From the experiential perspective the important therapeutic factors may be described in a coherent whole of distinct spaces. The client makes with the therapist a relationship space, from which develops a space of reflecting directedness to the experiential level. This makes possible the focusing space and from there on the symbolization space, the heart of the change process. The therapeutic spaces are preceeded by the pathological 'space' (fixation), and sometimes they're leading to the self-symbolization space (creativity). All together they form a scheme of experiential psychotherapy. The scheme can integrate essential elements of the psychoanalytic, the behavioral and the systemic therapies. Also it can differentiate: what a silence is, how experiencing is, what words can do with experiencing, and so on, is different in each space.
The tPeP (Journal Person-centered experiential Psychotherapy) is the scientific journal for Dutch and Flemish psychotherapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists, that work from, or are interested in a client-centered perspective.
