A Person-Centered Approach to Psychospiritual Maturation Mentoring

This book presents an engaged learning curriculum for higher education that helps emerging adults and professionals-in-training develop psychological resilience and community-building interpersonal skills. The curriculum mentors a person-centered process

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Jared D. Kass

A Person-Centered Approach to Psychospiritual Maturation

Jared D. Kass

A Person-Centered Approach to Psychospiritual Maturation Mentoring Psychological Resilience and Inclusive Community in Higher Education

Jared D. Kass Concord, MA, USA

ISBN 978-3-319-57918-4 ISBN 978-3-319-57919-1  (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57919-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017940352 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: © Akihiro Nakayama Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

In Memoriam Dr. Carl R. Rogers 1902–1987 Mentor to an entire generation of educators and mental health clinicians with humanistic values committed to the positive development of a peaceful and just society

Acknowledgements

Thanks to my intellectual, clinical, and life partner, Lynn Kass. If readers find any wisdom or maturity in this book, it is the result of our shared quest for psychospiritual depth and understanding. Thanks also to our son, Jesse, who has travelled this road with us. His scientific and sociopolitical knowledge have contributed to thoughtful conversations related to this book. Thanks to my parents and our extended Kass-Shapiro-Siegel-Berkson clan. You have been sources of love, support, and fortitude when our families faced difficult times. Thanks to Cantor Lawrence Avery, who tutored me in Jewish prayer when I was a high school student. These prayers became part of my daily contemplative practice: a resource for resilience, meaning, and celebration in times of sadness and joy. Thanks to Leo Marx, my faculty tutor at Amherst College during my senior year as an Independe