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This article reviews the life and work of Rollo May and his influence on the author’s development of applying existential therapy to treating traumatic stress. An examination of May’s worldview, theory, and therapeutic philosophy is presented. Considerable importance is placed on May’s theoretical foundations as they apply to treating combat veterans diagnosed with posttraumatic stress ...
I. Overview of May's Existential Theory. Existential psychology began in Europe shortly after World War II and spread to the United States, where Rollo May played a large part in popularizing it. A clinical psychologist by training, May took the view that modern people frequently run away both from making choices and from assuming ...
These theorists played a prominent role in developing, defining, and promoting existential theory and therapy. Without their leadership, it is doubtful that existentialism would be where it is today. Rollo May. Rollo May is considered the father of American Existential Psychology.
Feb 1, 2021 · Part 6. A conversation with Rollo May biographer Robert Abzug. This is Part 6 and the final installment of my conversation with historian Robert Abzug, whose authorized biography of celebrated ...
Sep 30, 2009 · The right to be human: A biography of Abraham Maslow . Los Angeles: Tarcher. Google Scholar. May, R. ( 1982). An open letter to Carl Rogers. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 22 (3), 10-21. Google Scholar. Download PDF.
He spent the last years of his life in Tiburon, California, until he died in October of 1994. Rollo May is the best known American existential psychologist. Much of his thinking can be understood by reading about existentialism in general, and the overlap between his ideas and the ideas of Ludwig Binswanger is great.
