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Alan Watts and the re-visioning of psychotherapy

  • Alan Watts’ seminal text >Psychotherapy East and West<was authored near Humanistic Psychology’s beginnings, also a transformational time for psychotherapy theory and practice. Watts fostered appreciation for Eastern philosophical traditions, particularly in relation to self, identity, and counterculture. In this article, contributions of innovative thinkers cited by Watts, including Gregory Bateson, Erich Fromm, Jay Haley, George Herbert Mead, Rollo May, and Carl Rogers, are highlighted and historically situated toward tracking threads of contemporary influence vis-à-vis social construction, brief therapy, and therapeutic simplicity. The article begins with a brief note on Watts’ countercultural positioning.

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Author:Colin James Sanders
Parent Title (English):Self & Society, Vol. 45, No. 3-4 (2017), pp. 244-255. [Online ISSN 2374-5355] [doi.org/10.1080/03060497.2017.1356087]
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2017
Release Date:2024/04/04
Format:to purchase via publisher
IdNo:Sanders_C_J_2017
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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