Handbook of Humanistic Psychology

Kirk J. Schneider, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and leading spokesperson for contemporary existential-humanistic psychology. He is an adjunct faculty member at Saybrook University, Teachers College, Columbia University, and the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, vice president and founding member of the Existential-Humanistic Institute, and the recent past editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Dr. Schneider has published more than one hundred articles and chapters and has authored or edited ten books—seven of which have been, or are soon to be, translated into Chinese. Schneider has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Rollo May Award for “outstanding and independent pursuit of new frontiers in humanistic psychology” from the American Psychological Association, and the Cultural Innovator award from the Living Institute, Toronto, Canada. He was also awarded an honorary diploma by the East European Association of Existential Therapy. In 2010, Schneider delivered the opening keynote address at the first International Existential Psychology Conference in Nanjing, China and is slated as keynote speaker for the first World Congress of Existential Psychotherapy in London, United Kingdom, in 2015. J. Fraser Pierson, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, a National Certified Counselor, and a professor of psychology at Southern Oregon University, where she teaches a variety of upper division and graduate courses within the nationally accredited Mental Health Counseling program. Long inspired and informed by the humanistic and existential perspectives, Pierson’s scholarly interests include psychotherapist preparation and training, the transformation of women’s self and world view in relation to participation in adventurous sports, and personal meanings derived from profound experiences in the natural world. She has co-edited or contributed to numerous works, and regularly presents on topics pertaining to mental health counseling from an existential-humanistic perspective. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Dr. Pierson completed her doctoral work at the University of Georgia, and an APA approved internship at Student Counseling Services, Iowa State University. A psychotherapist, educator and clinical supervisor by profession, Pierson is a naturalist and mariner by avocation. James T. F. Bugental, PhD (1915-2008), was a professor emeritus and clinical faculty member at Stanford Medical School, and an emeritus and adjunct faculty member at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center. He was a major spokesperson for the humanistic perspective since its coalescence into an influential movement in the field of psychology more than fifty years ago. Bugental served on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, The Humanistic Psychologist, and the American Journal of Psychotherapy. He authored numerous major publications, including The Search for Authenticity, The Search for Existential Identity, Psychotherapy Isn’t What You Think, The Art of the Psychotherapist, and Psychotherapy and Process: The Fundamentals of an Existential-Humanistic Approach. Bugental also published more than eighty articles in professional and technical journals, and contributed twenty-five original chapters in books edited by others. Translations of his work can be found in French, Finnish, Spanish, German, Dutch, Russian, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese.

