About Div. 32
Humanistic psychologists are oriented toward systematically promoting psychological development and growth and supporting the creative and self-initiated efforts of individuals, families, and communities. Psychological development includes the development of greater capacities for self-understanding, understanding of others, and understanding of relationships; clarification and development of values and life goals; development of a greater capacity for deep experiencing; the strengthening of relational bonds; the promotion of an environment of mutual care and empathy; development of a greater sense of personal freedom and choice while respecting rights and needs of others as well as the limits imposed by reality; and the strengthening of individual, relational, and group agency.
In the science and profession of psychology, humanistic psychologists are dedicated to understanding and appreciating people holistically, phenomenologically, and systemically; as continually evolving; and as uniquely situated in their intersecting sociocultural and eco-psycho-spiritual contexts. We assume that optimally-functioning people are consciously aware, responsibly free to make choices in accordance with their values, interdependent, goal-directed, meaning-making, and creative in relation to their experience.
Div. 32 hosts an annual conference, which includes continuing education (CE) opportunities.
Become a member
Your membership includes subscriptions to both the Society for Humanistic Psychology® newsletter and the society journal The Humanistic Psychologist®, participation in the email list and the opportunity to become acquainted with some of the most accomplished psychologists and therapists internationally.
News and multimedia
Div. 32 newsletters provide members with updates about division, as well as special interest group news. The Div. 32 newsletter is also a place where members, particularly students and early career psychologists, can share their research and insights and received feedback from other members before submitting their work for academic publication.
The Society of Humanistic Psychology’s YouTube channel provides a wealth of resources on humanistic psychology, from a video series about humanistic psychology’s founding to conference presentations and discussions of humanistic psychology as it relates to pressing topics like social media and social justice.
Div. 32 journal
The Humanistic Psychologist
The Humanistic Psychologist is the is devoted to reflective inquiry into humanistic psychologies.
The journal The Humanistic Psychologist publishes qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research as well as humanistic, existential, constructivist and transpersonal theories and psychotherapies. The journal welcomes phenomenological, hermeneutic, critical, feminist and multicultural perspectives.
Current articles in The Humanistic Psychologist
Div. 32 president
Jonathan D. Raskin, PhD, is a professor of psychology and counselor education at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where he also currently serves as chair of the psychology department. His research focuses on constructive meaning-based approaches in psychology and counseling, especially their applications to understanding abnormality and psychotherapy. He is licensed as a psychologist in New York, where he maintains a small private practice.
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