Handbook of Humanistic Psychology : Theory, Research, and Practice, Paperback...

Handbook of Humanistic Psychology : Theory, Research, and Practice, Paperback by Schneider, Kirk J. (EDT); Pierson, J. Fraser (EDT); Bugental, James F. T. (EDT), ISBN 145226774X, ISBN-13 9781452267746, Brand New, Free P&P in the UKThirteen years after the second edition appeared, this third edition, with updated scholarship, 13 new chapters, and 23 new contributors presents new developments in neurophenomenology. It covers major shifts in emphasis in psychology. While classical psychoanalysis, traditional concepts of the self, behaviorism are on the wane, as well as solitude and introspection, on the ascendant are neuropsychology, multicultural psychology, spirituality, and the virtual world of the internet, and designer drugs. They describe pressure on psychology to serve the interests of the military-industrial establishment with short-term, solution-focused interventions, as well as pressure on psychology to become a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) discipline, all of the above outside the comfort zone of humanistic psychology, which is person-centered and uses “the higher forms of human behavior to illuminate the lower ones”, instead of the previous emphasis on mentally ill and laboratory rats. Maslow, most responsible for creating humanistic psychology, based his vision on the psychology of healthy, fully functional, creative human being, with help from Rogers’ client-centered therapy, and a boost from Gestalt theory and therapy. There are 47 chapters divided into six parts: historical overview; humanist theory; humanistic methodology; humanistic applications to practice; humanistic applications to broader settings; epilogue: looking back and looking forward. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()