News and Events

The latest news and events of interest to Division 32 members and those in the field of humanistic psychology.
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Newsletters

The Humanistic Psychologist is the official newsletter of Division 32, providing members with news and discussion of current issues in the field. The Division 32 Psychotherapy and the Arts interest group also produces a newsletter, in collaboration with Division 10.

Journal

The journal The Humanistic Psychologist publishes qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research as well as humanistic, existential, constructivist and transpersonal theories and psychotherapies.
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Division 32 News

Division 32: A “Model Division”

APA named Division 32 a “Model Division” in its August 2025 Division Digest.

Aligning existential–humanistic therapy with the standards of evidence-based practice in psychology

Drs. Louis Hoffman and Veronica Lac’s edited volume, The Evidence-Based Foundations of Existential-Humanistic Therapyopens in new window, was published by APA Books in May 2025. The book provides a solid empirical foundation for EHT as a therapeutic modality (thereby debunking the common falsehood that it has no empirical support), while also demonstrating how EHT can serve as an integrative approach.

New editor of The Humanistic Psychologist!

Division 32 thanks Dr. Scott Churchill for 18 years of dedicated service as editor of our official journal, The Humanistic Psychologist, since 2006! We also welcome Dr. Louis Hoffman as the incoming editor! Louis brings extensive editorial experience and familiarity with the humanistic literature. He has articulated a vision for the journal that includes enhancing both the theoretical and cultural diversity of its editorial board and working toward increasing its impact factor in order to bring greater visibility to humanistic psychology.

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The summer 2024 issue of the SHP Newsletter included an excerpt from this interview with humanistic psychologist Eleanor Criswell Hanna, conducted by Ilene Serlin. A video of the full interview is available on SHP-TV.

Humanistic psychology: Hitting the notes, or the varieties of authentic experience opens in new window

Ed Mendelowitz, PhD, dedicates this article to Steve Goodman (1948-1984) and John Prine (1946-2020), and in memory of Georgia May (1926-2021).

Report from the International Whole Person Approaches Work Group

Members of this work group, called International Whole Person Approaches, came from a core group of therapists and researchers from the United States and abroad. Ongoing projects from this work group include arts-based and written materials, participation in collaborative projects such as the weekly roundtables and training webinars to disseminate resources for building resilience and creativity in the face of trauma.

Humanistic psychology post-pandemic

Using humanistic principles and practices to move forward together.

How humanistic multicultural case formulation is grounded in mindful sociocultural attunement opens in new window

In a new article from two humanistic psychologists, Andrew J. Felder (UCLA) and Brent D. Robbins (Point Park University), explore how the presence-centered and context-sensitive emphases of person-centered and existential phenomenology are rooted in mindful and meditative attunement to socio-culturally diverse clients. The article, “Approaching mindful multicultural case formulation: Rogers, Yalom, and existential phenomenology,” was recently published in Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies (April 2020).

From the president: Can humanistic psychology heal the world?

Humanistic psychology can heal the world if it avoids polarization and embraces complexity, mystery, ambiguity, and awe.

When COVID-19 meets pandemic hope: Existential care of and in the impossible

Todd DuBose, PhD, discusses existential issues related to the pandemic situation with COVID-19: “...Hope was and is stronger than what the virus has and can take from us. Hope can be as pandemic as the virus. The rub, of course, is how to offer hope without disrespecting abject anguish related to the horror and mourning of the havoc wrecked in the virus’ path.”

Humanistic psychologists release book, Integrated Care for the Traumatized

Co-editors are Ilene Serlin, Stanley Krippner, and Kirwan Rockefeller, with a foreword by Charles Figley and published by Rowman and Littlefield, this text discusses new models of Whole Person integrated care for the traumatized.

Seeking therapist collaborators: “Treating” couples with low desire/frequency by creating optimal erotic intimacy

Peggy J. Kleinplatz, PhD, director of sex and couples therapy training at the University of Ottawa, reports on her team's research and provides information about upcoming trainings for experienced couples therapists.

Additional Information

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The Society of Humanistic Psychology’s YouTube channel provides a wealth of resources on humanistic psychology.

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