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"This volume is an essential reference for anyone interested in humanistic psychology. Its comprehensive scope, inclusive of the history and philosophy of the humanistic approach, makes the volume invaluable for students as well as for expert scholars. Moss is to be commended for offering a volume that demonstrates the rich vital history as well as the contemporary relevance of humanistic psychology for researchers, theorists and practitioners." -- Frederick J. Wertz, Professor of Psychology, Fordham University "More than ever before, conventional psychology courts the periphery of human experience. In its drive to appease technocratic interests, it seeks linear answers to multifaceted questions. It seeks purity where there is mystery; and it seeks expedience where there is struggle. This book shows that Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychologies, not only in the past, but presently, represent the strongest bulwark against the conventional tide, and the greatest hope of restoring depth, vitality, and relevance to a disabled profession." -- Kirk J. Schneider, PhD, Co-author (with Rollo May) of The Psychology of Existence: An Integrative, Clinical Perspective "There is another issue that elevates Donald Moss' book to a level of burning relevance. In the past, most of the dominant psychological schools of thought have tended to trivialize myths, ethics, and issues of personal responsibility, discussing them in terms of social conditioning. But James Bugental has observed that when person and society clash, social change often results, bringing a renewed meaning to suffering, conflict, and grief, as well as to love, joy, and mutuality of relationships. Mainstream psychology was especially adamant in dismissing these concerns from the pristine atmosphere of the scientific laboratory and the controlled experiment... However, such books as this may redress this imbalance, and the demands of the times will quicken the rate at which the humanistic and transpersonal psychologies begin to play a greater role in academic as well as social discourse." -- Stanley Krippner, Professor of Psychology^LSaybrook Institute Graduate School, San Francisco "This sourcebook is much needed in our field today, and I am delighted to have such a comprehensive and well-integrated resource available... Moss' book offers an updated, relevant look at these issues today, and provides a clear alternative for students and healthcare professionals." -- Ilene A. Serlin, PhD, ADTR, Professor of Psychology, Saybrook Institute, Immediate Past-President APA, Division 32

Table of Contents

Foreword by Stanley Krippner Editor's Introduction Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology: An Overview The Historical and Scientific Background of Humanistic Psychology The Historical and Cultural Context of Humanistic Psychology: Ike, Annette, and Elvis by Donald Moss The Scientific and Philosophical Context of Humanistic Psychology by Donald Moss Abraham Maslow and the Emergence of Humanistic Psychology by Donold Moss Major Schools and Theorists in Humanistic Psychology Carl Rogers, the Person-Centered Approach, and Experiential Therapy by Donald Moss Gestalt Therapy: The Once and Future King by Paul Shane The Humanistic Psychology of Self-Disclosure, Relationship, and Community by Donald Moss Body-Therapies in Humanistic Psychology by Donald Moss and Paul Shane Existential-Phenomenological Psychology by Steen Halling and Alex Carroll Feminist Psychology and Humanistic Psychology by Hendrika VandeKemp and Tamara L. Anderson Biofeedback, Mind-Body Medicine, and the Higher Limits of Human Nature by Donald Moss Beyond the Person: Spiritual and Transpersonal Psychologies Christian Humanistic Psychology by Harold Ellens and Donald E. Sloat Transpersonal Psychology: The Fourth Force by Arthur Hastings The Heritage and the Promise of Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology The Continuing Need for a Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology by Donald Moss Biographical and Critical Essays on Central Figures in Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology Diana Baumrind: Researcher and Critical Humanist by Hendrika VandeKemp James F.T. Bugental: Continuity and Change by Steen Halling Moshe Feldenkrais and Functional Integration by Paul Shane Erich Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis by Daniel Burston Amedeo Giorgi and the Project of a Human Science by Frederick J. Wertz and Christopher Aanstoos On Psychology as a Person-Centered Science: William James' Relation to the Humanistic Tradition by Eugene Irvine Taylor, Jr. Sidney Jourard: Disclosing to Ourselves and Others by Donadrian Rice Ronald Laing: Existentialism and Psychoanalysis by Daniel Burston Abraham Maslow: Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Yesteryear by Mike Arons Rollo May: Liberator and Realist by Kirk Schneider Fritz Perls and Paul Goodman: When Ahasueras Met Erasmus by Paul Shane Laura Perls and Gestalt Therapy: Her Life and Values by Ilene Ava Serlin and Paul Shane Carl Rogers: Client Heal Thyself by Donadrian Rice Ida P. Rolf and Structural Integration (Rolfing) by Paul Shane Erwin Straus: The Individual, the Senses, and the Beloved Earth by Donald Moss Ken Wilber: Mapping the Evolution of Consciousness by Kaisa Puhakka Index

About the Author

Donald Moss, PhD, is director of Behavioral Health and Primary Care for PSYSERV, in Grand Haven and Muskegon, Michigan. He is a humanistic clinical psychologist with a strong interest in mind-body medicine. He is Editor of the Biofeedback Newsmagazine and Consulting Editor to the Journal of Neurotherapy. He has translated and edited two previous books on existential psychiatry and education, Man, Time and World (1982) and Crisis and New Beginning (1987).

Reviews

[A]n excellent work for pedagogic or introductory purposes, not only for professional and academic psychologists who seek to expand their intellectual horizons, but also as a complementary text for the classic introductory course in the history and systems of psychology.
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There is much information here for those studying humanistic and transpersonal psychology.
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