Willard B Frick
Biographic Data
| ID | 5454575 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Willard B Frick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Willard B |
| FAMILY NAME | Frick |
| SIGNATURE | FRICK W B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Albion College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Symbolic Latency: Images of Transformation Across Space and Time
Following extensive work on the symbolic dimensions of experience (The Symbolic Growth Experience), the author turns to the romantic poetry of William Wordsworth and his concept of “spots of time” from Wordsworth’s work. The author develops the concept of symbolic latency, identifying those powerful images and emotions of youth and childhood that remain latent in their meaning until brought to fruition through additional experience and emotional …
Remembering Maslow: Reflections on a 1968 Interview
Five selections from an interview with Abraham Maslow are presented here. These five excerpts, each introduced with commentary by the author, include such topics as Maslow’s early experiences in psychology, his problems with timidity and isolation, the inspiration for his concept of self-actualization, and his gradual withdrawal from many of life’s pleasures to devote more time to his work. Also discussed are the difficult theoretical problems he…
Flight into Health: A New Interpretation
Although its origin remains a mystery, the term flight into health has been part of the psychotherapeutic lexicon for more than half a century. Historically, the term has been used as an interpretative label, suggesting that patients who responded “too quickly” to therapeutic intervention were actually engaging in escape tactics. According to this view, rapid responses to therapy were attempts to avoid the pain and anxiety of further exploration …
Interview with John Rowan
The Subpersonalities Controversy: A Reply to My Critics
Subpersonalities: Who Conducts the Orchestra
The theory of subpersonalities is a rapidly emerging theory of personality. In this article, the author offers a critique of the theory and urges that it be viewed and developed within the context of well-established holistic principles and theory. Any concept of fragmentation presupposes some unity of which it is a fragmentation. -Rollo May
The Symbolic Growth Experience: A Chronicle of Heuristic Inquiry and a Quest for Synthesis
In this article I present a special example of the process of heuristic inquiry as I have experienced it in my several years of research on the Symbolic Growth Experience. I outline a chronology of the major discoveries and insights that have come as a result of following this phenomenological form of inquiry. Out of these discoveries and insights a final synthesis is achieved. The ultimate meaning of the Symbolic Growth Experience is revealed
The Symbolic Growth Experience: Paradigm for a Humanistic-Existential Learning Theory
The Symbolic Growth Experience (SGE) refers to those significant moments in life when we create personal meaning by symbolizing our immediate experience in the interest of heightened awareness and personal growth. As we perceive the symbolic dimensions of our immediate experience, we become creative agents in our own learning and growth. Using the SGE as a paradigm, the present article explores its significance for the development of a humanistic…
The Symbolic Growth Experience
I have developed a concept I call the Symbolic Growth Experience (SGE). This concept refers to those significant moments in life when we create personal meaning by symbolizing our immediate experience in the interest of heightened consciousness and personal growth. The SGE suggests a radical way of apprehending and responding to our experience. As we perceive or create the symbolic dimensions of our experience we become profound and sensitive int…
Conceptual Foundations of Self-Actualization: A Contribution to Motivation Theory
Humanistic biologists, psychologists, and organismic theorists have made a persuasive case for the presence of an innate growth force within the personality for achieving self-actualization (S-A). Among the S-A theorists, however, little attention has been given to the way in which this organic force is mobilized to achieve direction and expression. A notable exception to this omission is found in the motivation theory of Abraham Maslow. He theor…
Relationship Therapy with a Two-Year-Old Girl
Child psychology and parent education
(1958). Child psychology and parent education. Peabody Journal of Education: Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 11-15
The adolescent dilemma: An interpretation
(1955). The adolescent dilemma: An interpretation. Peabody Journal of Education: Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 206-210
Conceptual Foundations of Self-Actualization: A Contribution to Motivation Theory
Humanistic biologists, psychologists, and organismic theorists have made a persuasive case for the presence of an innate growth force within the personality for achieving self-actualization (S-A). Among the S-A theorists, however, little attention has been given to the way in which this organic force is mobilized to achieve direction and expression. A notable exception to this omission is found in the motivation theory of Abraham Maslow. He theor…
The Symbolic Growth Experience: Paradigm for a Humanistic-Existential Learning Theory
The Symbolic Growth Experience (SGE) refers to those significant moments in life when we create personal meaning by symbolizing our immediate experience in the interest of heightened awareness and personal growth. As we perceive the symbolic dimensions of our immediate experience, we become creative agents in our own learning and growth. Using the SGE as a paradigm, the present article explores its significance for the development of a humanistic…
The Symbolic Growth Experience
I have developed a concept I call the Symbolic Growth Experience (SGE). This concept refers to those significant moments in life when we create personal meaning by symbolizing our immediate experience in the interest of heightened consciousness and personal growth. The SGE suggests a radical way of apprehending and responding to our experience. As we perceive or create the symbolic dimensions of our experience we become profound and sensitive int…
The Symbolic Growth Experience: A Chronicle of Heuristic Inquiry and a Quest for Synthesis
In this article I present a special example of the process of heuristic inquiry as I have experienced it in my several years of research on the Symbolic Growth Experience. I outline a chronology of the major discoveries and insights that have come as a result of following this phenomenological form of inquiry. Out of these discoveries and insights a final synthesis is achieved. The ultimate meaning of the Symbolic Growth Experience is revealed
