Bringing Awe-Based Consciousness to Psychotherapy

By Kirk J. Schneider | January 1, 2011

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About Kirk J. Schneider

Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D., is a leading spokesman for contemporary humanistic psychology. He is the current editor of The Journal of Humanistic Psychology and author of Awakening to Awe (published by Jason Aronson, 2009), from which part of this article was adapted. See kirkjschneider.com for more information.

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Jenniffer Cucco on October 29, 2011 at 1:31 pm said:

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