Humanistic psychology is an approach to therapy that emphasizes what makes us human. Practitioners believe that individuals are self-aware, can take responsibility for their actions, and have the ...

On a recent trip to Japan, I invited Shoji Muramoto, a longtime leader in Japanese humanistic psychology, to offer his view on the past, present, and future of this branch of psychological thought.

It was refreshing to see an article in the New York Times recently (see "A New Gauge to See What's Beyond Happiness," May 17, 2011, p. D2) that called essentially for a humanistically transformed ...