Humanistic psychology

BEYOND AWARENESS: AN ACTION SCIENCE APPROACH TO CROSS

by Debra Behrens

Book chapter in Integrating Consciousness for Human Change vol. 1
Joel H. Brown, editor 1996

growth psychology in general perspective

by mochammad luthfi ardyanto

Bahamian perspectives on mental health: Implications for humanistic psychology

by Heatherlyn Cleare-Hoffman

Cleare-Hoffman, H. P. (2009, October). Bahamian perspectives on mental health: Implications for humanistic psychology. In H. Cleare-Hoffman & L. Hoffman (Chair), The need for diversity in existential and humanistic psychology: First steps at integrating diverse perspectives. Symposium presented at the 3rd Annual Society for Humanistic Psychotherapy Conference, Colorado Springs, CO.

Personality of psychology paper

by Anson Wong

The Danger of the "Truth"

by Louis Hoffman

Published in the Association for Humanistic Psychology's Perspectives, August/September, 2004.

A return to the human in Humanism: A response to Hansen’s Humanistic vision

by Matthew Lemberger-Truelove

Advocating Student-within-Environment: A Humanistic Theory for School Counseling.

by Matthew Lemberger-Truelove

William James and the Fight for Science

by Louis Hoffman

Matthew Thelen, co-author.

William James, the foremost psychologist in American history, contributed broadly to the field of psychology across... more William James, the foremost psychologist in American history, contributed broadly to the field of psychology across various specializations. Of prime importance are his contributions to the neglected field of the philosophy of science in psychology. The field of psychology, in ignoring its philosophical foundations, has developed a number of problems to which a Jamesian psychology speaks. In particular, professional psychology is in the midst of a renewed debate over measuring the effectiveness of therapy. Although this debate emerged long after James’s death, many problems that surfaced with this controversy are directly relevant to the philosophical and metaphysical foundations central to James’s contributions. Through applying James’s ideas, it is demonstrated that the approaches to evaluating therapy outcomes rooted solely in a narrowly defined science reflect regression, not progress, in the development of the field of psychology. Furthermore, evidence-based practice in psychology, when defined in a broad and inclusive manner, is more in line with what James viewed as a mature academic discipline.

"Touch is Everything"

by Vera Teigen

My master's thesis in counselling

Abstract
This study has its starting point in physical touch, and I interviewed three health workers; an... more Abstract
This study has its starting point in physical touch, and I interviewed three health workers; an osteopath, a nurse, and a midwife, about their sense of touch. The data collection method used is the qualitative research interview, with its main emphasis on Eugene Gendlin‟s Focusing (1981), to capture the informant‟s embodied sense of touch.
The Constant Comparative Method from Grounded Theory by Strauss and Corbin (1990) is employed to analyse the data, supplied by the descriptive phenomenological method as developed by Giorgi (2009), and inspired by Gendlin‟s Focusing (1968; 1970; 1981).
Two main themes and a core theme emerged from the data: 1) “Touch is everything” – The toucher and the touched, 2) “Touch is an art” – The space between and, 3) “It takes courage to be close” – Touch as a meeting between selves.
Philosophical theory and humanistic existential counselling psychology theories are at the base of the discussion. This includes Merleau-Ponty (1945), Gendlin (1962; 1996), Buber (1970/1996), Rogers (1961/2004) and Josselson (1996). Theories on body, space, and touch, also in counselling, are represented by Gendlin (1993; 1992), Montagu (1986), Hall (1966/1990), Hunter and Struve (1998), Tune (2001) among others.
The study shows that positive touch is important to the person, how touch is more than physical, that the body is more than a physiological machine, and how touch both happens within different types of space and creates a meeting between the selves that reside inside the bodies. It also shows how through providing certain empathic conditions; warmth, acceptance, listening and caring, a health worker or counsellor can ensure a good meeting that can potentially lead to a dialogical I-You meeting. This meeting, based on the empathic conditions provided by a counsellor who is also in tune with him or herself, may also lead to change in the both the counsellor‟s and the client‟s selves.

Body and Technology: Reframing the Humanistic Critique

by Amy Taylor

Vitvan and the School of the Natural Order: New Age Culture with a DIY Ethic

by Daniel Gustav Anderson

This paper began as a presentation at the Western Literature Association conference in Prescott, AZ, in the fall of 2010.  I published it afterward at Frank Visser's Integral World site.