Subpersonalities: Who Conducts the Orchestra
The theory of subpersonalities is a rapidly emerging theory of personality. In this article, the author offers a critique of the theory and urges that it be viewed and developed within the context of well-established holistic principles and theory. Any concept of fragmentation presupposes some unity of which it is a fragmentation. -Rollo May
Symbolic Latency: Images of Transformation Across Space and Time
Following extensive work on the symbolic dimensions of experience (The Symbolic Growth Experience), the author turns to the romantic poetry of William Wordsworth and his concept of “spots of time” from Wordsworth’s work. The author develops the concept of symbolic latency, identifying those powerful images and emotions of youth and childhood that remain latent in their meaning until brought to fruition through additional experience and emotional …
Remembering Maslow: Reflections on a 1968 Interview
Five selections from an interview with Abraham Maslow are presented here. These five excerpts, each introduced with commentary by the author, include such topics as Maslow’s early experiences in psychology, his problems with timidity and isolation, the inspiration for his concept of self-actualization, and his gradual withdrawal from many of life’s pleasures to devote more time to his work. Also discussed are the difficult theoretical problems he…
Flight into Health: A New Interpretation
Although its origin remains a mystery, the term flight into health has been part of the psychotherapeutic lexicon for more than half a century. Historically, the term has been used as an interpretative label, suggesting that patients who responded “too quickly” to therapeutic intervention were actually engaging in escape tactics. According to this view, rapid responses to therapy were attempts to avoid the pain and anxiety of further exploration …
The adolescent dilemma: An interpretation
(1955). The adolescent dilemma: An interpretation. Peabody Journal of Education: Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 206-210
Child psychology and parent education
(1958). Child psychology and parent education. Peabody Journal of Education: Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 11-15
Relationship Therapy with a Two-Year-Old Girl
Conceptual Foundations of Self-Actualization: A Contribution to Motivation Theory
Humanistic biologists, psychologists, and organismic theorists have made a persuasive case for the presence of an innate growth force within the personality for achieving self-actualization (S-A). Among the S-A theorists, however, little attention has been given to the way in which this organic force is mobilized to achieve direction and expression. A notable exception to this omission is found in the motivation theory of Abraham Maslow. He theor…
The Symbolic Growth Experience
I have developed a concept I call the Symbolic Growth Experience (SGE). This concept refers to those significant moments in life when we create personal meaning by symbolizing our immediate experience in the interest of heightened consciousness and personal growth. The SGE suggests a radical way of apprehending and responding to our experience. As we perceive or create the symbolic dimensions of our experience we become profound and sensitive int…
The Symbolic Growth Experience: Paradigm for a Humanistic-Existential Learning Theory
The Symbolic Growth Experience (SGE) refers to those significant moments in life when we create personal meaning by symbolizing our immediate experience in the interest of heightened awareness and personal growth. As we perceive the symbolic dimensions of our immediate experience, we become creative agents in our own learning and growth. Using the SGE as a paradigm, the present article explores its significance for the development of a humanistic…
The Symbolic Growth Experience: A Chronicle of Heuristic Inquiry and a Quest for Synthesis
In this article I present a special example of the process of heuristic inquiry as I have experienced it in my several years of research on the Symbolic Growth Experience. I outline a chronology of the major discoveries and insights that have come as a result of following this phenomenological form of inquiry. Out of these discoveries and insights a final synthesis is achieved. The ultimate meaning of the Symbolic Growth Experience is revealed
Subpersonalities: Who Conducts the Orchestra
The theory of subpersonalities is a rapidly emerging theory of personality. In this article, the author offers a critique of the theory and urges that it be viewed and developed within the context of well-established holistic principles and theory. Any concept of fragmentation presupposes some unity of which it is a fragmentation. -Rollo May
The Subpersonalities Controversy: A Reply to My Critics
Interview with John Rowan
Flight into Health: A New Interpretation
Although its origin remains a mystery, the term flight into health has been part of the psychotherapeutic lexicon for more than half a century. Historically, the term has been used as an interpretative label, suggesting that patients who responded “too quickly” to therapeutic intervention were actually engaging in escape tactics. According to this view, rapid responses to therapy were attempts to avoid the pain and anxiety of further exploration …
Remembering Maslow: Reflections on a 1968 Interview
Five selections from an interview with Abraham Maslow are presented here. These five excerpts, each introduced with commentary by the author, include such topics as Maslow’s early experiences in psychology, his problems with timidity and isolation, the inspiration for his concept of self-actualization, and his gradual withdrawal from many of life’s pleasures to devote more time to his work. Also discussed are the difficult theoretical problems he…
Symbolic Latency: Images of Transformation Across Space and Time
Following extensive work on the symbolic dimensions of experience (The Symbolic Growth Experience), the author turns to the romantic poetry of William Wordsworth and his concept of “spots of time” from Wordsworth’s work. The author develops the concept of symbolic latency, identifying those powerful images and emotions of youth and childhood that remain latent in their meaning until brought to fruition through additional experience and emotional …
Psychology (13 works) · Epistemology (11 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Psychoanalysis (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Psychotherapist (5 works) · Child Therapy and Development (4 works)