A small encounter group meets surrounded by a large group of audience. Dr. Maria Villas Boas Bowen facilitates the 40 minute encounter in Portuguese. Commentary largely in Portuguese, with some translation into English. With Dr. Carl Rogers, Dr. Jack Bowen, Dr. John K. Wood, Rachel Rosenberg, and Dr. Maureen O’Hara.

Moderate video quality

80 Minutes

Exploring the connections between “self” and “community,” twelve members of the Center for Studies of the Person share personal experiences, despair and hope, as they encounter each other and connect to their concerns about the state of the world. With no designated facilitator this longstanding community of people utilize person-centered ways of interrelating, then follow to speak of what it takes to make their community successful. They relate healthy growth of self to qualities of interpersonal relationships.

A film by Robert Lukas

75 Minutes

This unique documentary features a dialogue among Center for Studies of the Person members as they concern themselves with the approaching death of a beloved colleague. We witness wonderful examples of communications that facilitate members’ growth, as they voice, uncover and even change their own thinking and feeling. Each person’s experiences are seen as essential in building a shared world of meaning and the true meeting between them that emerges.

75 Minutes