Pražská vysoká škola psychosociálních studií,s.r.o.
PVŠPS-PPF, Pražská psychoterapeutická fakulta
Hekrova 805, Praha 4 - Háje, tel/fax: 267 913 634
www.pvsps.cz, e-mail: info@pvsps.cz
Training in Client-Centred Psychotherapy
The Training programme is accredited as a Complex Educational Programme in Psychotherapy for health
care by the Česká psychoterapeutická společnost České lékařské společnosti JEP.
Requirements for applicants
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Applicants should be 23 years or older at the commencement of the programme
Applicants should have finished their studies ending with ‘maturita’ or the equivalent international
study (please contact us to discuss this point). Client-Centred Therapy (CCT) training is primarily
intended for medical doctors, clinical psychologists and other professionals working in the helping
professions.
Applicants are healthy and psychologically able to undergo psychotherapy training. They will
confirm this in written form. To conceal or distort physical or psychological health is a reason for
suspension or termination of selection process and training.
Applicants have a clear motivation to undergo psychotherapeutic training and to be
psychotherapists.
Material needed for application process:
1. Application form (you can find this at the end of this material).
2. Applicants will write an informal CV and provide a photograph. The CV should be in the form of a
reflective statement. The CV, along with the photograph will be returned to the candidate after the
selection process is finished. The CV’s only owner is the candidate themselves and training
facilitators can read it only with a view to the selection process.
3. Candidates will participate for 2 hours in a group where they can express themselves in the group
setting. Facilitators of the training will consider their abilities to participate in group. Training is run
mainly in groups and participants need to have adequate personality characteristics.
4. Two facilitators will speak individually with candidate about their CV and group work.
5. Candidate will receive information about selection decision.
The date of the commencement of the new training programme and for sending your application can be
found on page přihlášení (application). After receiving your application, we will invite you for interview.
Applicants will be informed about selection outcome.
Content of training programme:
Client-Centred Psychotherapy (‘Rogerian psychotherapy’)
To successfully complete the CCP training it is necessary to complete four parts: selfdevelopment, theory, supervision and practice.
The programme of complex education in Client-Centred Psychotherapy seeks to embody those values
described as client/person centred, or those of the person centred approach (also known as Rogerian
psychotherapy), as proposed initially by the psychologist Carl Rogers, often referred to as one of the
founders of Humanistic Psychology. Briefly described, Rogers hypothesised the concept of the formative
tendency, whereby, all living organisms strive toward meaningful growth. Within the human organism
this is described as the actualising tendency. This tendency is an unfolding process that can be
facilitated within a relationship characterised by trust in the uniqueness of the person, and their ability
to take risks in, and give meaning to, their life. In such relationships, human beings move toward being
pro-social, collaborative and challenge seeking – not looking for the ‘easy life’ but rather, an ‘ethical life’.
These values are those which underpin client-centred theory of interpersonal relationships, teaching and
learning and, of course, Client-Centred Psychotherapy. Thus, within the training, we seek to exemplify in
concrete form, and throughout all stages, a psychological environment whereby participants can
develop:
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trust in their uniqueness and the uniqueness of others;
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develop and experience their relationships-in the-world;
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whereby collaboration is a key element between participant and participant, participant and staff,
participant (psychotherapist) and client/patient;
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whereby the primary directional force for development (both cognitive and affective) comes from
the participant themselves
If the appropriate learning environment can be provided, participants access resources within
themselves to develop in the direction most appropriate to their needs. In concrete terms this means an
emphasis is put on the development of a learning community, composed of the staff and participants,
working within the programmes aims. Each participant brings their experience and understanding to
these processes – including the staff whose experiences and understandings include the requirements of
a professional and ethical, psychotherapeutic training.
During the training participants will have a mental health placement, where psychotherapy is practiced.
Participants, directly or by other means (e.g. audio/video, minutes, communications, etc.), participate in
the psychotherapeutic process, have the opportunity to watch the process, discuss it, and also learn
management documentation.
