Examines the interplay of positive and negative influences on human behavior from a variety of perspectives. This book examines several prosocial emotions, such as compassionate love, gratitude, generosity, and forgiveness, showing how these arise in individuals and groups and how they can be fostered.
The Eternal Psychosomatic Dilemma: An Exploration of Anthroposophic Physiology and Psychology
An insightful guide to the psychotherapeutic discipline for practitioners looking to adopt a holistic approach, written by a distinguished and experienced physician in the field.
Existential-humanistic therapy melds European existential philosophy - which values self-inquiry, struggle, and responsibility - with the American tradition of spontaneity, optimism, and practicality. This volume demonstrates how this unique approach can help clients free themselves from self-imposed limitations and develop a deeper understanding ......
This book presents a nonhierarchical, liberatory case formulation framework for existential-humanistic (EH) therapy that balances structure and adaptability.
This book examines the history, theory, practice, and empirical evidence for constructive psychotherapy. Human beings exist within a context that is constructed by our language, worldview, and the stories we tell. Alone and in concert with one another, we construct meaningful understandings of the world. Because the invented nature of our ......
This comprehensive volume aligns existential-humanistic therapy (EHT) with three pillars of evidence-based practice in psychology (EBPP): research evidence, clinical experience, and client characteristics. The editors have gathered a set of expert psychologists to compile multiple lines of evidence to demonstrate how existential and humanistic ......
This revised volume offers the latest in the theory, research, and practice of person-centered psychotherapies. This new edition presents an updated overview of person-centered therapies, with an emphasis on theory, history, primary change mechanisms, empirical support, and contemporary developments. The authors walk readers through the ......
Volume 1: History, Research, Philosophy, and Theory; Volume 2: Clinicaland Social Applications
The 2-volume APA Handbook of Humanistic and Existential Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of the rich history, diverse theoretical perspectives, clinical and social applications, and important emerging issues and directions in the field. The chapters in this Handbook comprise a broad spectrum of coverage from the earliest ......
This third edition offers an updated primer to the theory, history, research, and practice of existential-humanistic (EH) therapy, which merges existential philosophy with humanistic psychotherapy. EH therapy blends the European heritage of self-inquiry, struggle, and responsibility with the American tradition of spontaneity, optimism, and ......