Current Board

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Meet the Board

(In alphabetical order)

2026-2028

Board Member

Thierry Dudreuilh

AFP-ACP, Luxembourg/France

Board Member

Fleur Farish-Edwards

tPCA, UK

Board Member

Barbora Hrdlickova

PCA Institute Ister, Slovakia/Czech Republic

Board Member

Natalia Krupcikova

IPS, Slovakia

Board Member

Sofia Papoutsi

PAP, HAPCEA, Cyprus

Board Member

Jana Trckova

IPS, Slovakia/Czech Republic

Board Member

Alexander Zelasny

GwG, Germany

Fleur Farish-Edwards

Former Chair of PCE Europe

UK, member of tPCA

Counsellor, Educator, Researcher

working with clients for over 12 years

Short bio

I am a person-centred and creative arts counsellor, supervisor, educator, researcher, and current Chair of PCE Europe. Alongside running a small private practice and co-facilitating therapeutic creative workshops through Two Birds Therapy, I work as a Senior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Edge Hill University, where I programme lead, teach, supervise research, and contribute to practitioner education and professional development.

Alongside my academic and clinical work, I hold consultancy and external examiner roles and contribute to wider professional developments across psychotherapy and counselling. My doctoral research explores the lived experiences of adopted adults and reflects my ongoing commitment to honouring voice, relationship, and the experiences of those who may be marginalised or unheard.

Over the past year as Chair of PCE Europe, I have had the privilege of working collaboratively with Board colleagues and our wider community to support the continued growth and development of our network across Europe.

Natalia Krupcikova

Former Treasurer of PCE Europe

Slovakia, member of IPS Slovakia

HR Manager

in first year of training, no clients yet

Short bio

I am an HR leader with extensive experience in professional services, currently working as an HR Manager at BDO Slovak Republic. Over the past years, I have held HR, HR Business Partner, and HR Lead roles in international consulting firms such as EY and Mazars, giving me a comprehensive view of the employee lifecycle, talent management, and people strategy in dynamic, client-facing environments. My work spans strategic HR partnering with leadership, driving HR projects, and supporting managers in building high-performing and engaged teams. Alongside my corporate role, I draw on a strong analytical foundation from my studies in finance at Comenius University in Bratislava and the Technical University of Košice, which enables me to approach HR with a data-informed and business-focused mindset. I am particularly interested in connecting people development with organisational goals, ensuring that HR initiatives support both growth and sustainability. Fluent in English and experienced in cross-functional collaboration, I enjoy working with diverse teams and contributing to a culture where people can thrive and deliver their best work.

Barbora Hrdlickova

Former Secretary of PCE Europe

Czech republic, member of PCA Ister Slovakia

psychotherapist, clinical psychologist

working with clients for over 28 years

Short bio

Clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, supervisor. Training therapist and supervisor for the PCA Institute Prague, PCA Ister Bratislava. Lecturer at the Institute for Healthcare Education. I work with clients in individual, group, couple and family therapy. I have over 20 years of experience working with adult (16+) clients, both in healthcare and in private practice. I live near Prague with my husband, three (almost) adult children, two cats and a dog.

Over the past year serving as Secretary of PCE Europe, it has been a genuinely rewarding journey to work hand in hand with my Board colleagues and our incredible community, all united in nurturing and growing our network across Europe

Jana Trckova

Former Membership of PCE Europe

Czech republic, member of IPS Slovakia

Person-Centred Counsellor & Sociotherapist | Practitioner in neurodevelopmental approaches

working with clients since 2015

Short bio

I am a Person-Centred Counsellor & Sociotherapist and a participant in long-term training in the Person-Centred Approach to Psychotherapy and Counselling since 2012. I am also a practitioner in neurodevelopmental approaches and an active member of the Institute for Psychotherapy and Sociotherapy Slovakia (IPS).

