Michael Polanyi was on "JHP's" Board of Editors for many years, and his book, "Personal Knowledge", published in 1958, was an important factor in the development of humanistic psychology. This "rememberance" presents an overview of his personal background and the major outlines of his thought. (Editor/RK)

This article is an expanded version of a book review which originally appeared in "Self & Society." In it the author criticizes the methodology and findings of Lieberman, Yalom, and Miles on their book about encounter groups. (Editor/RK)

Author collected quotes by people who have wrestled with the issue of inner ambivalence concerning technological civilization. (Author/RK)

Author's aim in this article was to present humanistic or "third-force" psychology as a perspective from which to consider political events and the way we study them in the social sciences. (Author/RK)

Author focused on the rediscovery and use of catharsis in human potential encounter groups as well as the background of interest in catharsis, the current technology of catharsis, and attempts to overcome the drawbacks of catharsis with the aid of spiritual disciplines such as meditation. (Author/RK)

Author discussed the sense of inward vision through which we can listen to our experience of each moment, becoming aware of how authentically it accords with our own nature. (Author/RK)

The Sage Project effectively merges a humanistic clinical approach to self-development and personal growth with a much needed demand for creative and positively oriented gerontological programs and services. Discusses the Sage Project's four primary programs: (a) Core group programs; (b) Institutional programs; (c) Professional training and…

Suggests that the hypothesis that there is a formative directional tendency in the universe could be a base upon which to build a theory for humanistic psychology. (Author/RK)

Discusses the essential interrelationship between the flow of ideas, self-experience and breathing. (Editor/RK)

Disputes Adrianne Aron's "unlovely coupling of Maslow with Bay Area Hippies" (AA 526 463). Argues that self-actualization is a "synergistic formulation combining the satisfaction of self and others, and hence the fulfillment of self through socially significant action". (Editor/RK)

Author answered the criticisms of Schutz, Smith, and Rowan, an author on human potential and two social psychologists, who challenged his use of data concerning encounter groups. (RK)

As a contribution to the dialogue between humanism and behaviorism, this research questions the basis of recent trends toward a more consensual mutual accomodations of perspectives. Briefly reviews the behaviorist and humanist movements. Recommends a dialectical interplay of polarities combining causal understanding from a point external to the…

Believes the therapeutic situation that offers the greatest awareness with the least amount of dehumanization is a synthesis of the gestalt and the existential humanistic (EH) orientations. Considers the relationship and possible synthesis of the existential and gestalt positions. (Author/RK)

A psychosynthetic model of personality was presented as well as several inferences for an eclectic but systematic approach to psychotherapy which embraces a variety of methods, can be ordered in a reasonable sequence, and used within a therapist-client relationship which is existentially structured. (Author/RK)

Very few organizations have developed encounter to the profound and responsible degree that Delancy Street has done. This article provided a glimpse of what it can really mean to be a participant observer in social science research. (Editor/RK)