application of the new Formal Concept Analysis to business. Here it is – a fascinating read and a hint of valuable tools psyinbiz.blogspot.com/p/repertory-grid-analysis Thank you Peter.

Details of PCP Coaching programme for Coventry Constructivist Centre
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PCP Coventry Quarterly Study Days Programme 2019

Here is a little feedback from September 13th 2019 Sally Robbins – Meet the Family

The PCP Quarterly Study Day 13th September 2019 was titled 'Meet the Family' and led by Sally Robbins. We started with three challenging papers which participants would normally have trouble accessing, and a through lively debate and discussion ranged from the theoretical understanding of family work in PCP through to the implications of this work in terms of practicalities in our everyday lives. There was a particular focus on eliciting non-verbal construing and participants worked together on two new techniques.

Feedback on the day was enthusiastic:

- Fabulous day on Family Construing
- Really interesting, thought provoking day
- Will be using this next week!
- Loved the creativity

Each day includes a focus on a specific PCP technique (For each of these days, please confirm if you intend to come so that I can send out materials and references ahead of time, and you can arrange pre-payment)

March 15th 2019 Rachael Ward – Measuring the impact of Social Media on young people (Using PCP techniques to assess the impact of Social Media)

June 14th 2019 Diane Allen, Peter Cummins, Heather Moran and Sally Cummins – Anger through the lifespan (clinical experiences, practical approaches, theoretical underpinning, and PCP references on working with anger)

September 13th 2019 Sally Robbins – Meet the Family
(PCP theory, research, and techniques for use in working with families)

December 6th 2019 Peter Cummins and Sally Robbins – Structural Arrest: the PCP approach to early experiences and their influence on later development
(Theory, research and practical applications based on the work of Prof Larry Leitner, and linked with the release of a new accessible collection of his papers edited by Peter Cummins)

Contact Sally Robbins sally@covpcp.com or 07508 399 452 to book a place.
The cost, which includes tea, coffee and cake, is £25 per day. Pre-book by BACS, (Coventry Constructivist Centre sort code 40-18-57 account no. 50574783) or pay on the day. Study Days run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Queen’s Road Baptist Church, Coventry, CV1 3FE, near to Coventry Station and its car park, and also to other parking – see QRBC website for further details. There is wifi, an on-site café where you can buy lunch, and other cafes within 400 yards.

PCP Quarterly Study Days are open to people who have completed the Foundation Course in PCP

FOUNDATION COURSE 2019

The course will provide an introduction to the theory and principles of Personal Construct Psycho- logy (PCP), allowing participants to develop a practical understanding of the theory which will then guide their work. The theoretical base of PCP is broad and robust, which makes this an approach with wide applicability in clinical and educational settings, but also in supervision, coaching, staff management, staff development, and organsational change. Following completion of the Foundati- on Course there are opportunities to attend further workshops and supervision in order to help you to begin to apply the theory in your own setting, should you wish. Personal Construct Psychotherapy, which has developed from PCP, is a flexible approach to the- rapy which is well suited to consultation and short term work, as well as to more intensive clinical work. It is suitable for all client groups, ages, and ranges of ability. In this age of the quick fix, Per - sonal Construct Psychotherapy is often useful when other therapies have failed to produce sustai- ned improvement. The course is taught by tutors who are all HCPC registered and have many years of experience in PCP. Between them, they have a range of publications about their therapeutic work using PCP. The tutors are Diane Allen, Peter Cummins, Heather Moran, Sally Robbins and Grant Weselby. You can find out more about our tutors on our website, under ‘Our Staff’. A maximum of 16 places are available which means that the group is small enough for both good discussion and personali- sed teaching. The Foundation Course has always contained a large component of practical exerci- ses which help participants to engage well with the materials presented. The course is delivered in a seminar format and so participants are expected to prepare for sessions in advance by reading the Foundation Guide in order to benefit from this. This course is offered in Coventry by the Coventry Constructivist Centre and runs for five full days. It is held at Queen’s Road Baptist Church, Coventry, from 10.00am – 4pm each day. Details of our organisation and our courses can be found at www.covpcp.com. The course dates are on Thursdays, except for the second week which is on a Friday. The dates are: April 4th, April 12th, May 2nd, May 9th, and May 16th. The course fee is £195 for the who- le course, which includes the seminar materials. The fee includes drinks and biscuits but it does not include lunch. Participants are asked to provide their own packed lunch, or they can use the on site café, or other nearby facilities.

