‘Haunted by the void’: a dialogue on death, ageing and the PCA

This paper is a duo ethnographic dialogue between two person-centered practitioners and academics. It is a reflection on increasing age, facing one’s own mortality and evaluating life in the person-centered approach. We explore the phenomenology of increasing awareness of failing 10 bodies, the end in sight and our emotions about that. We then consider our thoughts about leaving the world in the state it is currently in and no longer being able to take an active part or contribution. We conclude with contemplating life after our deaths, our legacies and our beliefs about human potential for collaboration or destruction and the relevance of this to the principles of the PCA.