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Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Published in Cooperation with the Association for Humanistic Psychology

eISSN: 1552650X | ISSN: 00221678 | Current volume: 64 | Current issue: 5 Frequency: Bi-monthly

The Journal of Humanistic Psychology is an interdisciplinary forum for contributions, controversies and diverse statements pertaining to humanistic psychology. It addresses personal growth, interpersonal encounters, social problems and philosophical issues.

An international journal of human potential, self-actualization, the search for meaning and social change, the Journal of Humanistic Psychology was founded by Abraham Maslow and Anthony Sutich in 1961. It is the official journal of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, and maintains a close connection with the Saybrook Institute where Thomas Greening, JHP's former editor, is a member of the faculty. You can visit the Saybrook Institute's web site at https://www.saybrook.edu/

Expand Your Horizons

The articles and features in JHP bring you the best of current scholarship covering a wide range of topics, such as: Authenticity • Community-building • Confluent education • Consciousness • Creativity • Existential psychotherapy • Holistic healing and learning • Humanistic politics • Humanistic psychotherapy • Human science research • Identity • I-Thou encounters • Love • Peace and mediation • Personal Growth • Self-actualization • Self-transcendence • Spiritual development • Synergy • Values

A Multifaceted View of the Field

The Journal of Humanistic Psychology explores the many facets of humanistic psychology through a variety of features, including experiential reports, analyses of contemporary culture, theoretical papers, personal essays, poetry, research studies emphasizing human scientific methods, and applications of humanistic psychology.

Easty-to-Use Annual Index

For fast, easy reference, the last issue of each volume of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology includes an index of articles and authors.

Influential Scholars

Notable contributors to the Journal of Humanistic Psychology have included James F T Bugental, Abraham Maslow, Rollo May, Carl Rogers, Clark Moustakas, Huston Smith, Brewster Smith, Ken Wilber, Kirk Schneider, Louise Sundararjan, Ilene Serlin, Louis Hoffman and Brent Dean Robbins. 

Thematic Issues and Sections

The Journal of Humanistic Psychology occasionally supplements its broad coverage with in-depth studies of topics of particular interest. Recent Special Issues and Special Sections include: International Developments in Humanistic Psychology • In Honor of Jim Bugental • Rollo May • Carl Rogers-The Man and His Ideas • Dialogue • Trauma and Transcendence • Leary, Drugs, Learning and Reality • The Growing Edge in Humanistic and Experiential Therapies

Special Issue on William James and the Humanistic Revolution: Scholars Look Back and Ahead a Century After His Death (September 2010)

William James, the preeminent philosopher and psychologist, played a founding and fostering role for the humanistic-transpersonal vision within psychology, as well as many other specialties within psychology. The September 2010 issue of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology celebrates the centennial of James’ ground-breaking insights and reexamines his continuing influence on issues in contemporary psychology. Articles assess topics such as measuring the effectiveness of therapy, addiction recovery through programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous; the complexity and essential spirit of humanity, and the relevance of James’s pluralism, pragmatism, and radical empiricism for the neurosciences. This important issue is a must-read for everyone interested in the foundations of science!
 

The Journal of Humanistic Psychology publishes experiential reports, theoretical papers, personal essays, research studies with an emphasis on human science methods, applications of humanistic psychology, humanistic analyses of contemporary culture, and occasional poems. Topics of special interest are authenticity, identity, personal growth, self-actualization, self-transcendence, I-Thou encounters, existential and humanistic psychotherapy, community building, humanistic politics, synergy, creativity, holistic learning and healing, values, and love. The journal is a forum for diverse statements about humanistic psychology, including criticisms.

