Persona was founded in 1995 as a not-for-profit organisation with the specific purpose of providing personal and professional development opportunities focused on inter-personal relationships and counselling founded on the principles of the Person-Centred approach.

Persona offers a range of residential and non-residential programmes designed and facilitated to support the development of personal awareness and insight, clear communication and the development of healthy relationships in our personal lives and in the workplace. The programmes are applicable to our personal and working lives, although some have a particular focus which are more relevant to one sphere.

• Offer high quality personal and professional development programmes which provide a learning environment founded on person-centred principles
• Offer professional training and development programmes which affirm individuals as learners and provide them with a sound theoretical and clinical framework on which to base a professional and ethical practice.
• Promote excellence in clinical competence through the provision of managed placement opportunities for students, interns and practitioners
• Support the ongoing development of the counselling profession by providing counselling, training, facilitation and research opportunities for students and practitioners.