Michael Britt writes in the context of his latest podcast http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2011/03/episode-144-the-drowsy-chaperone-holds-the-key-to-life/ >I'll start out by saying that existentialism is far >from my field of expertise….
Me to! But I'm acquainted with an existential psychotherapist in London who runs existential seminars with prominent speakers from Europe and the States on somewhat esoteric pioneers in the field. I have the impression there is quite a gap between the proponents of popular existential notions you discuss in your podcast, such as Sheldon Kopp and Carl Rogers (or Abraham Maslow), and the theories one finds here: http://castle.eiu.edu/~psych/spencer/Existential.html or here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_therapy It could be that what you were discussing is more appropriately described as Humanistic Pyschology (?): http://www.ryerson.ca/~glassman/humanist.html Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [email protected] http://www.esterson.org ------------------------------------------------------ From: Michael Britt <[email protected]> Subject: Existential psychology Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 06:37:41 -0400 I'll start out by saying that existentialism is far from my field of expertise, yet we do run across the topic occasionally in the textbooks so I gave the topic a stab in the most recent episode of my podcast. I tried to make the topic a bit more "accessible" by relating it to a very funny musical called The Drowsy Chaperon. Always open to feedback: http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2011/03/episode-144-the-drowsy-chaperone-holds-the-key-to-life/ Also, I found an interesting new blog in which the author points out existential ideas he finds in various entertainment sources: http://existentialtainment.com/ Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=9620 or send a blank email to leave-9620-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
