Welcome to Center for the Studies of the Person
We are a face-to-face community of people for whom the Person Centered Approach plays an important role in our personal and professional lives – as a way of Being and of doing. Our commitment is to maintain/build/create an environment where each of us can be heard, where we can be fully ourselves, where we accept and embrace each other as we are.
Latest News & Events
- CSP Monthly Community Meetings
Held at our La Jolla Offices – 1150 Silverado – on the third Thursday of each month, from 6PM to 8:30PM. All who are interested in interacting with our community and learning more about us are invited to attend.A time to be listened to and heard, a time for sharing and exploring.
Our Programs
- The La Jolla Program
The La Jolla Program is a residential program for individuals interested in learning more about themselves and others. The program is appropriate for the experienced professional as well as the lay person.The La Jolla Program includes the development of listening skills, an aptitude for empathy, self-awareness, and the understanding of others while meeting new people, making new friends and having a good time.
- Carl R. Rogers Memorial Library
Carl R. Rogers Memorial Library is an archive in video and print format of work by Carl Rogers and Center for Studies of the Person colleagues. Most of our holdings are works produced from 1960 through the present. Library print and video products are available for purchase.
- Conflict Transformation Project
Sometimes on our way to a goal we get stuck, unable to move through differences between ourselves and others who are pursuing their own ends. Conflict Transformations is a non-profit group aiming to facilitate people in innovative, creative relationships and conversations. We help people to use conflict rather than be driven by it as they try to work together and follow their own best choices. - Transformational Leadership & Communication
The Program for Transformational Community Leadership and Communication has been in existence for over three years. Its initial focus has been on developing leaders in the Latino community in the San Diego area.