Content of Complex Learning Programme
Hours
a) Theory of Client-Centred Psychotherapy
250
b) Self-experience
350
c) Skills practice
100
d) Client work
400
e) Supervision
150
f) Mental Health Placement
40
In addition to the hours above, participants as students of PVŠPS may have at least 1,000 hours of
theory, 600 hours of self-experience (in the course of BA and MA studies), 150 hours of Mental Health
Placement. All these activities are aimed at psychotherapeutic education.
A. DELIVERY OF THEORY
The theoretical part of the programme is offered in a number of different ways:
1. Provided by programmes of PVŠPS in full-time and combined studies of BA & MA studies. 2. Provided
at Prague Psychotherapeutic Faculty
3. Special workshops, training and seminars organised by PVŠPS
4. Provided in the Complex program of Learning and is characterised in the part “Special psychotherapy”
described below.
A.1. General Theory (600 hours)
As part of education in a helping profession - the basics of psychological assessment/diagnostic,
personality psychology, psychopathology of adults, children and youth, social pathology, developmental
psychology, special education, basic psychopharmacology, health and illness (+ first aid)
A.2. Special complementary theory (200 hours)
Philosophy, sociology, care for the soul, religion, education, cultural and social, anthropology, ethics.
A.3. General psychotherapy (200 hours)
Schools, directions, methods, forms of psychotherapy, counselling, interview.
A.4. Special psychotherapy (250 hours) – provided by CCP Training
Client-centred workshops, training and seminars will cover the basics of post-modernism,
phenomenology, humanistic psychology, procedures and attitudes in psychotherapy from a clientcentred perspective. In the seminar on comparative psychotherapy, different psychotherapeutic
approaches and methods will be interpreted phenomenologically, in order that they can be understood
from within CCP framework. Client-centred ‘diagnosis’ will be compared with psychiatric based
diagnosis, clinical psychology, counselling and social work.
Topics:
Philosophical Foundations of Client-Centred theory and Practice
This will cover: historical antecedents; modernism and post-modernism; comparison with previous
psychologies; the work of Buber; recent developments in Client-Centred theory – configurations of self,
relational depth, dialogical therapy.
Theory of Client-Centred Practice
This will cover: classical client-centred practice; emotion-focussed therapy/experiential psychotherapy;
exploration of the attitudes of empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard and the
conditions of contact and perception; non-directivity in context.
Client-Centred Theory and Practice and Psychopathology
This will cover: Client-Centred theory to mental health and psychopathology; pre-therapy with people
diagnosed with schizophrenia and psychosis; working with difficult process (fragile, psychotic and
dissociated); work with depressive patients/clients.
Working with Difference and Diversity.
This will cover: exploration and integration of issues of gender, age, ethnicity, disability.
Research
This will cover: exploring research in relation to psychotherapy generally and to client-centred
psychotherapy specifically; exploration of quantitative and qualitative psychotherapeutic research.
Special Psychotherapy, provided by CCP training, finishes with a dialogical exam with the course
participants and training facilitators. This will be assessed pass/fail.
Lecturers are:
Doc. PhDr. Jiří Růžička, Ph.D., Doc. PhDr. Vladimír Hlavenka, CSc., Sheila Haugh, M.A., Doc. Mgr.
Ladislav Timulák, PhD., MUDr. Eva Růžičková, MUDr. Lucie Provazníková, Mgr. Martin Miler, Mgr.
Barbora Kohoutová, PhDr.Gabriela Langošová, PhDr. Hana Smitková, PhD., Andrea Uphoff, M.A.,
Dagmar Edwards, M.Sc.
Required literature
Czech
Buber, M. (2005, 3.vydání): Já a Ty. Praha, Kalich.
Prouty, G., van Werde, D., Pörtner, M. (2005) Preterapie: navázání a udržení kontaktu s obtížně
komunikujícími klienty. Praha: Portál.
