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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480859603321

Titolo

The handbook of humanistic psychology : theory, research, and practice / / edited by Kirk J. Schneider, J. Fraser Pierson & James F.T. Bugental

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : SAGE Publications, , 2015

ISBN

1-78684-327-7

1-4833-5649-3

1-4833-8786-0

1-4833-2282-3

1-322-29986-2

1-4833-1186-4

1-4522-6774-X

1-78268-915-X

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (833 p.)

Disciplina

150.19/86

150.1986

Soggetti

Humanistic psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The handbook of humanistic psychology-front cover; The handbook of humanistic psychology; Contents; Foreword to the second edition; Foreword to the first edition; Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgments; About the editors; Part i: Historical overview; Chapter 1: The roots and genealogy of humanistic psychology; Chapter 2: Humanistic psychology at the crossroads; Chapter 3: Humanistic psychology and women: a critical-historical perspective; Chapter 4: Humanistic psychology and multiculturalism: history, current status, and advancements; Part ii: Humanistic theory; meta-themes

Chapter 5: The search for the psyche: a human science perspective; Chapter 6: Rediscovering awe: a new front in humanistic psychology, psychotherapy, and society; Chapter 7: The person as moral agent;



Chapter 8: The self and humanistic psychology; Chapter 9: Toward a sustainable myth of self: an existential response to the postmodern condition; contemporary themes; Chapter 10: Humanistic psychology and ecology; Chapter 11: Humanistic psychology and peace; Chapter 12: Two noble insurgencies: creativity and humanistic psychology; Special section: Humanistic psychology and the arts

Chapter 13: Becoming authentic: an existential-humanistic approach to reading literature; Chapter 14: Fellini, Fred, and Ginger: imagology and the postmodern world; emergent trends; Chapter 15: Humanistic neuropsychology: the implications of neurophenomenology for psychology; Chapter 16: Humanistic eldercare: toward a new conceptual framework for aging; Chapter 17: Toward a humanistic-multicultural model of development; Chapter 18: Humanistic psychology in dialogue with cognitive science and technological culture; Part iii: Humanistic methodology

Chapter 19: Humanistic psychology and the qualitative research tradition contemporary themes; Chapter 20: An introduction to phenomenological research in psychology: historical, conceptual, and methodological foundations; Chapter 21: The grounded theory method and humanistic psychology; Chapter 22: Heuristic research: design and methodology; Chapter 23: Narrative research and humanism; emergent trends; Chapter 24: Research methodology in humanistic psychology in light of postmodernity; Chapter 25: Hermeneutic single-case efficacy design: an overview

Part iv: Humanistic applications to practice: contemporary themes; Chapter 26: Special section: the renewal of humanism in psychotherapy; Chapter 27: Frames, attitudes, and skills of an existential-humanistic psychotherapist; Special section: the responsibility of the therapist; Chapter 28: Therapy as an I-Thou encounter; Chapter 29: The person of the therapist: one therapist's journey to relationship; Chapter 30: Existential cross-cultural counselling: the courage to be an existential counsellor; Chapter 31: Treating madness without hospitals: soteria and its successors

Special section: Awe and terror in humanistic therapy

Sommario/riassunto

'The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology' addresses the latest scholarship in the resurgent field of humanistic psychology and psychotherapy. The contributors reject many trends leading to a standardised and medicalised approach to the subject.