Dedication to Charles O'Leary

摘要

I would like to dedicate this issue to Charles O'Leary who died in October, just after his article was printed in the first 'facilitating encounter' special issue. Charlie has been a central part of these special issues for me. When we, the editors, first released the call for papers inspired by the encounter experience at the PCE conference in Vienna in July 2018, Charlie was the first to respond, saying his article was nearly ready as he had already been compelled to write after his experience in Vienna. He submitted his paper shortly after and I was privileged to be the action editor for his paper, conveying the responses from peer reviewers and guiding him through resubmissions. While maintaining confidentiality on specifics, I would like to record some of this process here and the value of it for me. It feels important for me to say something about my experience of working with Charlie, as such a treasured member of the person-centered community and honor his extensive contributions to the person-centered community and approach over many decades.