Definition excerpted with permission from Ginger, Serge International Glossary of Gestalt Psychotherapy (Seven languages including English. Order from FORGE at 183 rue Lecourbe; 75015 Paris, France) Paperback 1995.
-term introduced by A. Maslow (1954): 'the Third Force'; a movement which reacted against the all-pervading hierarchical determinism of psychoanalysis on the one hand, and behaviourism on the other. From an existential point of view, humanistic psychology aims to give back to the individual full responsibility for his/her choices and to reinstate his/her spiritual values.
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