Our Mission
"To promote the development and unfolding of every client's internal resources."
Photo of Milligan Place by: Art Cumings
At the New York Person-Centered Resource Center, we believe that people have an inherent capacity to select what is best for themselves. Under conditions that allow them to clarify their needs and identify their natural problem-solving impulses, they will begin to grow, and develop their full potential. Our practice finds its roots in the work of American psychologist Carl Rogers, Client-Centered Therapy, The Person-Centered Approach, as well as other forms of Humanistic Psychology.
About Us
The Center was founded in 2004 with the purpose of helping clients develop their full potential. To this end, we promote the development of our clients’ internal resources, and provide guidance in recognizing and solving problems. We offer psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families, and groups, as well as psychological, neuropsychological, and psycho-educational testing.
During the 1960s and 1970s, humanistic approaches to psychology, such as Carl Rogers' Client-Centered Therapy (now referred to as the Person-Centered Approach), became prominent in the United States. Focusing on the basic human needs for understanding and acceptance, and recognizing an “actualizing tendency” in all living organisms, humanistic values and approaches to psychology represented a significant evolution in Western philosophy. Presently, American clinical psychology and psychotherapy are dominated by the medicalization of symptoms, managed care, and over-medication. Thus, people in our society, and especially practitioners in the field of psychology, should prepare for a re-exploration of humanistic values. Our purpose is to provide psychotherapeutic services that embrace those values.
The Center
The Center is located on the ground floor of one of the historic houses of Milligan Place, a charming Greenwich Village landscaped courtyard with a water fountain. Built in 1852, and once occupied by the playwright Eugene O’Neill, Milligan Place is considered a landmark building by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Its serene atmosphere makes Milligan Place an ideal location for mental health practices. For more information on Milligan Place, see the Forgotten NY webpage on the Alleys of Greenwich Village.