Society for Humanistic Psychology Newsletter
A newsletter of Division 32
April 2011
FEATURE
Zombie Seeks Help With Anger Issues: My First Therapy Experience
By Robert McInerney, PhD
I first went to a therapist when I was 18 years old because I was a "holy terror," a "piece of work," and a "basket case" or, at least, that's what everyone said
HUMANIITAS
- Humanitas #6: The Great Wall of China
The following thoughts, adapted from Ethics and Lao-Tzu and “Building the Great Wall of China,” are set down as a sort of reverie in the aftermath of the recent conference in Chicago
IN THIS ISSUE
- From The Editor
A message from Shawn, our Editor
By Shawn Rubin - A Message From The President: A Few Things To Share
President Louise Sundararajan discusses the success of the Division 32 Mid-Winter meetings, and the excitement of things to come.
By Louise Sundararajan, PhD - Existential Psychology In China
This month we re-examine existential psychology in China and update our original 2007 report
By Louis Hoffman, PhD, Xuefu Wang, PhD, and Mark Yang, PsyD - Humanistic & Social Psychology
Searching for synthesis: Is it possible to be both a humanistic psychologist and a social psychologist
By Christopher D. Henry, PhD - Losing Hope In Treatment
This article is designed to give the reader a glimpse of what it is like to have given up hope from the point of view of the patient, I was the patient, a then thirty seven year old doctor of psychology, I suffer from recurrent acute upper back pain
By Eugene M. DeRobertis, PhD - Member News
Stay current with the latest member news - In this issue we bring you updates on Steven Handwerker, Robert Stolorow, Kareen Malone, Donald Froyd, and Elliot Benjamin
- Mid-Winter Meeting Minutes
The Mid-Winter Meeting Minutes are from the 2011 Mid-WWinter Board Meeting held at the Hotel St. Francis in Santa Fe, NM on January 7th and 8th, 2011
- My Father's Death
Mark Yang shares this personal story about the recent death of his father, being thankful for great memories, and understanding the diifference between a biologocal family and an emotional family
By Mark Yang, PsyD - San Francisco State University Commencement Address
Kirk J. Schneider, PhD delivers the commencement address for the 2011 class of San Francisco State University on May 22, 2011
By Kirk J. Schneider - Student Spotlight
This edition of Student Spotlight includes a word on Sam Cooke's "8 Bars of Soul", human encounter, and humanistic revolutions: the case of Sangath and India
By Miraj U. Desai, MA, and Nate Koser, MA