Society for Humanistic Psychology

"The End is the Beginning: An Existential Perspective on Suffering and Death" -- a talk by Brent Dean Robbins, Ph.D youtube.com/watch?v=BsEI3s…

“Cognitive behavior therapists have nothing to say about Love. They don’t pretend to either.” —Otto Kernberg

As States Expand Psychiatric Detention, Research Shows Elevated Suicide Risk by Richard Sears A nationwide Swedish study reveals markedly higher suicide rates following involuntary psychiatric detention. madinamerica.com/2026/01/as-sta…

Hot off the press: apa.org/pubs/books/apa…

Anyone involved in psychotherapy must read this fantastic article. For me, it was the best piece (published in the media) on relational psychotherapy in 2025. Drawing the link between Rogers & Winnicott was long overdue - @psychgeist52 does a brilliant job tapmagazine.org/all-articles/c…

Very distressing that the enormous majority of people's mathematical literacy is well below average.

Thanks to my friend and colleague Bob McInerney for his lovely tribute to me and our work together on the "hermeneutics of love." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

A study of the estrangement of the body experienced among people with histories of trauma. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

How can Erich Fromm help defend against criticisms of humanism? jyx.jyu.fi/bitstreams/e7b…

A phenomenological study of torture based on the concept of the "lived body" (Merleau-Ponty) link.springer.com/article/10.118…

@AllenFrancesMD It is fine to use it as a tool but human beings should always be involved in the analysis. You don't put Cthulhu in charge of human well-being.

This article integrates Buddhist concepts pf suffering, craving and insight with modern existential fear to explore mindfulness as a "practical discipline that trains the mind to stay with the rawness of life without being drowned by it." multiappliedjournal.com/assets/archive…

New research suggests medications for ADHD do not actually address problems of attention. Rather, they influence wakefulness and reward. psypost.org/common-adhd-me…

This article examines Eugene Gendlin’s contributions to philosophy and psychotherapeutic practice as interrelated instruments for existential transformation. argument.uken.krakow.pl/article/downlo…

A short article from the American Psychological Association on my recent talks and scholarship on love and death in the face of cancer. apa.org/about/division…

Study: "Helping between groups leads to individual and social-psychological changes in helpers, which both sustain further helping commitment." #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Thanks to Ashley Bobak for this excellent article on "critical metabletics," a method we've collaborated on to study psychology as it has changed in key moments of cultural-historical transformation. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

People with a genetic risk for schizophrenia or bipolar are more creative.

Study finds that adverse childhood experiences are linked to lower meaning in life, but self-compassion is protective and mediates this relationship. link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…

Thank you to Nisha Gupta, Justin Karter, Micah Ingle, and Zenobia Morrill for their work on this article, which honors not only my methodology in arts-based phenomenology, but is deeply personal. What a joy to read this. My heart is filled with love and gratitude. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…