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If you would like to attend, please email sally@covpcp.com to book a place. When that is confirmed, you will need to pay the fee to secure your place, together with details of your name, professional role, personal email address & mobile number (for emergency contact in case of a problem before or during the course).

Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis. In the event that there are insufficient numbers to proceed with the course, all monies will be refunded. Please note that the fee cannot be refunded for failure to attend once a place is reserved.

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Using Qualitative Grids - March 16th 2018 – by Prof Harry Procter



Brilliant range of techniques for use in clinical practice and supervision
Harry Procter workshop was very illuminating and brought up a lot of thoughts for my working and personal life



Lots of usable tools. I love the flexibility that PCP and Qualitative Grids offer for my practice. I cannot see any other way of eliciting such powerful information. Very enjoyable.



Thought provoking day, well presented, with clear theoretical links to practice. The flexibility in this approach is refreshing to think about in all types of professional, clinical and personal relationships.
Thought provoking day which made me reflect on myself in my work and family roles. Very useful, flexible grids explained.

News is emerging of a soon-to-be-launched website featuring the ICP International Lab [ICP stands for Institute of Constructivist Psychology Padua]. The purpose of the site and the grouping is to promote development of Personal Construct Psychology. As a founder member of the European Constructivist Training Network, ICP is already established as a creator of innovative and exciting international learning opportunities including the very successful and popular Racconti Mediterranei Summer Schools and Alpine Tales Winter Workshops. The plans are coming forward to have development programmes, based in lovely hills just outside Padua, starting in spring 2017. ‘PCP Foundations for Professionals’. They say this is to be “an immersive residential workshop offering a comprehensive and practical introduction to the theory and practice of PCP” - it may also be of interest to people looking for a refresher, or a boost to their existing practice. ‘PCP Approaches to Coaching & Consulting’ - is a programme designed for people working those fields who would like to find out more about working from a PCP approach. This will include a 3 day residential experience in Italy, followed by individually-tailored online tutoring.

You can register your interest in the programmes in advance of the Website launch coming early this year by Email: icp.intlab@gmail.com; Facebook: ICP International Lab and Twitter: @icp_lab.

We shall watch this space.​

The Organising Committee of the Padua Conference have generously offered that PCPA can access the resources of the Conference this year.
Here are their instructions:
1. Enter in  https://accounts.google.com
2. Put the email address  “epca2016share@gmail.com”  and the password  “2016share”
3. Click  the upper right corner  on the small  squares
4. Then select DRIVE
5. In "my files" you can download the files or  add one  by dragging it  in.

The George Kelly Society is a multidisciplinary professional society is founded in June 2016, with the aim of supporting the study of, and communication about, the life and work of George Alexander Kelly [1905-1967], the Psychology of Personal Constructs, and Kelly's ongoing influence in the many fields to which he contributed. This includes the theoretical development and the practical applications of the Psychology of Personal Constructs, and its relationships to neighbouring fields. The George Kelly Society supports conferences, websites, journals and other media that share the goals of the society.

The Steering Committee consists of Prof Franz Desley Hennessy (Australia), Secretary/Treasurer, Prof Jörn Scheer (Germany), Information Officer, and, as Members-at-large, Dr.ssa Chiara Centomo (Italy), Prof Gabriele Chiari (Italy), Peter Cummins (UK), MA.

Membership is open to anyone interested in the life and work of George Kelly and the Psychology of Personal Constructs. Currently, no membership fees are charged.

