Erich Fromm’s Impact on Humanistic Psychology

  • Humanistic Psychology (HP) includes several psychological movements such as Client-centered therapy, Gestalt therapy, and Theme-centered Interaction. It is based on a >holistic< view of man emphasizing awareness of bodily expressions, creativity, a self-actualizing tendency and spiritual needs. Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Fritz Perls and others called it a >third branch< in psychology setting it apart from orthodox Freudian theory and behaviorism. Erich Fromm is often considered as a founder of Humanistic Psychology because he was the first one who used the term >humanistic< to make a distinguishing mark from Freudian psychoanalysis. He wrote about a >self-actualizing tendency< in human life and said that therapy should be a >core-to-core-relationship< between two adult persons. Fromm was very influential in HP through his >humanistic< ideas but he remained a psychoanalytic therapist who tried to unveil the unconscious. So we can say that he never was in the center of the humanist movement, but he held a key position on its periphery.

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Author:Helmut Johach
Publisher URL (printed edition):http://www.psychosozial-verlag.de/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/2535/CATALOGSSID/8c52oh5o77t4cs3r5m2r2722j4
Parent Title (English):R. Funk and N. McLaughlin (Eds.), Towards a Human Science. The Relevance of Erich Fromm for Today, Giessen (Psychosozial-Verlag) 2015, pp. 111-122.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2015
Release Date:2015/12/14
Format:PDF-scan to download
IdNo:Johach_H_2015b
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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