Welcome to the Brighton Person-Centred Community website
The Brighton Person-Centred Community is open to anyone interested in the Person-Centred Approach.
We are passionate about meeting each other as we truly are in supportive, confidential environments where we greet each other with a non-judgmental accepting attitude. We want to offer opportunities for connection and to support to each other.
There are different ways to be involved and to meet others interested in the person-centred approach. There is a regular Reading Group, as well as three other meetings each mont: a person-centred experiential group, a walking community, and a group for recently qualified practitioners. More information can be found here. We also have a programme of exciting workshops with guest speakers and a thriving book club.
We look forward to meeting you.
For the latest news, please scroll down below.
As a group we are affiliated to TPCA (The Person-Centred Association) and form part of the national 'Local Groups' network.
*Please note that the Community meetings on the second and third Saturdays of each month are by no means exclusive to therapists and counsellors.
How we came to be
The group was formed in recognition of the fact that there were few organized opportunities locally for counsellors and therapists with an interest in the person-centred approach to come together for contact and mutual support.
This perceived gap highlighted the need for a group where sustained personal/professional contact was made possible.
For more than ten years our community has been meeting once a month on a Saturday morning.
Latest News:
Though the regular monthly meeting at the Friends' Meeting House is closing - see below - keep an eye out, both here and in the monthly newsletter, for notice of upcoming workshops and possible new groups.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
The Regular monthly meeting at the Friends' Meeting House:
For some time the regular meeting at the Friends’ Meeting House on the 3rd Saturday of each month has been very poorly attended.
At our last meeting on 16th November, which doubled as a business meeting, we confirmed our decision to close the meeting at the end of the year. The next - and last - meeting will be on 21st December 2024.
We all agreed that this type of meeting is both precious and rare, to the point of being almost unique; a space where we can meet and engage in the physical presence of others, with no agenda other than to be with ourselves, and to hold an awareness of Carl Rogers's core conditions.
We realise that, for whatever reason, the meeting in its current form can no longer be sustained. It is our fervent hope that something new will emerge to fill the space that is left.
We would urge you to come to the final meeting in December, in the hope of gaining some sense of what it is that has now been lost; or maybe just to say goodbye.
Community meetings
There are three meetings each month:
A New Practitioners' meeting in Hove on the first Saturday of each month;
A walking meeting on the second Saturday of each month;
A conventional, in-person meeting on the third Saturday.
NB Please see the notes above and on the Meetings page
For more details, and for the dates of future meetings, please visit
our Meetings & Groups page.
Reading group
Meetings take please on a Friday evening in Lewes - usually in a member's house; with an option to join in online.
For more information contact Geraldine Pass: geraldinem1264@gmail.com
Donating to the Community
Our existing funds are reasonably healthy; but we certainly will not refuse donations if you feel like contributing to our future. If you would like to make a voluntary donation, our bank details are:
PERSON CENTRED COMMUNITY;
08-92-99;
65079432.
Alternatively, please contact our treasurer, William Johnston, at willj@ntlworld.com.
Photo by Ben Guerin on Unsplash
Become part of the community
The Brighton Person-Centred Community is not a 'membership organisation' in the official sense. However there are various ways to connect with the community. You can:
- Sign-up to our newsletter (on the right)
- Come to a community meeting
- Come to a workshop
- Join the reading group
We hope you find the community a useful and enjoyable thing to be part of, and that it furthers your appreciation, understanding and sense of community in relation to the Person-Centred approach.
For ongoing articles, links and discussions connected with the community and the person-centred approach simply click the Facebook and Twitter (X) icons below to 'like' or 'follow' us!
If you want to contact us, please either email one of the volunteers listed on our Contact page.
Alternatively, write to us at Brightonpcc01@gmail.com.