Deadline: 15 January 2016
Proposals are now being accepted for the upcoming PCE 2016 Conference on Integrity, Interdisciplinarity, and Innovation!
World Association for Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling (WAPCEPC) is currently inviting persons interested in person-centered and experiential practice, research, and training to make a contribution to the PCE 2016 conference by presenting their findings and/or new insights relating to Integrity, Interdisciplinarity, and Innovation in one of four formats described below.
The Conference will be held on July 20-24, 2016 in Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA. The theme for the year 2016 is Integrity, Interdisciplinarity, and Innovation. Presentations on other topics related to person-centered and/or experiential psychotherapies or counseling are also most welcome.
Types of Presentations
- Papers: These are individual presentations of about 45 minutes (with at least 10 minute discussion time) that may have a theoretical, clinical, or research-based character.
- Roundtable Discussions: These are events in which a debate on a given topic is encouraged. They usually consist of a presentation of 2-3 papers with about 15-20 minutes for each presenter with the final 20-30 minutes reserved for audience participation. It must involve at least 2 presenters.
- Workshops: These are about 90-minute events that have an experiential character. They focus on a specific clinical skill or therapeutic approach.
- Pecha-Kucha: This is an innovative type of presenting one’s ideas. The presenter gives a brief and PowerPoint or Prezi presentation using a maximum of 10 slides, telling the essence of one’s story in seven minutes. Up to 8 presentations may be grouped in one pecha-kucha of an hour.
Eligibility Criteria
- Presenters must register to attend PCE 2016 before submitting their abstracts.
- A main/first author may have no more than three presentations during the conference.
- The conference will be conducted in English.
- Presentations can be of 4 types described above.
- Presentations on other topics related to person-centered and/or experiential psychotherapies or counseling are also most welcome.
How to apply?
- Abstracts, a reduced version of the work in order to enable the reader to determine its relevance to the conference theme or a topic relevant for PCE, can be submitted via email.
- Following information must be provided along with the abstract:
- Personal details of Author and co-author.
- Abstract Title
- Presentation language, if other than English
- Keywords (max 5)
- Photo of presenter if consent for use in program, online, or other propotional
- materials (optional)
For more information, please visit Conference 2016.
