Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology: A Historical and Biographical Sourcebook

An examination of four decades of research and practice in humanistic psychology, this work highlights the lasting contributions of humanistic psychology to the science of psychology and to the pursuit of personal and spiritual development. It explores the passions and goals of the founders and their vital legacy for the 21st century.

Humanistic Psychology began as a movement of creative individuals who sought to remake psychology in the image of a fully alive and aware human being. Humanistic psychology emphasizes liberation from personal and social oppression and the pursuit of higher levels of human potential. Humanistic psychologists criticize scientific psychology for their emphasis on the measurement, prediction, and control of behavior, and protest the exclusion of such basic aspects of humanness as consciousness, values, freedom, love, and spirit from psychological investigation. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in psychology as well as professionals in the field.

Author: Donald Moss
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 01/30/1999
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.86lbs
Size: 9.44h x 6.32w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9780313291586

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/01/1998 pg. 136

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).