Showing results by author "John H. Morgan" in All Categories

Believing that the use of primary sources is the best way of learning the thought system of a great thinker, I have decided to focus upon a single text of each of the psychotherapists considered in this book. Though the entire corpus of their work will be incorporated in this enquiry, our approach will be to critically consider a major text which established each one as a leading theorist in the field of psychotherapy. We will provide a biographical summary of each theorist followed by a textual analysis of a classic work in their repertoire. We will also include a comprehensive ...

The psychopathology of a diminished life producing a mental injury is characterized by the downward spiral in an individual’s self-concept (self-image and self-esteem) brought on by a diminished opinion of one’s self resulting from negative interpersonal experiences especially from childhood. This approach is based on the work of Harry Stack Sullivan, M.D., and is explored within the context of the traditional orientation of psychoanalysis developed by Sigmund Freud, M.D. A damaged self is evidenced in a variety of personality disorders described in the DSM-5 and is treatable using a ...

Based on my professional assessment of the present state of theory and practice in psychotherapy as relates to the care and counseling of the post-retirement population in America, I have over the last few years concentrated much of my research and publishing in the field of geriatric psychotherapy. It is my conviction that the leading schools of psychotherapy, both classical and modern, have too quickly terminated their application and relevance to the growing number of post-retired individuals in need of pastoral care and counseling. The classical schools, it is understandable, were ...

This inquiry is intended to explore the earliest manifestations of religious consciousness among our Paleolithic ancestors. It is not designed to be a defense of Darwinian evolutionary science but rather embraces the science as a prerequisite to the inquiry. Furthermore, no effort will be made to be “convincing” with respect to humankind’s Paleolithic origins but rather takes as a scientific given our evolution from pre-human to human form. Therefore, what we are in pursuit of here in this investigation is both a definition of “religious consciousness” which is compatible with ...

Our purpose here is to explore the nature of religion as defined and developed in the humanistic tradition wherein there is no biblical concept of God but there is a concept of religion with special reference to Julian Huxley. Of particular interest is the prospects of a “non-theistic spirituality,” or, a spirituality “in the absence of God.” The presuppositional apologetics school of hermeneutics suggests that “all argumentation with presupposition is circular,” thus, so long as we define our terms carefully and with intentional presuppositions, we should end up proving ...

There is an unspoken understanding among academics that in the releasing of a new book, an author is expected both to acknowledge the sources of inspiration and support which went into making up this new block of work and, also, to present an introduction to the work, especially when it is a collection of essays. I have decided to do both at once, recognizing that the introducing of my latest collection of essays necessitates an acknowledgment of those sources, personal and institutional, which facilitated the effort. As my memory seems to work best by recollecting recent events and by ...

The following essays are thought to be representative rather than historically developmental, that is to say, each one of the theorists discussed in these ten essays represents a particularly cogent development within their field of study -- sociology, anthropology, psychology -- and, therefore, are given pride of place in our discussion of the history and philosophy of the social sciences. They are not especially thought of as sequentially developmental in that one thinker’s work naturally and inevitably led to the next thinker’s thought. These essays, then, constitute a collection of ...