Thierry Dudreuilh

first time election

Luxembourg, member of AFP-ACP

PCE Mediator and Therapist

working with clients almost 30 years

Short bio

A former Managing Director and CEO in the staffing and cybersecurity sectors, Thierry Dudreuilh came to the Person-Centred and Experiential approach through the lived reality of organisations — and never left. Over a career spanning more than four decades, he has worked at the intersection of humanistic practice, conflict resolution, psychotherapy, and scientific inquiry.

He trained alongside pioneers of the PCEA in Europe — André de Peretti and Marcel Tourrenc — and served for fifteen years as a volunteer mediator and President of Jacqueline Morineau’s Centre de Médiation et de Formation à la Médiation (CMFM, Paris). As a UNESCO peace education expert, he led 18 missions in war and post-conflict settings for the Council of Europe and the European Union, an experience that shaped both his model of Humanistic, Transformative, and Comprehensive Mediation — recognised in 1999 by André de Peretti, Peter Schmid, and Brian Thorne — and his subsequent work on trauma treatment using the DMOKA® method.

In 2015, he co-founded the Académie-ACP (PCE-Academy) in Luxembourg, the only organisation in the Grand Duchy dedicated to professional training in the PCEA, whose ACP-APOGEE® programme integrates mediation, counselling, and psychotherapy within a coherent person-centred framework. His research on the neurobiological grounding of the PCEA provides scientific corroboration for the foundational theses of both Rogers and Gendlin.

His publications include contributions to Grenzräume als Chance für Bildungsinnovationen and Les espaces frontaliers, laboratoires de la citoyenneté européenne, co-direction of Communication, tensions, conflits (Éditions des Archives Contemporaines, 2018), and numerous articles on mediation and the treatment of simple and complex traumas.

He works in French (native), English, and Italian, with a foundation in German he is committed to reactivating.

Sofia Papoutsi

first time election

Cyprus, member of PAP, HAPCEA

Director of IPEAC - Institute of person centred and Experiential Approach in Cyprus

working with clients for 22 years

Short bio

I am a Person-Centred and Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapist, trainer, and founder & director of the Institute for Person-Centred & Experiential Approaches (I.P.E.A.C.), based in Cyprus. I am also a Certifying Coordinator of The International Focusing Institute (TIFI) in New York, actively contributing to the dissemination and training of Focusing at an international level.

My academic background includes studies in Social Work in Greece, a Master of Arts in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a Master of Arts in Counselling from University of East Anglia. During my time in India, I collaborated with social and educational organisations, participating in programmes supporting children and communities in partnership with non-governmental and international bodies, including initiatives connected to the United Nations.

I am trained in Person-Centred and Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, as well as in Family and Systemic Therapy. Since 2016, I’ve been training mental health professionals in Focusing and the Person-Centred Approach in Greece and Cyprus. I also taught in academic and training institutions, including Mediterranean College, contributing to counselling and psychotherapy education.

Alexander Zelasny

first time election

Germany, member of GwG

Psychologist, Person-Centered Counselor

probably 3000+ hrs with clients

Short bio

Ever since I got to know Carl Rogers' person-centered approach around 15 years ago, it immediately resonated with me and I knew from then on that this was the way I wanted to bring empathy and unconditional positive regard (or, as Rogers even sometimes said, "love") to the world. I am a clinical psychologist and person-centered counselor. Until 2023, I worked with adolescents and young adults in a residential youth care facility – first as a therapist and later as facility director. Since 2023, I have been coping with a severe neuroimmunological health condition, which has allowed me to gain a new perspective on life and helped me connect more deeply with life and other people. Since 2025, I have been providing person-centered therapy and counseling in private practice in Berlin, where I continue to be fascinated by clients' inherent tendency toward growth and development. Currently, I am undergoing professional training in person-centered psychotherapy at the German Association for Person-Centered Psychotherapy and Counseling (GwG). I feel deeply connected to Carl Rogers' way of being, which is why I would like to contribute to the spread and further establishment of the person-centered approach in the fields of psychology, counseling and psychotherapy.