Rollo May (1909 to 1994) was an American existential psychologist and psychotherapist, trained at Union Theological Seminary and Teachers College, Columbia University. He became a major proponent of existential psychotherapy in the United States and was a founder and faculty member of the Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center in San Francisco. The philosopher and theologian Paul Tillich was a close friend who influenced his work. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionIntroduced existentialism to American psychologists and remained its best known proponent in the United States, drawing on Kierkegaard, Freud and the theologian Paul Tillich to build an existential account of anxiety and human freedom. 2 Notable Work Notable WorkThe Courage to Create (1975) 1 Notable WorkThe Meaning of Anxiety (1950, revised 1977) 1 Connections
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The Meaning of Anxiety (1950) is the work credited with introducing existential thought to American psychology; the wider existential movement drew on earlier European work by Ludwig Binswanger and Medard Boss.
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Rollo Reece May (April 21, 1909 – October 22, 1994) was an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will (1969).
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was a founder and faculty member of Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center in San Francisco
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May identified five types of love: Libido: Biological function that can be satisfied through sexual intercourse or some other release of sexual tension.
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The Meaning of Anxiety (1950, revised 1977)
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Love and Will
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1975, The Courage to Create, W W Norton (1994 reprint)
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He later attended Union Theological Seminary for a BD during 1938, and Teachers College, Columbia University for a PhD in clinical psychology in 1949.
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Rollo May (1909-1994) introduced existentialism to American psychologists, and has remained the best known proponent of this approach in America.
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