If interested, please contact the secretary, Desley Hennessy (Leslie.Hennessy@gmail.com).
Website: www.kellysociety.org

Extending the Range of Convenience of Personal Construct Psychology to the Extremes of Human Experience
Professor David Winter
December 9th, Coventry
This workshop will focus on attempts to extend the range of convenience of personal construct psychology in two main, but related, areas:

i) exploring the limits of Kelly’s credulous approach by the attempt to apply it to people who have committed acts of extreme violence, including serial killing, mass murder, and genocide;
ii) applying personal construct psychology in a country (Sierra Leone) very different from that in which it was developed in an attempt to understand the experiences of perpetrators and victims of horrific atrocities; of psychiatric in-patients, many of whom were survivors of the country’s brutal civil war; and more recently of people who, having survived the war, have now been affected in some way by the Ebola epidemic.

The advantages and challenges of applying personal construct approaches in situations such as these will be considered, and illustrated by numerous examples.

The workshop will include opportunities to explore the application or adaptation of personal construct approaches and techniques (e.g. the credulous approach; repertory grid technique) with people whose construing, perhaps because of the acts that they have committed or because they are from a different cultural background, might seem very different from one's own

Further Information: Sally Robbins: sally@covpcp.com

PCPA now has its own channel on YOU TUBE. The channel can be accessed at:
PCPA YouTube channel

The course will provide an introduction to the theory and principles of Personal Construct Psychology (PCP). The theoretical base of PCP is broad and robust, which makes this an approach with wide applicability in clinical and educational settings, but also in supervision, coaching, staff management, staff development, and organisational change. Following completion of the Foundation Course there are opportunities to attend further workshops and supervision in order to help you to begin to apply the theory in your own setting, should you wish.
Personal Construct Psychotherapy, which has developed from PCP, is a flexible approach to therapy which is well suited to consultation and short term work, as well as to more intensive clinical work. It is suitable for all client groups, ages, and ranges of ability. In this age of the quick fix, Personal Construct Psychotherapy is often useful when other therapies have failed to produce sustained improvement. The course is taught by tutors who are all HCPC registered and have many years of experience in PCP. Between them, they have a range of publications about their therapeutic work using PCP. The tutors are Diane Allen,Peter Cummins, Heather Moran, Sally Robbins and Grant Weselby. A maximum of 12 places are available which means that the group is small enough for both good discussions and personalised teaching. The Foundation Course has always contained a large component of practical exercises which help participants to engage well with the materials presented. The course is delivered in a seminar format and so participants are expected to prepare for sessions in advance in order to benefit from this.
This course is offered in Coventry by the Coventry Constructivist Centre (PCPA), and runs for five full days. It is held at Queen’s Road Baptist Church, Coventry, from 10.00am – 4pm each day. Details can be found on the PCPA website at http://www.personalconstructuk.org and also on the Coventry PCP website at www.covpcp.com
The course dates are largely on Thursdays, but there is one Wednesday : May 19th, May 26, Wednesday June 8th, June 16th, and June 23rd (NB: NO session w/c May 30th). The course fee has been kept at the 2015 level of £150 for the whole course, which includes the seminar materials. The fee includes drinks and biscuits but it does not include lunch. Participants are asked to provide their own packed lunch for the short lunch break, or they can use the café on site. If you would like to attend, please email sally@covpcp.com to book a place. When that is confirmed, you will need to pay the fee to secure your place, together with details of your name, professional role, personal email address & mobile number (for emergency contact in case of a problem before or during the course). Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis. In the event that there are insufficient numbers to proceed with the course, all monies will be refunded. Please note that the fee cannot be refunded for failure to attend once a place is reserved.

A really useful, up to date guide to PCP resources on the net has been produced by Professor Brian Gaines. You can access it at: Gaines-Internet-PCP-2016a.pdf

Following a really successful first meeting, a further seminar of the Education Community of Practice is planned for the 19th March at Syracuse University London. We look forward to teachers joining in the day. The programme will include presentations from the group with a longer practically focused session in the afternoon. The programme for the day will be published in mid February.
contact: chris walker

Professor Harry Procter writes:

It is now 13 years since the late Fay Fransella presented us with the International Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology (and its shorter practical edition, the Essential Handbook of PCP, both published by Wiley in 2013 and 2015. In this entirely new handbook covering the field, David Winter and Nick Reed, of the University of Hertfordshire, have assembled a completely fresh collection of 40 excellent chapters. The book shows how PCP is alive and well and it reflects the tremendous diversity of its application covering topics in clinical, educational and organisational psychology. But Kelly’s psychology’s not restricted to its original focus of psychological therapy and proves its usefulness in fields well beyond psychology. This is shown by the Handbook’s inclusion of chapters on philosophy, restorative justice, forensics, sex, politics sociology, religion, the arts and the environment. Well worth the outlay to have on your shelf for reference and study.

