The Humanistic Approach in Psychology & Psychotherapy, Sociology & Social Work, Pedagogy & Education, Management and Art: Personal Development and Community ... SCIENCES AND PRACTICES Project Book 9)

In the process of realization of this book was taken into consideration and was consulted the "social" and "therapeutic" literature of humanistic orientation, with the two main directions - existential/positive and spiritual/ontological/humanitarian, or the one that describes it or refers to it. Essentially, the Humanistic-Existential (Positive) Orientation/ Theory represents the person and personality through traits like high level of personal and social autonomy, free will and high capacity/ ability to self-determination, high level of personal development, high resilience, high capacity to control the emotions, high degree of awareness, self-knowledge, high self-esteem, high level of interpersonal development, adaptability, mature personality, activism and initiative, assertiveness, etc., while the socio-human (micro-)community is represented through features such as high autonomy, strong organizational culture, high socio-human functionality, high cohesion, unity, solidity, adaptability, resilience, resistance to crisis and challenges, good management, etc. The humanistic-existential approaches promote core concepts as strong personality and strong community, personal development and community development. The Humanistic-Ontological/Spiritual Approaches/Theories promote as core concepts spiritual-humane personality and humane/good community, spiritual-humane development of the person and humane-cultural development of the community. Representing the person and personality (spiritual-humane personality) it highlights especially the inner-ontological psychological-spiritual and psychological-humane content/ valence/ dimensions, spirituality, virtue, humanity, the spiritual and humane self. This paradigm gives so to the ontological-spiritual and psychological-humane sphere the primary etiological and structural role in formation, structure, and functioning of the person/ personality. It highlights and promotes personality traits and qualities such as spirituality, virtue, humanness, altruism, empathy, love, faith, etc. ***** The book's design, content and bibliography are made in such a way that to be useful both to the academic community, to students and teachers, and also to the professional community, to psychotherapists, educators, managers, social workers, artists, etc.