• Foreword - E. Mark SternForeword to the First Edition - John VasconcellosPreface to the Second Edition - Kirk Schneider, Fraser PiersonIntroduction to the Second Edition - Kirk Schneider, Fraser PiersonChapt. 1, Roots and Geneology of Humanistic Psychology - Donald MossChapt. 2. Humanistic Psychology at the Crossroads - Eugene Taylor, Frederick MartinChapt.3, Humanistic Psychology and Women - Ilene Serlin, Eleanor CriswellChapt. 4, Humanistic Psychology and Multiculturalism - Louis Hoffman, Heatherlyn Cleare-HoffmanChapt. 5, The Search for Psyche - Amedeo GiorgiChapt. 6, Rediscovering Awe: A New Front in Humanistic Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Society - Kirk SchneiderChapt. 7, The Person as Moral Agent - Thomas SzaszChapt. 8, The Self and Humanistic Psychology - Donald PolkinghorneChapt. 9, Toward a Sustainable Myth of Self: An Existential Response to the Post-modern Condition - Louis Hoffman, Sharon Stewart, Lisa MeeksChapt. 10, Humanistic Psychology and Ecology - Marc PilisukChapt. 11, Humanistic Psychology and Peace - Marc PilisukChapt. 12, Two Noble Insurgencies: Creativity and Humanistic Psychology - Ruth RichardsChapt. 13, Becoming Authentic: An Existential-Humanistic Approach to Reading Literature - Tom GreeningChapt. 14 Fellini, Fred, and Ginger: Imagology and the Postmodern World - Ed MendelowitzChapt. 15, Humanistic Neuropsychology: The Implications of Neurophenomenology for Psychology - Brent Robbins, Susan GordonChapt. 16, Humanistic Eldercare: Toward a New Conceptual Framework for Aging - Nader ShabahangiChapt. 17, Toward a Humanistic-Cultural Model of Development - Eugene DeRobertisChapt. 18, Cognitive Science and Technological Culture: A Humanistic Response - Christopher AanstoosChapt. 19, Humanistic Psychology and the Qualitative Research Tradition - Frederick WertzChapt. 20, Introduction to Phenomenological Research - Scott ChurchillChapt. 21,  The Grounded Theory Method and Humanistic Psychology - David Rennie, Rinat NissamChapt. 22, Heuristic Research - Clark MoustakasChapt. 23, Narrative Research and Humanism - Ruth JosselsonChapt. 24, Research Methodology in the light of Postmodernity - Stanley KrippnerChapt. 25,  Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design: An Overview - Robert ElliotChapt. 26, The Renewal of Humanism in Psychotherapy: A Roundtable Discussion - Kirk SchneiderCh. 26 Intro - Alfried LangleCh. 26 European therapy - Alfried Langle, Jurgen KrizCh. 26 Multicultural therapy - Lillian Comas-DiazCh. 26 Psychoanalysis - Robert StolorowCh. 26 Research - Bruce WampoldCh. 26 Research and Training - David ElkinsCh. 26 ACT/Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy - Steven HayesCh. 26 Summary and Conclusion - Kirk Schneider, Alfried LangleChapt. 27, Frames, Attitudes, and Skills of an Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapist - Bob EdelsteinChapt. 28, Therapy as an I-Thou Encounter - Maurice FriedmanChapt. 29, The Person of the Therapist: One Therapist’s Journey to Relationship - Barry DuncanChapt. 30, Existential Cross-Cultural Counseling: The Courage to be an Existential Counselor - Clemont Vontress, Lawrence EppChapt. 31, Treating Madness Without Hospitals - Loren MosherChapt. 32 Awe Comes Shaking Out of the Bones - E. Mark SternChapt. 33, If You Are Ready to Undergo These Awe-full Moments - Al MahrerChapt. 34, Constructivist Approaches to Therapy - Larry LeitnerChapt. 35, A Humanistic Perspective on Bereavement - Myrtle HeeryChapt. 36, Existential Analysis and Humanistic Psychotherapy - John RowanChapt. 36, A Reply to John Rowan - Ernesto SpinellChapt. 37, Humanistic psychology’s transformative role in a threatened world - Maureen O’HaraChapt. 38, Humanistic-Experiential Therapies in the Era of Managed Care - Arthur BohartChapt. 39, An Existential-Integrative Approach to Experiential Liberation - Kirk SchneiderChapt. 40, Collaborative Exploration as an Approach to Personality Assessment - Connie FishcerChapt. 41, Cultivating Psychotherapeutic Artistry: Model Existential-Humanistic Training Programs - J. Pierson, Orah Krug, Troy PiwowarskiChapt. 42, Humanistic Psychology, Mind/Body Medicine, and Whole Person Healthcare - Eleanor Criswell, Ilene SerlinChapt. 43, Romantic Love as PathChapt. 44, Beyond Religion - David ElkinsChapt. 45, Authenticity, Conventionality, and Angst: Existential and Transpersonal Perspectives - Roger WalshChapt. 45 A Reply to Roger WalshChapt. 46, Humanistic Psychology and Social Action - Donadrian RiceChapt. 47, Humanistic Psychology in the Workplace - Alfonso Montuori, Ronald PursorEPILOGUE: CLOSING STATEMENTS - Kirk Schneider, J. Pierson, James Bugental