For a full list of contents, see Harry’s post on Academia: www.academia.edu/20217319/New_Book_The_Wiley_Handbook_of_Personal_Construct_6nd

The new Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology is through.
Its full title is the “Wiley Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology” with David A Winter and Nick Reed as Editors. It’s a modest £120 for 567 pages to buy in print BUT you can purchase an electronic version for as little as £32. Strangely, some “used” copies are already appearing on Amazon. There are many contributors and they are all helpfully bunched up into areas of interest and knowledge. These areas represent up-to-date expertise and they break new ground as well as some reflective original writing. The volume kicks off with the late Fay Fransella’s definition of “What is a Construct?”
We shall bring you reviews of various aspects of this volume, which is going to be with us for a long time to come.
If you would like to contribute yours views and impressions, please write them to us for collation and publication on this site. Our address is via the site or at pcp.assn@gmail .com

Have you come to our site, wondering a bit about what Personal Construct Psychology offers and........
Would you like to know more about it?

Would you like to know more about it? Are you interested in Therapy, Education, Organisations or Coaching?

PCPA offers a day in London for low cost, just £50, to explore some of the theory, see a little of the practice and take away some further ideas.

At the end of the day , you will have had an introduction to some of PCP’s basic ideas and have:

• Seen some modern practical studies showing successful application
• Had some experience of the sort of language used in discourse and how this might be helpful in counselling and therapy
• Had a demonstration of some verbal tools
• Had some introductory demonstration of more solid paper and pencil type tools
• Seen some creative ideas taken from resources in PCP
• Had some examples of how cases might be formulated and perhaps combined with other modalities
• Been given Information about options for developing your knowledge of PCP on the Web .
• Been given information about how to progress if you wished to follow (or add) a PCP route into therapy practice
  
  The course will be led by Dennis Bury, a member of PCPA, a PCP Therapist, a Chartered Counselling Psychologist, and Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist.
  The venue will be Syracuse University in Central London
  The date is: Friday 13th May 2016
  For more details: write pcp.assn@gmail.com or ring Dennis on 020- 8348 9181 or 07469 952112
  

A PCP “Circus” is offered to any group new to PCP who would like a day learning more about PCP. Costs would be the provision of a place to meet + travel of the presenter + subsistence only to where in the UK you are. The programme is tailored to requested areas of interest. Details from pcp.assn@gmail.com

This foundation course in Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) will benefit anyone wishing to understand behaviour change both in individuals and groups. On this course you will explore how people make sense of the world, by standing in another person's shoes and understanding what their unique core values are and how they respond when these are challenged, how they cope with change.

PCP is a meta theory that provides us with a powerful tool in exploring and understanding behaviour change, in individuals, organisations, and society as a whole. It will benefit people working in education, in business and in behaviour change.

Clare Morris, a psychotherapist with twenty years experience applying and teaching Personal Construct Psychology, teams up with David Dansky of Cycle Training UK. Clare uses PCP in her work with people at all stages of dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment, developing a variety of interventions that help improve people's quality of life and wellbeing. David is a teacher who now works in cycling and transport behaviour change and uses PCP both in his work in educating people to consider how they move around, as well as in managing human resources as a member of one of the UKs leading worker's cooperatives, Cycle Training UK.

Clare and David are co authors of Carsickness: reconstruing driving and cycling (Personal Construct Psychology at 60: Papers from the 21st. International Congress) and have collaborated to develop the award winning project Positive Spin: enabling people with dementia and their families to cycle.

They will be facilitating this 6 day foundation course comprising three 2 day units:
2nd/3rd February 2018 16/17th February 2018 2nd/3rd March 2018

Fees: £850 for all 3 units £300 per unit

The course is of interest to anyone working with change in any area, and the group process benefits greatly from studying PCP and change across a range of contexts. The style of learning is experiential, illustrating the theory by looking at your own ways of making sense in the world, and participants will be facilitated to apply the ideas in their own practice.

