The Whole Child: Selected Papers on Existential- Humanistic Child Psychology

Though it is not well known, humanistic psychologists of various persuasions have been studying child development for over a century with very little recognition. The purpose of The Whole Child is to bring together Eugene M. DeRobertis's most recent efforts to establish the foundations of an existential-humanistic approach to child development and further develop existential-humanistic self-development theory (EHSDT). The philosophical-anthropological foundations of the book reach back as far as Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. Existential-humanistic child psychology is rooted in the works of individuals like Wilhelm Dilthey, Edmund Husserl, Alfred Adler, William Stern, Kurt Koffka, Heinz Werner, Kurt Lewin, Charlotte Bühler, D. W. Winnicott, Ernest Schachtel, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Karen Horney, Carl Rogers, M. J. Langeveld, Heinz Kohut, and others. Contemporary applications in the current volume include the role of the imagination in child development, embodiment, well-being research, dynamic systems approaches to child development, and the impact of consumer culture on self-development. This book is the follow-up volume to his Humanizing Child Developmental Theory: A Holistic Approach (2008).

Author: Eugene M. Derobertis
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 06/10/2012
Pages: 206
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9781477635759

About the Author
Eugene M. DeRobertis is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Services at Brookdale College and a Part-Time Lecturer for Rutgers University-Newark Campus. He has a BA in philosophy from St. Peter's College and a PhD in psychology from Duquesne University. Dr. DeRobertis worked as a guidance counselor, a psychotherapist, and a developmentally oriented addictions counselor before dedicating himself to teaching on a full-time basis. He is the author of Phenomenological Psychology: A Text for Beginners and Humanizing Child Developmental Theory: A Holistic Approach.

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