Editor
Sarah R. Kamens SUNY College at Old Westbury, USA
Past Editors
Thomas Greening Psychological Services Association
Abraham Maslow  
Shawn Rubin Private Practice, Fairfax VA, USA
Kirk J. Schnieder Vice President, Existential-Humanistic Institute; Adjunct Faculty, Saybrook University and the Columbia University, Teachers College, USA
Anthony Sutich  
Miles A. Vich  
Senior International Editor
Louis Hoffman Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association
Senior Consulting Editor
Shawn Rubin Private Practice, Fairfax VA, USA
Consulting Editor
Scott Churchill University of Dallas, USA
Senior Research Editor
Douglas MacDonald University of Detroit - Mercy, USA
Senior Expert-by-Experience Editor
Ronald Bassman MindFreedom International, USA
Claire R. Chang Private Practice, Australia
Senior Psychotherapy Editor
Pratyusha Tummala-Narra The Albert and Jessie Danielsen Institute and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University
Senior Cultural Equity Editor
Theopia Jackson Saybrook University, USA
Cultural Equity Editor
Tabitha Moore Evolution Consulting, LLC
Sonasha Braxton RefugePoint & Sekhmet International Consulting, USA
Senior Associate Editor
Kirk J. Schnieder Vice President, Existential-Humanistic Institute; Adjunct Faculty, Saybrook University and the Columbia University, Teachers College, USA
Associate Editors
Andrew M. Bland Millersville University, USA
Edward Hoffman Yeshiva University, New York, USA
Sarah Kass  
Kevin Keenan  
International Editor
Niveen Rizkalla University of California Berkeley, USA
Editorial Board
Alexandra Adame Seattle University, USA
Will W. Adams Duquesne University, USA
Marc Applebaum Saybrook University, USA
Kyle Arnold Coney Island Hospital, USA
Gina Belton Saybrook University & Redwood Palliative Psychology, USA
Anthony P. Bossis NYU School of Medicine, USA
Ken Bradford  
Fanny Brewster Pacifica Graduate Institute and the Philadelphia Association of Jungian Analysts, USA
Sara K. Bridges The University of Memphis, USA
Vanessa Brown  
Shannon Chávez-Korell Wayne State University, USA
Roxanne Christensen Aloe Integrative Psychology Group; Oakland University, USA
Allan Combs  
Michael W. Cornwall Esalen Institute, USA
Erik Craig Private Practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Eugene M. DeRobertis Brookdale College, USA
Stephen Diamond  
Todd DuBose The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, USA
Susi Ferrarello Saybrook University, USA
Zeno Franco Department of Family & Community Medicine, Center for Healthy Communities & Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Kathleen Galvin  
Arthur Giacalone Institute of Contemplative Studies
Nathaniel Granger Saybrook University and Pikes Peak Community College
Nisha Gupta University of West Georgia, USA
Ben Cooley Hall Bridgewater State Hospital, USA
Steen Halling Seattle University, USA
Ed Hoffman Yeshiva University, New York, USA
Bojun Hu United Family Hospital, China & Taos Institute, USA
Meba Alphonse Kanda University of South Africa, Centre for Applied Psychology, South Africa
Justin Michael Karter University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Betz King King & Associates, Farmington Hills, MI, USA
Robert Kramer Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Hungary
Stanley Krippner California Institute of Integral Studies, USA
Bia Labate CIEASAS Occidente, Mexico
Larry M. Leitner  
Amanda Lowe Mercy Behavioral Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Edward Mendelowitz  
Zenobia Morrill University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Shoji Muramoto  
Wade W. Nobles, Ifagbemi Sangodare, Nana Kwaku Berko I, Bejana, Onebunne San Francisco State University, Association of Black Psychologists, Institute for the Advanced Study of Black Family Life and Culture, USA
Bradley D. Olson National Louis University - Chicago, USA
Nadika Paranamana University of Hartford and Yale School of Medicine – Department of Psychiatry, USA
Anthony J. Pavlo Yale University, USA
Elizabeth Pienkos Clarkson University, USA
Jonathan D. Raskin SUNY New Paltz
Donadrian Rice University of West Georgia, USA
Ruth Richards Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, USA
Brent D. Robbins Point Park University, USA
Donna Rockwell Saybrook University, USA
Robert D. Romanyshyn Pacifica Graduate Institute (Emeritus), USA/France
Judy Roth CUNY School of Medicine/The City College, USA
Derrick Sebree Michigan School of Psychology, USA
Ilene Serlin Union Street Health Associates
Drake Spaeth Saybrook University, USA
David St. John Michigan School of Professional Psychology
Louise Sundararajan  
Rochelle V. Suri ISPS
Thomas Teo York University, Canada
Mary Watkins Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA
Frederick J. Wertz Fordham University, USA
Paul Wong Independent Practice
Wang Xuefu Zhi Mian Insitute for Psychotherapy
Oksana Yakushko Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA
Mark Yang Zhi Mian International Institute of Existential-Humanistic Psychology
Distinguished Past Board Members
Walter Truett Anderson Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center; NTL Institute, USA
Arthur Bohart California State University, Dominquez Hills, USA
David J. Cain Private Practice, USA
Eleanor Criswell Sonoma State University, USA
David Elkins Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
Carroy Ferguson  
Constance T. Fischer Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Harris Friedman University of Florida, USA
Amedeo Giorgi Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, USA
Stanislav Grof Esalen Institute, USA
Althea Horner Pasadena, CA, USA
Alfried Längle Higher School of Economics, Dept. of Psychology, Moscow, Russia
Rabbi Michael Lerner  
David A. Levy  
David Lukoff Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center; NTL Institute, USA
Michael Murphy Esalen Institute, USA
Maureen O'Hara National University, La Jolla, CA, USA
J. Fraser Pierson Southern Oregon University, USA
John Rowan Private Practice
David Ryback  
Huston Smith Fordham University, USA
Stephan Tobin Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ken Wilber Boulder, Colorado, USA
Deceased Editors
Joe K. Adams  
Andras Angyal  
Heinz Ansbacher University of Vermont, USA
Mike M. Arons West Georgia State University, USA
Myron M. Arons  
Roberto Assagioli  
David Bakan York University, Canada
James F. T. Bugental Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Jim Bugental  
Charlotte Buhler  
Hadley Cantril  
Haridas Chaudhuri  
Arne Collen Saybrook Graduate School, USA
Arthur Deikman School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Miraj U. Desai Yale University School of Medicine, USA
Viktor Frankl  
Willard Frick  
Maurice Friedman San Diego State University, California
Kurt Goldstein  
Willis Harman  
Robert Hartman  
Aldous Huxley  
Sidney Jourard  
Abraham Kaplan  
Arthur Koestler  
George Leonard  
John L. Levy Mill Valley, CA, USA
Salvatore Maddi  
Alvin Mahrer University of Ottawa, Canada
Abraham Maslow  
Fred Massarik UCLA, USA
Rollo May  
Will Mcwhinney Enthusion Inc, Venice, CA, USA
Donald Michael  
Clark Moustakas Michigan School of Professional Psychology
Lewis Mumford  
Henry Murray  
Alan Nelson  
Donald Polkinghorne University of Southern California, USA
David L. Rennie York University, Canada
Carl Rogers  
Koji Sato  
Al Siebert  
M. Brewster Smith University of California-Santa Cruz, USA
E. Mark Stern Iona College, USA
Anthony Sutich  
Thomas Szasz State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA
Robert Tannenbaum  
Eugene Taylor Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center; NTL Institute, USA
Art Warmoth Sonoma State University, USA
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