LEADERSHIP
Division 32 Officer Candidates
President David N. Elkins, PhD
David N. Elkins, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist and a Professor Emeritus of Psychology in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University. As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Elkins has worked in hospital, community mental health, and private practice settings. He is on the board of editors of four professional journals, has authored numerous articles, given many professional presentations, written several book chapters, and published two books on humanistic themes.Benefits of Membership
Your membership includes subscriptions to both the Society for Humanistic Psychology® Newsletter and the sociiety journal The Humanistic Psychologist®, participation in the email Listserv and the opportunity to become acquainted with some of the most accomplished psychologists and therapists in North America. Join the society.
Searching For Synthesis
Is it possible to be both a humanistic psychologist and a social psychologist? After introducing its various theoretical perspectives and subfields, students in my introductory psychology course frequently ask me what “kind” of psychologist I am. Perhaps surprisingly, I find this to be a difficult question to answer.