Effective Counseling Skills: the practical wording of therapeutic statements and processes

by Daniel Keeran MSW

by Daniel Keeran, MSW, RMHC-S

Also used as a counselor training and examination manual, this book gives away the secrets of effective counselors and... more Also used as a counselor training and examination manual, this book gives away the secrets of effective counselors and therapists. The practical skills and concepts distilled in the present form, are the contributions of countless colleagues and clients who over the years have challenged the creative energies of the author. Effective Counseling Skills is designed to achieve the primary purpose of making counseling skills public knowledge in the belief that the health of society is improved when counseling is known to the most people. The style of the manual is conversational with numerous examples of the wording of therapeutic statements.

Major topic areas include an explanation of the client's personal history, suicide prevention, how to begin and deepen the counseling process, helping the client learn healthy ways of relating, moving the client from childhood to maturity, skills for healing grief, and working with couples facing issues of conflict, infidelity, addiction, and other common problems. Practical ways to build and manage a counseling practice are presented. A detailed index and table of contents make the volume easy to use as a guide for both the practitioner as well as people seeking help.

See this news release entitled "Mental Health News: Library Acquisitions Add Counseling Text To Collections" http://prlog.org/11741730

The title is also available through interlibrary loan in the US and Canada from major public and university libraries including : Howard University, University of Hawaii at Hilo, University of Manitoba, Vancouver Public Library (Canada), Dallas Theological Seminary, Bogazici Univ Library – Istanbul (Turkey), San Diego Public Library, Dixie State College of Utah, University of Louisville, University of Southern California, Texas A&M University, University of Missouri--Columbia, University of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System, Columbia University Libraries, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Hunter College Wexler Library – New York, NY, Trinity International University, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis.

View text at http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Counseling-Skills-therapeutic-statements/dp/1442177993

View article here http://ezinearticles.com/?Effective-Counseling-Skills---The-Practical-Wording-of-Therapeutic-Statements-and-Processes&id=4878216

Go here for a video presentation from the author http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aodrYDAo9xk

The Negative Shadow Cast by Positive Psychology: Contrasting Views and Implications of Humanistic and Positive Psychology on Resiliency

by Brent Robbins

Co-authored with Harris L. Friedman. Draft submitted to The Humanistic Psychologist, in review.

Resiliency is the ability to survive, or even thrive, during adversity.  It is a key construct within both... more Resiliency is the ability to survive, or even thrive, during adversity.  It is a key construct within both humanistic and positive psychology, but each sees it from a contrasting vantage.  Positive psychology decontextualizes resilience by judging it as a virtue regardless of circumstance, while humanistic psychology tends to view it in a more holistic way in relationship to other virtues and environmental affordances, clarifying how resiliency can actually be either a virtue or a vice depending upon circumstances.  Adolf Hitler is presented as an example of a resilient person who would not be seen as virtuous, while the U.S. Army Comprehensive Soldier Fitness study training warfighters in resiliency illustrates possible ethical problems with a decontextualized view of resiliency. 

Conflicts of Interest in Research on Antipsychotic Treatment of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder, Temper Dysregulation Disorder, and Attenuated Psychotic Symptoms Syndrome: Exploring the Unholy Alliance Between Big Pharma and Psychiatry

by Brent Robbins

Journal of Psychological Issues in Organizational Culture, 1(4), 2-79.

The pharmaceutical industry, especially the sale of psychiatric drugs, is one of the most profitable businesses in the... more The pharmaceutical industry, especially the sale of psychiatric drugs, is one of the most profitable businesses in the world. Because of its large profits, these companies find themselves in a position to invest enormous amounts of resources into the sale and marketing of their products. At times, their intense marketing tactics exert an economic influence on the research and practice of psychiatry that threatens to have a deleterious effect on the credibility and validity of psychiatric interventions. The loss of credibility and validity in psychiatric science may undermine public trust in psychiatry’s ability to meet the medical and psychological needs of patients with mental disorders. By investigating the conflicts of interest in the research of psychiatric medications and exploring the recent past in which the efficacy of antidepressants has been called into question, the logic of this analysis leads us to caution psychiatric consumers about the efficacy and safety of atypical
antipsychotic medications, especially when used for psychiatric treatment of vulnerable populations such as children and the
elderly. These cautions extend also to the decision of the DSM-5 task force to consider the inclusion of pediatric bipolar disorder, attenuated psychotic symptoms syndrome (also known as psychotic risk syndrome), and temper dysregulation disorder for the forthcoming fith edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The investigation into conflicts of interest between the pharmaceutical industry and medical research in psychiatry leads us to the tentative conclusion that the DSM-5 task force should place a moratorium on consideration of any new diagnostic category that would promote the prescription of antipsychotic medications to children or other vulnerable populations, such as the elderly.

Does Alexithymia Mediate the Relationship Between Materialism and Neuroticism?

by Brent Robbins

Resiliency as a Virtue: Contributions from Humanistic and Positive Psychology

by Brent Robbins

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