Articles and Publications

Contrasting Subjectivities: An Ontological Framework for Research Practices, a paper by Heidi Levitt, one of the winners of the 2006 Carmi Harari Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Psychology, is now available.

David Rennie's 2006 Presidential Address, Hermeneutics and Humanistic Psychology, now available here.

2005 Sidney Jourard Student Paper Award Abstracts

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Important New Books of Interest:

Qualitative Research Methods for Psychologists: Introduction Through Empirical Studies, edited by Constance T. Fischer, is a collection of 14 original articles that teachers readers how to conduct qualitative research. Instead of characterizing and justifying certain methods, the contributors show by means of actual research studies what assumptions, procedures, and dilemmas they encountered. Now available through Elsevier/Academic.

Humanistic Psychotherapies: Handbook of Research and Practice, edited by David J. Cain and Jules Seeman provides solid evidence for the efficacy of humanistic psychotherapies in treating a wide range of clients and problems and establishing that humanistic approaches are as effective or more effective than other major therapeutic schools. It provides the reader with ample case illustrations of how the research can be applied in practice. Humanistic Psychotherapies is available from the American Psychological Association at www.apa.org/books.

Handbook of Humanistic Psychology: Leading Edges in Theory, Research, and Practice, edited by Kirk Schneider, James F.T. Bugental, and J. Fraser Pierson. This book is is ideal for class use, and offers the very latest in humanistic inquiry and application. "This volume represents an essential milestone and defining moment for humanistic psychology." --Donadrian Rice, Contemporary Psychology. Now available in paperback at a significantly reduced cost (see http://www.sagepub.com/ for more details).