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Gay Leah Barfield was a Fellow of Center for Studies of the
Person for nearly 30 years where she created one
of the first Women's Centers in San Diego, as well as the 22 year long
series of "Living Now" Summer Institutes. With
Carl R.
Rogers she co-directed the Carl Rogers Institute for Peace, applying
person-centered principles to real and potential international crisis
situations, for which Dr. Rogers was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in
1987.
Gay wrote the
forward to:
Being
Empathic: A Companion for Counsellors and Therapists, by Steve
Vincent.
She published several chapters in person-centered texts
over recent years relating to feminism and politics and PCA, with
additional journal articles.
Semi-retired, she continues to see private clients, mentor and train
MA graduate student therapists at the University of Hawaii in Hilo, as well
as write and publish about her experiences over the past 40 years as a
"gatherer," social activist, and stubborn idealist. Her immediate concern
for increasing civil discourse, based on Rogerian principles, particularly
as applied to the political dialogue process, is paramount among her
interests.
Gay and I talked about her work with Carl Rogers, her
insights into the nature of empathy and what she sees as the many benefits of empathy.
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