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Rollo May

Clinical Psychology

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/

Facts
Birth Date
1909-04-21 1
Birth Year
1909 1
Death Date
1994-10-22 1
Death Year
1994 1
Birthplace
Ada, Ohio 1
Death Place
Tiburon, California 1
Nationality / Culture
American 1
Defining Contribution
Introduced 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
Love and Will (1969) 1
Notable Work
The Courage to Create (1975) 1
Notable Work
The Meaning of Anxiety (1950, revised 1977) 1
Connections

Schools Founded

Existential Psychology, Schools and Movements

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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1. Wikipedia: Rollo May
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  • lead
    was a founder and faculty member of Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center in San Francisco
  • Love section
    May identified five types of love: Libido, Eros, Philia, Agape, and Manic.
  • Bibliography table, 1950 entry
    The Meaning of Anxiety (1950, revised 1977)
  • Bibliography table, 1969 entry
    1969, Love and Will, W W Norton / Delta (1989 reprint)
  • Bibliography table, 1975 entry
    1975, The Courage to Create, W W Norton (1994 reprint)
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2. LibreTexts: Rollo May and Existential Psychology
LibreTextsRollo May and Existential Psychology section
Quote, Rollo May and Existential Psychology section
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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