Existential-Phenomenological Perspectives in Psychology Exploring th

When I began to study psychology a half century ago, it was defined as "the study of behavior and experience." By the time I completed my doctorate, shortly after the end of World War II, the last two words were fading rapidly. In one of my first graduate

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Existential-Phenomenological Perspectives in Psychology Exploring the Breadth of Human Experience With a Special Section on Transpersonal Psychology

. Edited by

Ronald S. Valle John F. Kennedy University Orinda, California

and

Steen Halling Seattle University Seattle, Washington

With a Foreword by James F. T. Bugental

PLENUM PRESS • NEW YORK AND LONDON

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Existential-phenomenological perspectives in psychology: exploring the breadth of human experience: with a special section on transpersonaI psychology I edited by Ronald S. Valle and Steen Halling; with a foreword by James F. T. Bugental. p. CID. Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. ISBN-13: 978-0-306-43044-2 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4615-6989-3 001: 10.1007/978-1-4615-6989-3 1. Phenomenological psychology. 2. Existential psychology. 3. TranspersonaI psychology. I. Valle, Ronald S. II. Halling, Steen. BF204.5.E94 1989 88-39126 ISO.19'2-dcl9 CIP

1098765432

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To Christin and the Only One

-RV

To my parents, Poul and Margit Halling

-SH

Contributors

Marc Briod, Department of Philosophy, Oakland University, Rochester, Minnesota Emily Davies, P.O. Box 671264, Chugiah, Alaska Judy Dearborn NiII, Department of Journalism, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington Constance T. Fischer, Department of Psychology, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania William F. Fischer, Department of Psychology, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Robert Frager, Institute for Culture and Creation Spirituality, Holy Names College, Oakland, California and Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, Menlo Park, California Amedeo Giorgi, Saybrook Institute, 1772 Vallejo Street, San Francisco, California Steen Halling, Department of Psychology, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington Bernd Jager, New School for Psychoanalysis, Santa Rosa, California Mark King, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Michael Leifer, Seattle Mental Health Institute, Seattle, Washington Ralph Metzner, California Institute of Integral Studies, 765 Ashbury Street, San Francisco, California Donald Moncrieff, 84 Glendale Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Donald Moss, Haight Clinic Psychological Services, 109 South Jackson Street, Spring Lake, Michigan Donald E. Polkinghorne, Graduate Department of Counseling! School Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, California Dianne Powers, Highline Evaluation and Treatment Center, Seattle, Washington Robert D. Romanyshyn, Department of Psychology, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas Jan O. Rowe, Department of Psychology, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington Susan Schneier, Graduate School for the Study