Existential & Humanistic Web Resources

Internet Resources on Existential and Humanistic Psychology

Websites:

 

Existential Psychotherapy Information Page

This is Dr. Hoffman's website which provides an overview of existential theory along with containing many useful resources. This site also contains a thorough bibliography with some book reviews.

Existential Movies
This is part of the existential therapy web site created by Dr. Hoffman which provides numberous movie recommendations that have existential themes.

Center for Existential Depth Psychology

The website of Dr. Stephen Diamond, author of Anger, Madness, and the Damonic. Dr. Diamond is in private practice in the Los Angeles/Beverly Hills area and has established the Center for Existential Depth Psychology as a training organization for those interested in existential therapy.

 

International Institute for Humanistic Studies

This is a useful website. The institute offers regular training seminars in humanistic and existential therapy approaches.

Rollo May Website

This is an interesting website on Rollo May, the father of American Existential Psychology, which contains many useful links.

Humanistic Psychology and Women Article

This is an interesting article on humanistic psychology and women. Includes some good references.

Interview with James F. T. Bugental at Psychotherapy.net
Victor Yalom interviews James Bugental.

Interview with Thomas Szasz at Psychotherapy.net
Dr. Randall C. Wyatt interviews Thomas Szasz, author of The Myth of Mental Illness.

 

Professional Organizations:

 

The International Society for Existential Psychology & Psychotherapy

This organization is part of the International Network on Personal Meaning. The organization publishes a journal or existential psychology and psychotherapy.

 

Association for Humanistic Psychology

This is one of the oldest organizations formed to promote humanistic psychology. The organization continues to be very important to the ongoing development & promotion of humanistic approaches.

 

The Association for the Development of the Person-Centered Approach

This is an association committed to the person-centered approach to therapy which had its origins in the theory of Carl Rogers.

 

International Network on Personal Meaning (INPM)

This organization includes existential, positive psychology, and constructivist perspectives. INPM hosts a bi-annual conference which draws many prominent figures in the humanistic and existential approaches to therapy.

 

The Society for Existential Analysis

This is a European based organization for promoting existential analysis.

 

Division 32 of the American Psychological Association - Division of Humanistic Psychology

While maybe not as important as the Association for Humanistic Psychology, this division of APA has set a high priority on maintaining a place for humanistic approaches. They have made some important contributions to defining how humanistic psychology should be appropriately evaluated.

 

The National Association for Poetry Therapy

The expressive arts have received much attention within both humanistic and existential theory. This organization focuses on the particular expressive art of poetry.

 

Association for Transpersonal Psychology

Transpersonal psychology has many shared roots with existential and humanistic thought. These school continue to influence each other in many significant ways.

 

International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

While also not a humanistic approach, the relational approaches in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy has been influenced by the humanistic approaches. This is an important organization in promoting contemporary psychoanalysis. Many very influential thinkers maintain an active presence including Lewis Aron, Robert Stolorow, and Randy Sorenson.

Other Resources:

Psychotherapy.net
A good resource for interviews, articles, book reviews, psychotherapy videos, and books; many of which are from an existential perspective.

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