Enquiries to Clare Morris
by email: clrmrrs@me.com
by phone: 07545 287139

COVENTRY CONSTRUCTIVIST CENTRE FOUNDATION COURSE 2018

The course will provide an introduction to the theory and principles of Personal Construct Psychology (PCP). The theoretical base of PCP is broad and robust, which makes this an approach with wide applicability in clinical and educational settings, but also in supervision, coaching, staff management, staff development, and organisational change. Following completion of the Foundation Course there are opportunities to attend further workshops and supervision in order to help you to begin to apply the theory in your own setting, should you wish.


2018 Foundation Course participants, with tutors Diane Allen and Peter Cummins standing in back

Personal Construct Psychotherapy, which has developed from PCP, is a flexible approach to therapy which is well suited to consultation and short term work, as well as to more intensive clinical work. It is suitable for all client groups, ages, and ranges of ability. In this age of the quick fix, Personal Construct Psychotherapy is often useful when other therapies have failed to produce sustained improvement.

The course is taught by tutors who have many years of experience in PC, and are all HCPC registered. Between them, they have a range of publications about their therapeutic work using PCP. The tutors are Diane Allen, Peter Cummins, Heather Moran, Sally Robbins and Grant Weselby. A maximum of 14 places are available which means that the group is small enough for both good discussions and personalised teaching. The Foundation Course has always contained a large component of practical exercises which help participants to engage well with the materials presented. The course is delivered in a seminar format and so participants are expected to prepare for sessions in advance in order to benefit from this.

This course is offered in Coventry by the Coventry Constructivist Centre and runs for five full days. It is held at Queen’s Road Baptist Church, Coventry, from 10.00am – 4pm each day. Details can be found on the PCPA website at www.personalconstructuk.org and also on the Coventry PCP website at www.covpcp.com

The course dates are on Thursdays, : April 19th, April 26th, May 3rd, May 10th, and May 17th. The course fee is £175 for the whole course, which includes the seminar materials. The fee includes drinks and biscuits but it does not include lunch. Participants are asked to provide their own packed lunch for the short lunch break, or they can use the on site café.

If you would like to attend, please email sally@covpcp.com to book a place. When that is confirmed, you will need to pay the fee to secure your place, together with details of your name, professional role, personal email address & mobile number (for emergency contact in case of a problem before or during the course).

Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis. In the event that there are insufficient numbers to proceed with the course, all monies will be refunded. Please note that the fee cannot be refunded for failure to attend once a place is reserved.

Our first bookings are in for EPCA here in Edinburgh and we are looking to encourage as many people as possible to take advantage of our early bird offer which ends on the 31st December 2017. Our early bird offer already allows you to save at least £100 if you register and book accommodation together.

If you do, we will enter your name into a prize draw that will take place if we get 100 registrations by the 31st December 2017*. The winner will get their registration fee refunded** and will be able to come for free. So book now and tell your friends to come too!

* Members of the organizing committee are excluded from the draw. ** The winner will still be liable for their own accommodation costs.

The prize draw will happen by 31st January 2018 and the decision of the organising committee will be final. The draw will only take place provided 100 people have registered for the conference by the closing date. Only people who have registered and booked accommodation are eligible to win.

More information about the conference www.pcp-net.org/epca-2018

This Study Day was led by Mary Frances, a well known Organisational Consultant, Coach and PCP Teacher. The morning centred on her presentation at the 2016 EPCA Conference at Padua “Nests of meaning : alternative ways of understanding constructs”, but also gave participants to work on the issues raised when we move back from a focus on polar choices. In part this picks up ideas involved in Mary’s Preference Axis.

The afternoon started with a reprise of the presentation which Mary gave at the 2017 Alpine Tales conference in Italy together with Lucia Andreatta, “Identity, diversity and privilege”. This allowed us to take time to consider our construing of social identity and to work on identifying aspects of privilege which we may not have articulated before.

