Personality and Personal Growth Book

	Preface	xvii
	About the Authors	xxi
1	Introduction	1
	A Constructive Approach to Personality Theory	2
	Theories of Personality	3
	Expanding the Scope of Personality Theory	3
	The Structure of Each Chapter	7
2	Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis	15
	Personal History	16
	Intellectual Antecedents	19
	Major Concepts	20
	Structure of the Personality	23
	Psychosexual Stages of Development	25
	Freud's View About Women	29
	Dynamics: Anxiety, Psychoanalysis, and Dreamwork	30
	Structure	33
	Therapist/Therapy	36
	Evaluation	39
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Studies in Hysteria	41
3	Anna Freud and the Post-Freudians: Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott, Heinz Kohut, and the Gestalt Therapy of Fritz and Laura Perls	51
	Anna Freud	52
	Further Developments in Psychoanalytic Theory: Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott, and Heinz Kohut	59
	Further Developments in Psychoanalytic Therapy: The Gestalt Therapy of Fritz and Laura Perls	67
	The Theory Firsthand: Three Excerpts from Anna Freud	75
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Fritz Perls, Gestalt Therapy Verbatim	76
4	Carl Gustav Jung and Analytic Psychology	83
	Personal History	84
	Intellectual Antecedents	87
	Major Concepts	89
	Dynamics	104
	Structure	108
	Evaluation	111
	Recent Developments: Jung's Influence	113
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpts from Analytical Psychology	114
5	Alfred Adler and Individual Psychology	120
	Personal History	121
	Intellectual Antecedents	123
	Major Concepts	125
	Dynamics	133
	Structure	136
	Evaluation	140
	Recent Developments: Adler's Influence	141
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Social Interest	142
6	Karen Horney and Humanistic Psychoanalysis	147
	Personal History	149
	Intellectual Antecedents	152
	Major Concepts	154
	Horney's New Paradigm	157
	Dynamics	165
	The Process of Psychotherapy	167
	Nonclinical Applications of Horney	169
	Evaluation	172
	Conclusion	172
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Self-Analysis	173
7	The Psychology of Women	179
Section 1.	A Relational Approach	180
	Major Concepts	180
	Dynamics	185
	Relational Therapy	190
	Evaluation	192
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Women's Growth in Connection	192
Section 2.	Healing the Relational Crisis	194
Section 3.	Organic Inquiry: A Transpersonal/Feminist Research Methodology	197
	Intellectual Antecedents	197
	A Fundamental Metaphor	198
	The Process	198
	The Methodology in Action	199
8	Erik Erikson and the Life Cycle	207
	Personal History	208
	Intellectual Antecedents	210
	Major Concepts	212
	Dynamics	227
	Structure	228
	Evaluation	231
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpts from Childhood and Society	232
9	Wilhelm Reich and Somatic Psychology	237
	Personal History	238
	Intellectual Antecedents	240
	Major Concepts	242
	Dynamics	245
	Structure	250
	Evaluation	252
	Other Approaches to Somatic Psychology	254
	Evaluation	260
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpts from Me and the Orgone	261
10	William James and the Psychology of Consciousness	267
	Personal History	269
	Intellectual Antecedents	271
	Major Concepts	273
	Dynamics: Forces Supporting and Limiting Personal Growth	282
	Structure	287
	The Role of the Teacher	288
	Evaluation	289
	The Psychology of Consciousness	290
	Evaluation	301
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpts from Talks to Teachers and The Varieties of Religious Experience	302
11	B. F. Skinner and Radical Behaviorism	313
	Personal History	314
	Intellectual Antecedents	316
	Major Concepts	319
	Structure	329
	Evaluation	338
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from "Humanism and Behaviorism"	340
12	Applications of Cognitive Psychology	346
	Evaluation	355
	The Theory Firsthand: Cognitive Therapy	355
	Cognitive Science and Human Experience: A New Partnership	356
13	George Kelly and Personal Construct Psychology	360
	Introduction	361
	Personal History	362
	Intellectual Antecedents	363
	Major Concepts	365
	Dynamics	377
	Diagnosis	381
	Therapy	383
	Evaluation	385
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from "The Psychology of the Unknown"	386
14	Carl Rogers and the Person-Centered Perspective	393
	Personal History	394
	Intellectual Antecedents	398
	Major Concepts	399
	Dynamics	405
	Structure	407
	The Fully Functioning Person	411
	Person-Centered Therapy	412
	Encounter Groups	416
	Evaluation	418
	The Theory Firsthand: Roger's Ideas	420
	The Linkage to Theory	421
15	Abraham Maslow and Transpersonal Psychology	428
	Personal History	429
	Intellectual Antecedents	431
	Major Concepts	432
	Dynamics	445
	Structure	446
	Recent Developments: Maslow's Influence	450
	Evaluation	450
	Transpersonal Psychology	451
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from "The Plateau Experience"	459
16	Yoga and the Hindu Tradition	465
	History	466
	Major Concepts	468
	Dynamics	486
	Structure	488
	Evaluation	491
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpts from Radha: Diary of a Woman's Search	492
17	Zen and the Buddhist Tradition	498
	History	499
	Major Concepts	502
	Dynamics	511
	Structure	517
	Evaluation	525
	Recent Developments: The Influence of Buddhism	527
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpts from The Wild White Goose	529
18	Sufism and the Islamic Tradition	535
	History	537
	Major Concepts	543
	Dynamics	547
	Structure	554
	Evaluation	560
	The Theory Firsthand: Excerpt from Forty Days: The Diary of a Traditional Solitary Sufi Retreat	561
	Credits	568
	Name Index	569
	Subject Index	576