Rogers, C. R. (1998) Způsob bytí. Praha: Portál.
Rogers, C. R. (2000) Klientom centrovaná terapia. Modra: Persona.
Rogers, C. R. (1959) Teória terapie, osobnosti a interpersonálnych vzťahov. In Koch, S. (Ed.)
Psychology: A Study of Science. Study 1. Conceptual and Systematic. Vol 3 Formulation of the Person
and Social Context.), McGraw-Hill, New York, 1959, s. 184 – 256 (přeložili V. Hlavenka, I. Valkovič)
interní materiál tréninkového programu
Vymětal, J., & Rezková, V. (2001) Rogersovský přístup k dospělým a dětem. Praha: Portál.
English
Barrett-Lennard, G.T. (1998) Carl Rogers’ Helping Systems. Journey & Substance. London: Sage
Publications.
Cooper, M., Watson, J., Hölldampf, D. (2010) Person-Centred and Experiential Therapies
work.
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review of the research on counselling, psychotherapy and related practices. Ross-on-Wye, PCCS Books.
Cooper, M., O’Hara, M., Schmid, P.F., Bohart, A.C. (2013): The Handbook of Person-Centred
Psychotherapy and Counselling. Hampshire, Palgreave MacMillan.
Haugh, S. & Paul, S. (2008) (Eds.) The Therapeutic Relationship: Perspectives and Themes. Ross-onWye: PCCS Books.
Joseph, S., Worsley, R. (2005) (Eds.) Person-Centred Psychopathology. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books.
Sanders, P., Hill, A. (2014) Counselling for Depression. London: Sage Publications.
B. SELF/EXPERIENCE PART OF TRAINING PROGRAMME
Team of lecturers
Doc. PhDr. Jiří Růžička, Ph.D., Doc. PhDr. Vladimír Hlavenka, CSc., Sheila Haugh, M.A., Doc. Mgr.
Ladislav Timulák, PhD.,MUDr. Eva Růžičková, MUDr. Lucie Provazníková, Mgr. Martin Miler, Mgr. Barbora
Kohoutová, PhDr. Gabriela Langošová, PhDr. Hana Smitková, PhD., Andrea Uphoff, M.A., Dagmar
Edwards, MSc.
In self-experience part of learning programme facilitators usually work in couples.
Duration of individual self-experience part
Self-experience contains 430 hours made up as follows:
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350 hours in the form of community/group experience;
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80 hours in the form of personal training therapy (participant is in the position of client). Before
start of personal training therapy will be given to participants list of recommended CCP therapists.
Training therapist is not facilitator of participant’s training group neither his/her supervisor.
Community and group experience work
Provision of personal experience is in the form of a community group which will meet during the year at
designated times. These meetings will be residential (the group will be accommodated in one place
together) and will run over a number of days. In this way, participants and training facilitators will
create a learning community.
Self-experience groups offer the opportunity for participants to develop a greater awareness of the way
in which thought and feeling continually flow and change (self-development), and the ways in which this
process may be shared with other people (self-in-relationship-with-others). This is sometimes referred
to as the process of immediacy and the skill of emotional literacy. Self-experience groups also bring the
opportunity for developing a greater level of understanding, tolerance and respect for difference.
The development of a learning community group in the second stage of the training is intended to
create an environment whereby students are able to actively engage in their learning process,
identifying their own needs and requirements to practice as competent and ethical client-centred
psychotherapists. With the identification and attainment of their own personal goals, participants draw
on self-discipline and accept responsibility for their learning. Through active participation in the learning
community, staff share responsibility for the learning process within the parameters of professional and
course requirements as detailed in this application.
The programme provides a number of ways of facilitating personal experience and development of
participants. Throughout the BA and MA levels students have a self development group. This group
meets 3 times per year for 4 days, meaning for a student of BA, 360 hours self-experience work and for
a MA student 600 hours of self-experience work. These hours can be included in the complex learning
program in CCP on the bases of recommendation and individual consideration by lecturers/facilitators of
these groups. These groups need to be facilitated by a CCP facilitator.
