Settler psychology: Keith Tudor, Brian Rodgers, ‘The person-centred approach in Aotearoa New Zealand: a critical examination of a settler psychology’, Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 2020

01Dec20

Abstract: This article examines how the person-centered approach (PCA) became established in Aotearoa New Zealand, and draws parallels between how a Western psychology lands and settles and the process of colonization. Utilizing a critical methodology of both written records and oral history, the article documents the process of ‘first contact’ of Rogers’ ideas, followed by the later ‘settlement’ of client- and person-centered influences through churches and ministry, marriage guidance, and relationship counseling, and the tertiary education sector. Drawing on the results of a contemporary survey, the article reflects on the limitations of the current practice of person-centered therapy, and of therapists influenced by the PCA. The article concludes with a challenge to the approach to adapt to be more culturally responsible, relevant, and responsive, particularly to the indigenous Māori people of the land.

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Settler colonialism is a global and transnational phenomenon, and as much a thing of the past as a thing of the present. Settlers 'come to stay': they are founders of political orders who carry with them a distinct sovereign capacity.
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Settler psychology: Keith Tudor, Brian Rodgers, ‘The person-centred approach in Aotearoa New Zealand: a critical examination of a settler psychology’, Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 2020

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