Dialectical thinking; Practical philosophy
Part One: What Is Humanistic Psychology?
1. Humanistic Psychology Is and Is Not Psychology
The Old Saybrook conference; Eastern thought; Science and research
2. Humanistic Psychology Is and Is Not Optimistic
Maslow and Mahrer; Rogers and May; Centaur consciousness
3. How Humanistic Psychology Holds the Contradictions
The Wilber model; Authenticity; Charles Hampden-Turner; How Heidegger got it wrong
Part Two: Applications of Humanistic Psychology
4. Counselling
Rollo May’s contribution; Person-centered counselling; Co-Counselling; Dreams
5. Psychotherapy 1
Gestalt therapy; Experiential psychotherapy; Alvin Mahrer
6. Psychotherapy 2
Bodywork; Psychodrama; Primal integration; Psychosynthesis
7. Groupwork
Encounter; The humanistic-existential group; Trust, safety and confrontation; Non-humanistic groupwork; Self-help and the system
8. Education and Training
Rogers; Confluent education; Experiential learning; The school or college; The wider society
9. Organizational
Organization development; Hierarchy and bureaucracy; Alternatives; Leadership; The wider scene; Taking power; Transformational management; Spiral dynamics
10. Transpersonal
The transpersonal self; LSD; Levels of consciousness; Personal and social implications; Paganism; Cross-cultural work; Ken Wilber
11. Female/Male/Gay
Sexuality; Sex roles; Constructivism and some ways ahead
Part Three: The Future of Humanistic Psychology
12. The Spread of Humanistic Psychology
13. Directions for The Self
The personality; The real self; Multiple levels of consciousness; Humanistic psychology and the social construction of reality
14. Directions for Society
Phase one: The universal approach; Evolution or revolution? Phase two: Questioning patriarchy; Power and change; Phase three: An integral approach
15. Some Points on Theory and Research
Basic orientation; Deficiency motivation and abundance motivation; B-values and D-values; Humanistic research; Critiques of humanistic psychology