pce2026

19/06/2026

📕Look forward to meeting the lovely editors of the PCEP Journal!📖

For PCE World, this editorial team – which provides us all with so many inspiring, high-quality and innovative articles on the person-centred and experimental approach – is an indispensable resource.

And here, too, there are individuals behind it!
It’s wonderful that you’ll be joining us at the conference. 👨🏻‍🦰👩🏼👨‍🦳👩🏻‍🦱👩🏻‍🦳
And that you’ll also be putting together a special edition on the conference afterwards. Your commitment is wonderful.

You’ll be able to meet the editors throughout the conference, during the PCE World and PCE-literature session, and can arrange to meet them in person at the Main conference or via Oxford Abstract.

After all, a journal is nothing without the many authors who are willing to put their experiences and thoughts down on paper! 📄✍️🗞️

So: get in touch!🤗

18/06/2026

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You can look forward to meeting the lively and innovative colleagues from the PCE Literature team!

They’ll be sharing information on Thursday during the joint session with PCE World and the PCEP Journal Editors, and will be keen to engage in dialogue with you throughout the conference!

We’re delighted that you’re joining us and would like to celebrate your contributions to the dissemination and promotion of person-centred and experiential science!

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10/06/2026

In person-centred and experience-oriented approaches, it is the experiences gained from real-life encounters that enable us to develop and grow.🌱
At the same time, it is the many meaningful and inspiring texts we can read that, in hindsight, encourage us to understand what we have read and learnt. 💗

📚We are looking forward to welcoming book dealer Gudrun Weigelt, who will have a wonderful selection of books on offer for you during the main conference.📚

🚛Have a safe journey, Gudrun – we look forward to seeing you!🤗

05/06/2026

🤩We’re really looking forward to seeing you all!

So many colleagues have already signed up for the pre-conference, the main conference and the online conference!

🔖There are currently around 20 tickets left for the main conference in Cologne, so don’t miss out!
And of course, you can still sign up for the online conference.
You can find all the details here: www.pce2026.com

Like and share if you like, and let’s spread the joy.💛

25/05/2026

🧡Encounter & Community Meetings at PCE2026🧡

If you studied the programm of the PCE2026 Conference, you found out that there are several slots of „Community meeting“ as well as „Encounter group“ offers.

„What is it about?“, you might ask.

We are delighted, that the „Encounter (Group) Organizing Committee“ will open the doors for the Community meetings, as well as for all the Encounter offers at the PCE2026 Pre Conference and the Main Conference.🙌🏻

There is a difference between these formats.
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So, feel invited to learn about them… https://pce2026.com/encounter-organizing-committee/

What‘s your resonance in this moment..? 🤗🪞🫶🏻

04/05/2026

Welcome to Cologne!
The PCE World Congress is taking place here this year – and we’re excited to welcome you!

To give you a feel for the city and a taste of what the congress is all about, we’ll be showing you everything Cologne has to offer in the coming days: culture, unique places, a vibrant atmosphere, and true highlights.

We’ll take you along and provide you with impressions and information step by step – so your anticipation grows a little more each day. ✨

04/05/2026

29/04/2026

Are you ready for the congress?
Have you already secured your ticket?

We are ready – and truly looking forward to welcoming you in Cologne.

The World Congress PCE will take place in July:

Pre-Conference: 6–8 July
Main Conference: 8–11 July

A space for encounter, reflection, and connection – for everyone working in a person-centred way.

See you in Cologne.

19/02/2026

Many have already secured their tickets for PCE2026 and are surely already making preparations for their journey and choosing good accommodation. Hopefully, this will also increase the anticipation!

🧳We hope you enjoy planning your trip and look forward to the conference and your stay in the beautiful Rhineland and especially the colourful Cologne!
Cologne in particular, has a lot to offer these days. 🌈ColognePride takes place the weekend before the conference, and 🎶🎸🎺the Even Flow Festival takes place the weekend after.
Please also take a look at the tourism tips and links that we have provided for you on our homepage. 🕶️🎡💃🏼🕺🏼🖼️🎭👨🏻‍🎤

Good reasons to plan your trip in time.
You can find recommendations for a pleasant stay on our website under www.pce2026.com/accommodation

🏩🛎️The modern local youth hostels are just as recommendable as the conference centre and the various hotels that you can find on the map.

We recommend booking accommodation early to secure a cosy bed for your rest. 🛌🥐☕️

On behalf of the hospitable kölsch hosts around 🤗

26/01/2026

At the Pre-Conference, we run ourselves warm. Participants can expect a good and inspiring time.
In keeping with the tradition of PCE World Conferences, the Pre-Conference is often held at a different location than the main conference and in a way is smaller in scale.
We are delighted to be able to host this year’s Pre-Conference there in cooperation with TH Köln. 🙌🏻
The Programm is in the 2nd slide and here www.pce2026.com/pre-conference
A workshop will take place in one room and an encounter group in the other. More on this in the next posts.


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We would like to introduce you to the moderator of the second workshop: Robert Elliott.

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Workshop 2: Emotion Focused Therapy in a Changing World: A Person-Centered-Friendly Introduction

Overviews of EFT generally emphasize differences between EFT and PCT. This hands-on workshop takes the opposite approach of focusing on common elements, offering a PCT-friendly introduction to EFT.

Robert Elliott (preferred pronouns: they/them) is professor emeritus of counselling at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Scotland) and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Toledo (Ohio).
Their main interests are practice, supervision, training, and research on EFT and related therapies. Their books include Learning emotion-focused psychotherapy (2004/2025) and Emotion-Focused Counselling in Action (2021), as well as 200 journal articles and book chapters. Robert is past president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, and previously co-edited the journals Psychotherapy Research, and Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies.
They have received the Distinguished Research Career Award of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, and the Carl Rogers Award from the Division of Humanistic Psychology of the American Psychological Association.