Approach
Psychotherapy in the person-centered tradition is not about fixing others but about being there with the other in an environment of trust, caring, profound respect, and empathy.
Rogers built his theory through experience and this is the way we try to guide you. Through your experiences, you will come to understand these concepts in your own unique way.
Team
Antonio Santos
- PhD in Clinical Psychology and Organizational Development
- Post-doctorate in Psychopharmacology
Antonio is a writer, psychotherapist, organizational consultant, coach, professor, trainer, and lecturer.
He studied and worked with Carl Rogers in La Jolla, CA, and has been co-director of Center for Studies of the Person and co-founder of PCP Academy.
William Stillwell
- PhD, anthropologist
- Client-centered counselor
For over fifty years, Will has consulted various organizations as a coach, facilitator, and mediator.
For thirty-five years, he’s been a staff member of CSP’s The La Jolla Program, facilitating encounter groups in Carl Rogers’ original format. As a co-director Will has taken this work abroad
“…the ability to be accurately empathic is something which can be developed by training. Therapists, parents and teachers can be helped to become empathic.”
— Carl Rogers, American Psychologist and among the Founders of the Humanistic Approach in Psychology.
Events
History of PCP Academy
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1950–1970
In the 1950s, A. Maslow and C. Rogers developed the field of humanistic psychology. After teaching at the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin, Carl Rogers moved to La Jolla, California, where he found more freedom to implement his scientific ideas. In the same city, Carl Rogers and his colleagues founded the Center for Studies of the Person.
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1961
Rogers’ most famous book “On Becoming a Person” is published. He goes even deeper: from a client—to a person.
1951
Carl Rogers publishes the book “Client-Centered Therapy,” based on research he conducted at the University of Chicago.
It was this book that popularized the term “client” in reference to the recipient in psychotherapy.
It was this book that popularized the term “client” in reference to the recipient in psychotherapy.
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1970–1990
William Stillwell, PhD
Will has been working at the Center for Studies of the Person for more than 35 years. As the La Jolla program facilitator, he conducts encounter groups in the same format as was set up by Carl Rogers.
Antonio Santos, PhD
Antonio has directly worked with Carl Rogers: both with him as a mentor and as a colleague. Currently, Antonio is a co-founder of the Center for Studies of the Person with William Stillwell, PhD.
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2003
“Miracle moments,” a book by Antonio Monteiro dos Santos is published.
Since then, it was translated and published in several languages.
1990–2020
Antonio and Will create Person-Centered Psychotherapy Academy, an educational project.
For more than a decade, a year-long certificate PCP Course takes place in Asia, the Americas, in Europe and Oceania.
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2020–2024
Courses for international students are actively developing. Antonio and Will teach the course online to students from various countries. Courses are translated, but maintain person-centeredness.
