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 the resources and capacity to choose and obtain what is best for themselves. The only requirements are conditions under which they are allowed to clarify their needs and identify with their natural problem-solving impulses, leading to growth and development of 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
Our Center was founded in 2004 with the objective of providing attention and guidance to clients who are attempting to identify and solve problems that interfere with the development of their full potential. To this end we promote the unfolding of every client's internal resources. We offer psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families and groups, as well as psychological, neuropsychological, and psychoeducational testing.
During the 1960s and 1970s, humanistic approaches to psychology, such as Carl Roger's Client-Centered Therapy (now referred to as the Person-Centered Approach), stimulated popular interest in the United States. Humanistic values and approaches to psychology represent a significant evolution in Western philosophy through a return to the basic human needs for understanding and acceptance, and for the recognition of an "actualizing tendency" in all living organisms. At a time when American clinical psychology and psychotherapy is dominated by the medicalization of symptoms, managed care, and over-medication, this country may be ripe for a re-exploration of humanistic values and especially for psychotherapeutic approaches that value the ideals of the Person-Centered Approach. The Center was created to provide services designed to embrace those values in the NYC area and elsewhere.
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. Milligan Place was built in 1852, was once occupied by the playwright Eugene O’Neill, and is considered a landmark building by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. For more information on Milligan Place see the Forgotten NY webpage on the Alleys of Greenwich Village. Because of its serene atmosphere, Milligan Place is an ideal location for mental health practices.