The next PCPA Quarterly Study Day, which will be held on September 12th 2015, focusses on the work of Prof Jerald Forster from SeaDle USA, and will include an opportunity to participate in a 3 hour workshop “Recognise Your Strengths” based on his Articulating Strengths Together programme.

September 18th 2015 “Recognise Your Strengths” workshop and the work of Prof Jerald Forster led by Sally Robbins (papers to be circulated, so let me know if you are coming)

The next PCPA seminar is on Personal Construct Psychology in Education, which will run on September 26th 2015 at Syracuse University, London WC1N 3AE. The cost is £10, to include lunch and refreshments. Contact chris.walker@psi-uk.com or lizthomson@aol.com for information on this.

Mon 5 Oct 10:15am - 4:00pm Start of Coventry Foundation Course

Using Personal Construct Psychology in Practice with Children & Adolescents, edited by Heather Moran, includes practical case work examples. You can get it in the iBook store or as an online version on Issuu.

For anyone who is wondering about PCP and what it is, and what you might actually do using this approach, you will find some nice case examples. The style is easy to read, deliberately aimed towards readers with less experience in PCP and beginners. It has been edited by Heather but there are chapters by various authors. There are many interesting interventions and assessment tools for use with this client group. It will suit psychologists, counsellors, teachers and coaches.

This book is available for download with iBooks on your Mac or iPad, and with iTunes on your computer. Multi-touch books can be read with iBooks on your Mac or iPad. Books with interactive features may work best on an iPad. iBooks on your Mac requires OS X 10.9 or later.

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One book – two versions in case people don't have iPads.

miller mair coverAnother Way of Knowing: the poetry of psychological enquiry. Miller Mair (2014)

Miller Mair’s last book has just been published. As its editor Simon King says on the cover “Another way of knowing has the theme of a personal journey, taking in smaller themes as it feels its way forward… It should be read by anyone tired of bullying know-all reductionism, and feeling the need for another way of knowing”.

Available direct from the publishers Lulu Press, or from Amazon.

October 2014 saw the publication in a premier British Journal of the further research of Professor Guillem Feixas of the Barcelona centre showing that Implicative Dilemmas consistently occur in Depressed people. This research has been going on for some considerable time with presentations, (one at Herts University) and wide collaborations.

This is a very British Journal at the heart of clinical practice and there is a well known British figure, Professor David Winter, amongst the 17 who contributed. Very striking is mention of the widening of the Dilemma model to be used in other modalities of therapy as an “add-on”. There are also allusions to the presence of Dilemma focused formulations in other models such as Motivational Interviewing. There is mention of the involvement of CBT.

The article gives a very coherent account of the diagnostic steps involved leading to the Dilemma Formulation using a Repertory Grid method, inter alia. It is a how to do it item.

We are perhaps coming to the start of a season of RCT’s on Dilemma-focused therapies which will finally support notions which PCP has entertained since earlier time, namely that the system of construing will adapt in order to preserve meaning, even if it means becoming depressed.

Now this next bit really is good news and you will see why we have included it. You can read it online without access problems as it is published under open access provision:

Onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Its formal title is:

Feixas, G., et al (2014). Cognitive conflicts in major depression: Between desired change and personal coherence. British Journal of Clinical Psychology.53. 369 – 385.

Every year PCPA has two Foundation Courses starting at different times. where you can learn the fundamentals of the approach using a variety of learning styles. Tere is a continual cycle. This year one has been April - June and there are two others in the October to December sectoion of the year.

The courses are aimed to provide a sound foundation to the theoretical base of PCP. Personal Construct Psychology is broad and robust, which makes this an approach with wide applicability in clinical settings, in supervision, coaching, staff management, staff development, and organisational change.

The courses are of reasonable cost. Read more and you will see detail of the April start and the October start courses.

PERSONAL CONSTRUCT PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION
COVENTRY FOUNDATION COURSE April - June 2015

and also

PERSONAL CONSTRUCT PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION
FOUNDATION COURSE October - December 2015

APPLYING PCP with Cathy and Clare October - December 2015

Personal Construct Psychology: Foundation Course (PCPA accredited)

The Foundation Course was redesigned in 2010 bringing together Cathy & Clare’s many years of experience teaching PCP, both together and separately. The three units provide a comprehensive introduction to Personal Construct Psychology covering basic theory, focusing on reflexive practice and assisting participants in applying PCP in their own contexts from the outset.

