Gordon Allport: Becoming (1955)
This is an extract from a short text by Gordon Allport (Becoming, 1955) subtitled: Basic Considerations for a Psychology of Personality. In these passages, the human being is seen as...
Tagged: Psychotherapy
Abraham Maslow: Toward a Psychology of Being. (1955-1957)
Abraham Maslow has become famous as a psychologist for his “hierarchy of needs.” He focuses more on the healthy personality, rather than on forms of psychopathology. He belongs to the...
Carl Rogers: Freedom to Learn (1969)
What happens when a creative and original psychologist like Carl Rogers writes down his ideas about learning? The following two excerpts are from his book: [easyazon_link identifier=”0024031216″ locale=”US” tag=”mainacademicsite-20″]Freedom to...
Viktor Frankl: The Will to Meaning (1962)
This is an extract from Part II of [easyazon_link identifier=”080701429X” locale=”US” tag=”mainacademicsite-20″]Man’s Search for Meaning[/easyazon_link], which is Viktor Frankl’s introduction to logotherapy. The central concept of logotherapy is meaning and the...
Mary Henle: Gestalt Psychology and Gestalt Therapy. (1975)
The purpose of this paper is to try to set the historical record straight while the history in question is still in the making. lt seeks to clarify the relations between gestalt therapy and Gestalt psychology, from which the therapy claims to derive.
Carl Rogers: Significant Aspects of Client-Centered Therapy. 1946
This lecture was first published in American Psychologist, 1, 415-422 Introduction In planning to address this group, I have considered and discarded several possible topics. I was tempted to describe...
Fritz Perls (1893-1970)
psychFritz Perls is the founder of Gestalt therapy. He is famous for the following short text. Gestalt Prayer: I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not...
