Melissa Harte Memorial Lecture – February 2025 – Online
The Annual Memorial Melissa Harte Lecture stands as a testament to Dr. Harte’s exceptional contributions to the world of Person-Centered Experiential and Emotion-Focused Therapy. As we come together to celebrate her work, this lecture series aims to illuminate the impactful insights she brought to the field, fostering a continued exploration of her transformative influence on therapeutic practices.
About this talk:
The aim of this talk will be to discuss the relationship between the person-centred approach and current developments in social justice thinking and practice. There is much to celebrate in the contribution that Carl Rogers and our field has made to social justice practices: from the articulation of a client-empowering stance, to Rogers and colleagues’ peace work, to inspiring such community-based practices as nonviolent communication and parent effectiveness training. But there are also challenges to the person-centred approach from the contemporary social justice field: such as how we approach practices like ‘broaching’ and ‘advocacy’, and how we engage with cultural differences or intersectionality. THIS TALK WILL ALSO LOOK at how the person-centred approach might evolve to incorporate these new perspectives: developing theory and practice which combines the client-centredness of classical Rogerian approaches with a cutting edge recognition of contemporary social justice and multicultural issues.
ZOOM
This workshop will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
SELF-SELECT FEE
The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.
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Dr. Melissa Harte (1959-2021)
Dr Melissa Harte (1959-2021), Clinical and Counselling Psychologist, was an extraordinary human with an enormous heart and boundless energy for her work. She dedicated her professional life to improving psychological services in Australia through founding the Australian Institute of Emotion Focused Therapy, research in Emotion Focused Therapy, and her involvement with the Australian Psychological Society. Melissa developed her model, the Extended Focusing Task, for resolving emotional injuries and trauma which is detailed in her book Processing Emotional Pain using Emotion Focused Therapy (published 8th November 2019).
Melissa has left a significant legacy having transformed the lives of many through her therapeutic work, supervision, and training, and having established and inspired a community of Emotion Focused Practitioners in her hometown of Melbourne, Australia. Melissa will also be remembered for her enthusiastic participation in the international arena of Person Centred Therapy.
The Annual Memorial Melissa Harte Lecture was established to honour Dr Melissa Harte’s work and pay tribute to her contribution to the world of Person Centred Experiential and Emotion Focused Therapy.
Mick Cooper
Mick Cooper is an internationally recognised author, trainer, and consultant in the field of humanistic, existential, and pluralistic therapies. He is a Chartered Psychologist, and Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton.
Mick has facilitated workshops and lectures around the world, including New Zealand, Lithuania, and Florida.
Mick’s books include Existential Therapies (Sage, 2017), Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Sage, 2018), The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling (Palgrave, 2013), and Integrating Counselling and Psychotherapy: Directionality, Synergy, and Social Change (Sage, 2019).
His latest work is Psychology at the Heart of Social Change: Developing a Progressive Vision of Society (Policy Press, 2023)
Mick Cooper is also the editor of The Tribes of the Person-Centred Nation (PCCS, 2024) and co-editor of The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling (3rd ed, 2024).
Mick’s principal areas of research have been in shared decision-making/personalising therapy, and counselling for young people in schools.
In 2014, Mick received the Carmi Harari Mid-Career Award from Division 32 of the American Psychological Association. He is a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Academy of Social Sciences.