Although person-centred theory is an organismic theory, not a self theory, the notion of ‘self' remains important

Although person-centred theory centres on the concept of the ‘organism’, that is the whole person comprising a number of subsystems including biochemical, physiological, perceptual, emotional, behavioural and relational systems, rather than the ‘self’ (see Barrett-Lennard 1998: 74–76; Rogers 1951: 484–488, 1959: 221; Tudor and Merry 2002: 91–93), and Tudor and Merry (2002: 92) state that person-centred theory may justifiably be considered as an organismic psychology rather than a self psychology, the notion of the self has importance and currency.