Jill Hall

The Future of Humanistic Psychology

SYNOPSISI believe that Humanistic Psychology, with its commitment to embrace all that it means to be a human being, has a vital role to play as new insecurities emerge in this time of uncertainty and transition to ‘we know not what’. Rather than being dragged backwards, drawn by the energy of contraction, giving way to caution and fear of exclusion from controlling bodies which will subsequently be seen as blatantly inadequate and limiting, its important to remember our roots. We must endeavour neither to react nor capitulate to the disheartening backsliding which so often occurs within the underlying evolutionary expansion of consciousness.

Transformation in Counselling

Abstract The view is put forward that counselling appears to be undergoing a transformation which renders the old distinction between counselling and therapy no longer meaningful or practical. This transformation reflects the psychic backdrop of our times; it has come about because the needs of people seeking help, as well as the needs of those counselling, have altered and developed. Increasingly, clients are acknowledging the need for radical change which involves exploration of all levels of their being. This transformative work, a moving across inner barriers and coming into wholeness, necessarily involves active awareness of spirit. Thus it is no longer possible to be a client-centred counsellor without being willing to address the spiritual dimension ofhuman-beingness.