It is possible to attend any of the units individually, which will be of interest to those people who are trying out PCP for the first time, or for people returning to PCP looking for a refresher unit. Attending all three units is equivalent to a Foundation Course and eligibility for further training in PCP.

Each unit will include:

A facilitated discussion of the basic elements of PCP
Handouts supporting the topics covered
Personal and professional applications
Case studies
Reflexive exercises
A complimentary group supervision session within 3 months

Dates in 2015

15th/16th October, 12/13th November, and 3rd/4th December

TESTIMONIALS

“Many thanks for a brilliant course. I thoroughly enjoyed all three units and the success of the group, as well as the lovely people, was in no small part down to your inspired facilitation and teaching”

“Really enjoyable and informative, exactly what professional learning should be about- imparting knowledge, getting you to think and challenge. Thank you.”

“Good value …. can you put a value on a life enhancing principle?”

“I have a new ‘angle’ to live from and view matters from …”

“Taking time to think how I understand behaviour has probably been the most impacting feature of the course.”

“My expectations were met and beyond … A unique learning experience. It was an excellent way of learning in a very supportive environment.”

“A good investment and good value as it is something you can permanently take away and change thinking and practice”

“Transforming, professionally and personally”

Costs

£300 per unit £850 for the series of 3 units

A 3 unit series includes a complimentary supervision session to facilitate application of PCP in participants’ own contexts.

Please enquire about reduced rates for people who are self funding.

To read more and make contact:

www.personalconstructpsychology.co.uk

or telephone 07545 287139

or email: Cathy&Clare

AND ALSO

PERSONAL CONSTRUCT PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION

COVENTRY FOUNDATION COURSE 2015

The course will provide an introduction to the theory and principles of Personal Construct Psychology (PCP). The theoretical base of PCP is broad and robust, which makes this an approach with wide applicability in clinical settings, but also in supervision, coaching, staff management, staff development, and organisational change. Following completion of the Foundation Course there are opportunities to attend further workshops and supervision in order to help you to begin to apply the theory in your own setting, should you wish.

Personal Construct Psychotherapy, which has developed from PCP, is a flexible approach to therapy which is well suited to consultation and short term work, as well as to more intensive clinical work. It is suitable for all client groups, ages, and ranges of ability. In this age of the quick fix, Personal Construct Psychotherapy is often useful when other therapies have failed to produce sustained improvement.

The course is taught by tutors who are all HCPC registered and have many years of experience in PCP. Between them, they have a range of publications about their therapeutic work using PCP. The tutors are Peter Cummins, Diane Allen, Sally Robbins, Grant Weselby and Heather Moran. A maximum of 12 places are available which means that the group is small enough for both good discussions and personalised teaching. The Foundation Course has always contained a large component of practical exercises which help participants to engage well with the materials presented. This year we will be building on that by introducing a seminar format. Participants will be expected to prepare for sessions in advance in order to benefit from this.

This course is offered in Coventry by the Personal Construct Association (PCPA), and runs for five full days. It is held at The Clarendon Practice, No.44 Park Road, Coventry CV1 2LD, 10.15am – 4pm Details of content can be found on the PCPA website at www.pcpassociation.net

The course dates are all Thursdays: November 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th, and December 3rd. The course fee is £150 for the whole course, which includes the seminar materials. Trainee psychologists and assistants pay a reduced fee of £130. The fee includes drinks and biscuits but it does not include lunch. Participants are asked to provide their own packed lunch for the short lunch break.

If you would like to attend, please email sally@covpcp.com to book a place. When that is confirmed, you will need to send a cheque made out to PCPA to PCP Foundation Course Applications, The Clarendon Practice, 44 Park Road, Coventry CV2 2LD with details of your name, professional role, personal email address & mobile number (for emergency contact in case of a problem before or during the course).

Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis. In the event that there are insufficient numbers to proceed with the course, all monies will be refunded. Please note that the fee cannot be refunded for failure to attend once a place is reserved.