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PCT Conversations
PCT conversations: small online group meetings to discuss topics related to PCT or from a PCT standpoint. Join in to share your questions, ideas, research, and experiences with PCT. This can include a broad range […]
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Papers
Take Control Course (Transdiagnostic & based on Perceptual Control Theory) compared to low-intesity CBT: a randomized noninferiority trial
Lydia Morrisa, Karina Lovellb, Phil McEvoyc, Richard Emsleyd, Lesley-Anne Cartere, Dawn Edgea, Rachel Batesc, Tanya Wallworkc and Warren Mansel In an RCT, the Take Control Course for up to 20 adults (transdiagnostic & based on […]
Books
Patient-Perspective Care: A New Paradigm for Health Systems and Services
Timothy A. Carey Routledge; 1st edition (December 1, 2017) Book description Inappropriate health care is an escalating and expensive problem. It affects high income, middle income, and low income countries and wastes billions of dollars […]
Books
Deconstructing Health Inequity: A Perceptual Control Theory Perspective
Timothy A. Carey, Sara J. Tai, and Robert Griffiths Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2021 edition (April 5, 2021) Book Description This book offers a radically different perspective on the topic of health inequity. Carey, Tai, […]
Books
Controlling PEOPLE: The Paradoxical Nature of Being Human
Richard S. Marken, and Timothy A. Carey Australian Academic Press (February 3, 2016) Book description “We need to strive for a world where people control what is important to themselves while minimizing the controlling of […]
Books
Hold That Thought! Two Steps to Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy with the Method of Levels
Timothy A. Carey New View Pubns (January 1, 2008) Book description Believing that people with psychological problems get themselves better, Australian clinical psychologist, academic and researcher Timothy A. Carey introduces readers to the Method of […]
Books
Principles-Based Counselling and Psychotherapy
A Method of Levels approach
Timothy A. Carey, Warren Mansell, and Sara J. Tai 2015, Routledge. ISBN 9780415738781 Book Description Many current approaches to the treatment of psychological problems focus on specific disorders and techniques that are purported to be […]
Books
A Transdiagnostic Approach to CBT using Method of Levels Therapy: Distinctive Features (CBT Distinctive Features)
Warren Mansell, Timothy A. Carey, and Sara J. Tai Routledge; 1st edition (November 27, 2012) Book description Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the treatment of choice for most mental health problems. Each different problem is […]
Events
33rd IAPCT Conference and 2023 Annual Meeting
12-14th of October 2023, we’ll have our 33rd annual IAPCT conference, online. […]
Meeting
Welcome to the 32nd IAPCT Conference and 2022 Annual Meeting
Information for subscribed participants Dear participant, We are happy that you registered to participate in our 32st IAPCT annual conference on October 6-8, 2022. We look forward to sharing with you the many facets of […]
Books
Powers of Perceptual Control
Martin Taylor’s ongoing book project describing the foundations of perceptual control theory and its many implications. […]
Computational Models
Perceptual Control Theory Demonstrations
List of sources (on iapct.org and externally) demonstrating various aspects of perceptual control. Some demos (Java) work well in your browser, while others need to be installed.
Books
Understanding and Changing the Things You Do
“Wow. I am impressed with this book! It is comprehensive, neatly structured, and provides a great scientific context for introducing Perceptual Control Theory to the layperson. The explanation builds up gradually over the chapters. Fantastic.” – Warren Mansell, DPhil, DClinPsy, CPsychol […]
Introduction
Quick guide to getting started with PCT
Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) has been around for over 50 years, leaving a trail of papers, books, websites, posts, conversations, videos all over the web. This is a quick guide to get started with the most basic materials: introductory texts, books, demonstrations, papers, websites and finding others interested in PCT. Welcome! […]
Books
The Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory: Living Control Systems IV
Edited by Warren Mansell First edition – May 16, 2020 The Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control Theory brings together the latest research, theory, and applications from W. T. Powers’ Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) that proposes […]
Method of Levels
Method of Levels
Method of Levels introductory text to follow
Method of Levels
MoL Discussions
Latest discussions in the Method of Levels section on Discourse […]
Events
32nd IAPCT Conference and 2022 Annual Meeting
6-8 October 2022, we’ve organized our 32nd annual IAPCT conference, online. […]
IAPCT
IAPCT conference
Perceptual Control Theory (PCT) is the science of purpose: how living things use their actions to produce intended results in an unpredictably changing environment. The technical term for this is control. PCT provides a unified and […]
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