Notable Psychology & Psychiatrists Posters “M...-N...-”
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Notable psychologists and psychiatrists ~

Abraham Maslow
b. 4-1-1908; Brooklyn, NY
d. 6-8-1970; California

Professor Abraham Maslow, considered the found of humanistic psychology, conceptualized a “hierarchy of human needs” - list beginning with the deficiency needs of physiological, safety, love/belonging, and esteem, with self-actualization as to what a person's full potential is and realizing that potential.

Abraham Maslow quotes ~
• “If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”
• “If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.”
• “What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.”
• “ ... education through art is a kind of therapy and growth technique, because it permits the deeper layers of the psyche to emerge, and therefore to be encouraged, fostered, trained, and educated.”

Abraham Maslow - Toward a Psychology of Being, The Farther Reaches of Human Nature, Hierarchy of Needs

Rollo May
b. 4-21-1909; Ada, Ohio
d. 10-22-1994; California

Psychologist Rollo May is associated with existential philosophy, being influenced by Søren Kierkegaard, and Otto Rank.

Rollo May quotes ~
• “Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death.”
• “Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.”
• “Existential therapy is something radically different. The aims are to open the person up, to help this person become more sensitive to life, to beauty. Now that sounds a bit sentimental, I know, but it's a very serious thing we need.”
• “Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.”
• “Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.”
• “The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.”

Friedrich Anton Mesmer
b. 5-23-1734; Swabia, Germany
d. 3-15-1815

Physician and astrologist Friedrich Anton Mesmer's name came to be the root of the English verb “mesmerize”. He was the developer of what he called magnétisme animal (animal magnetism) and other healing techniques through spiritual forces that are often grouped together as mesmerism. The evolution of his ideas and practices led surgeon James Braid to develop hypnosis in 1842.

Karl A. Menninger
b. 7-22-1893; Topeka, KS
d. 7-18-1990

William C. Menninger
b. 10-15-1899; Topeka, KS
d. 1966

Karl and Will Menninger, with their father C. F., founded the Menninger Foundation, a center for treatment of behavioral disorders.

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Alice Miller
b. 1-12-1923; Poland

Psychologist Alice Miller is best known for her work on the causes and effects of childhood trauma.

Alice Miller quotes ~
• “Experience has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our struggle against mental illness: the emotional discovery and emotional acceptance of the truth in the individual and unique history of our childhood.”

Jacob L. Moreno
b. 5-18-1889; Bucharest, Romania
d. 5-14-1974; NYC

Psychiatrist and psychosociologist J. L. Moreno is the founder of psychodrama and a pioneer of group psychotherapy.

J. L. Moreno quotes ~
• “And if one wants to give full credit to Goethe, one can say that, at least to my knowledge, no other playwright has constructed an entire play, that is, every scene, every word, the entire structure of the play, to demonstrate drama itself
as cure.” - Moreno commenting on Goethe's play Lila