Here Rollo May discusses our loss of our personal identity in the contemporary world, the sources of our anxiety, the scope of psychotherapy, and the ultimate paradox of freedom and responsibility.
Whether reflecting on war, psychology, or the ideas of existentialist thinkers such as Sartre and Kierkegaard, Dr. May everywhere enlarges our outlook on how people can develop creatively within the human predicament.
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Rollo May (1909-1994) was an influential existential psychologist and the author of Love and Will, The Courage to Create, and The Discovery of Being.
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On Paradox And Dilemma,
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Rollo May is one of the most important voices in the history of psychology. How do we deal with the knowledge that we are going to die? How do we coexist with this and not render our lives meaningless? May is a brilliant thinker and theorist. Never offering simple solutions, he understands the importance of grappling with dilemmas and paradox. Ultimately, we find meaningful ways through our art, music, and relationships, etc. We find the courage to choose life.
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Every young psychotherapist should have to read Rollo May or some of the other existential humanistic therpapists. Homework assignments may change behavior but presence changes both the client and therapist!
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It was very good, but every human being should read Ernest Becker's: The Denial of Death, and then Norman O. Brown's book Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History. These books are master pieces!
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Once in a while I catch myself having a curious phantasy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
normal guilt, existential psychiatry, existential psychoanalysis, normal anxiety, neurotic anxiety, world openness, existential approach, existential psychology, neurotic guilt Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Paul Tillich, Carl Rogers, Zen Buddhism, Jean-Paul Sartre, Professor Skinner, Madison Avenue, William James, American Psychological Association, Erwin Straus, Gordon Allport, Howard Liddell, Kurt Goldstein, Middle Ages, Sigmund Freud, American Psychologist, Basic Books, Lawrence Kubie, Ludwig Binswanger, Robert Lifton New!
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- Existential Psychoanalysis by Jean-Paul Sartre on 6 pages
- The Courage to Be by Paul Tillich on page 81, page 129, and page 137
- Solitary Confinement (Papermac) by Christopher Burney on page 176, and page 221
- The Meaning of Anxiety by Rollo May in Front Matter, and page 200
- Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre on page 112, and page 146
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- Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil and Creativity (Suny Series in the Philosophy of Psychology) by Stephen A. Diamond in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- A Place in Time: Care Givers for Their Elderly by Tom Koch in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Who Count as Persons?: Human Identity and the Ethics of Killing (Moral Traditions series) by John F. Kavanaugh in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Theory and Practice of Counselling & Therapy by Richard Nelson-Jones on page 198, and page 219
- Musical Performance: Learning Theory and Pedagogy by Daniel L. Kohut on page 51, and Back Matter
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