This episode is a look at some useful reminders in parts of a conference paper by Peggy Dalton. Unfortunately, Peggy died in 2012 but I was lucky enough to attend some of her PCP workshops. I always left them thinking hard about my work and about PCP theory. In case you would like to know more about Peggy, and her role in the world of PCP, there is a link to a thoughtful obituary by Mary Frances here: https://www.pcp-net.org/journal/pctp12/frances-dalton12.pdf.Peggy reminds us of the importance of exploring the construing of siblings, and the construing of self though the eyes of siblings. This applies to all of us with siblings, so you can listen with thoughts about how your siblings construing has influenced you, as well as thinking about the people you work with. The PEG is probably the best technique to explore this and you can find the instructions on my website here https://drawingtheidealself.co.uk/resources.I would also recommend Peggy’s book A Psychology for Living, Personal Construct Theory for Professionals and Clients (2005) as a great introduction to PCP.This paper was presented in 1992 so the names she gives to the children mentioned seem quite old fashioned and are not representative of today's population.

Reference:Dalton, P. (1994). My sister, my brother, myself - sibling factors in the child’s construing of self. in European Perspectives in Personal Construct Psychology. Selected Papers from the Inaugural Conference of the EPCA 1992

Dorothy Rowe is probably somewhere at the top of a list of popular psychology writers. This chapter was written a long time ago but it provides an introduction to her later work. Although she does not explicitly reference Kelly in this work, Rowe was a PCP therapist who wrote in a style that enabled people to understand her work easily.

Reference:

Rowe, D. (1985). Depression is a Prison. In Epting, F. & Landfield, A.W. Anticipating Personal Construct Psychology. Uni. of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London.

This episode is a great reminder of why we should always explore young people's own views of when we try to understand their problems. Butler and Green explain the value of taking a PCP approach to working with young people but their reasoning and the application of theory applies equally well to adults. Note that they use the term PCT here i.e. Personal Construct Therapy.

Reference:

Butler, R.J. & Green, D. 2007). The Child Within. Taking the Young Person's Perspective by Applying Personal Construct Psychology. 2nd Ed.