CLOSING PLENARY SESSION: "Will PCP survive after Y2K?"
Y2K is the computer-literates' chiffre for the change of the century,
the millenium threshold: Year-Two-Thousand. With PCP being inaugurated
almost half a century ago, it seems appropriate to look beyond the magical
year and attempt to imagine how this not-so-new theory might succeed in
the decades to come.
Will PCP transcend the language barrier?
Luis Botella
The strongholds of Personal Construct Theory are still English speaking
countries: the USA, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia. Only a few other
countries have seen the development of small groups of followers: Spain,
Italy, Germany. Is it possible that language issues limit the spreading
of PCP throughout the world, and is this likely to change?
Can Personal Construct Therapy succeed in competition with other
therapies?
David Winter
The Personal Construct approach to psychotherapy has achieved some relevance
in Great Britain but not in many other countries where the rivalling schools
of Psychodynamic Psy-chotherapy and (Cognitive) Behaviour Therapy share
the market. Will the rise of the "con-structivist paradigm" enable Personal
Construct Therapy to gain more acceptance?
Will PCP be accepted in Academia - or should it after all?
Robert Neimeyer
After almost 50 years, PCP is still not part of mainstream psychology -
which could have been expected according to Mullins's theories. Is there
a chance to leave the sectarian circles? Or should PCP be content with
playing a seminal role in a variety of disciplines instead of aiming at
being received by a mother discipline?
The next 44 years
Fay Fransella
With Kelly's monumental works being published 44 years ago - what can be
expected during the next 44 years?