C. ACQUIRING THERAPEUTIC SKILLS
The opportunity to develop therapeutic skills is offered in a number of ways:
Skills practice.
Skills practice (100 hours) allows participants the opportunity to practice and develop the skill of
communicating the attitudes and conditions that Rogers hypothesized as necessary and sufficient for the
therapeutic process. Specifically it means working in: empathy labs; therapeutic labs; labs of
congruence; demonstration interviews.
D. CONTACT THERAPEUTIC PRAXIS
Participants are required to undertake a minimum of 400 supervised client/patient contact hours.
Supervision for the course, individual or group, will be with supervisors trained in client-centred
psychotherapy, thus ensuring that the development of client-centred therapeutic skills will include both
the micro – specific interventions with clients/patient, and the macro – e.g. the management of
assessment (diagnosis) and general case management.
E. SUPERVISION
Participants must complete a minimum of 150 hours of supervision including at least 50 hours of
individual supervision. Supervision must be conducted by a supervisor recognised by the course as
qualified and/or experienced in both Client-Centred psychotherapy and work within a health care
setting. Supervisee will obtain confirmation about supervision. This confirmation is a pre-requisite for
final process. List of acknowledged supervisors will be given to participants.
Price: the fees are 21,000 Kc per year. This covers training facilitator fees, guest facilitators and
administration. Accommodation and food costs are additional. These fees may rise dependant on the
inflation rate and additional expenses associated with the training itself.
COMPLETION OF PROGRAMME IN CLIENT-CENTRED PSYCHOTHERAPY
a) On the completion of the training the participant will prepare a written reflective learning statement
covering all aspects of the course. This will be presented to the learning community (participants and
staff).
b) Participant will have confirmation from supervisor (confirming supervised hours) and from therapist
(confirming hours of individual training therapy).
Participant will complete a written Supervisory Practice Report. This report will show that the participant
is able to analyse and process a part of clinical work (at least 8-12 sessions) with a specific focus on
how supervision inputs and context of supervision (individual, group) developed their client-centred
work.
These three documents are a necessary pre-requisite for admission to Final Panel.
c) Final Panel
The final process is a panel. It consists of at least three Client-Centred therapists who will check all
necessary documents have been submitted correctly.
The panel and participant will discuss the participant’s Supervised Practice Report. The panel will also
ask questions that relate to the Supervised Practice Report, the overall training and of a general
professional nature.
On successful completion at the Final Panel, PVŠPS-PPF will award the Certificate in Complex
Educational Programme in Client-Centred Psychotherapy.
Long-life professional development
Certified Client-Centred participants are committed to long-life professional development in
psychotherapy and related fields. If the participant wants to be registered in the list of certified
participants of Client-Centred Psychotherapy training at PVŠPS-PPF, they are required to attend at least;
- 4 professional psychotherapeutic lectures or seminar per year
- 10 hours of supervision per year.
These professional activities are registered into the Index of long-life professional development that is
scrutinised and accredited every 5 years, controlled by PVŠPS-PPF. Participants of the training
programme will obtain Index when they evidence activities undertaken. Non-registered activities will be
not accepted For Czech participants working in Czech Republic:
K samostatnému vykonávání psychoterapie je nutné mít kromě psychoterapeutického vzdělání
vysokoškolské vzdělání v některé pomáhající profesi (medicína, psychologie, sociální práce
apod.).
Pro práci ve zdravotnictví (kde je psychoterapie hrazena pojišťovnou) je kromě
psychoterapeutického vzdělání podmínkou následující vzdělání:
medicína + atestace z psychiatrie (výjimečně z jiného oboru) + funkční specializace z
psychoterapie,
psychologie + atestace z klinické psychologie + funkční specializace z psychoterapie.
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