Personification discusses the theory behind multiplicity of the person and considers the implications that the relationships between the different parts of the same person have in practice. Providing both historical and contemporary insights John Rowan reveals new thinking and research in the field, as well as offering guidelines for using this information in practice.

The book also looks closely at the practice of personification a technique involving the turning of a problem into a person and allowing a two-way dialogue through which the inner critic can be addressed and...

We all have had the experience of being divided, of being in two minds about something. Subpersonalities is the first book to do justice to the phenomenon as a normal feature of our psychological life.

Have you ever felt there is more than one you? That sometimes you are one type of person, sometimes another? Do you ever find yourself saying yes' when you meant to say no'? Or deciding to do one thing, then actually doing another?
Most of us have had this experience of another personality taking us over, causing us to behave in an unintended way. Why do we do it? What's going on? Well known psychologist and writer John Rowan shows how each of us is made up of a number of subpersonalities'. Some may help us, some may hinder us. If we want to be in charge of our inner world we had better...

Humanistic Psychology ranges far and wide into education, management, gender issues and many other fields. Ordinary Ecstasy, first published in 1976, is widely regarded as one of the most important books on the subject.

Although this new edition still contains much of the original material, it has been completely rethought in the light of postmodern ideas, with more emphasis on the paradoxes within humanistic psychology, and takes into account changes in many different areas, with a greatly extended bibliography.
Ordinary Ecstasy is written not only for...

Personification discusses the theory behind multiplicity of the person and considers the implications that the relationships between the different parts of the same person have in practice. Providing both historical and contemporary insights John Rowan reveals new thinking and research in the field, as well as offering guidelines for using this information in practice.

The book also looks closely at the practice of personification - a technique involving the turning of a problem into a person and allowing a two-way dialogue through which the inner critic can be addressed...

John Rowan presents a challenging account of the current state of training. In an attempt to look afresh at the whole question of training, he proposes that there are three ways of doing therapy.

This new edition of 'The Transpersonal' takes account of the growing interest in spirituality, assessing the many new developments in the field and provides an essential overview of the multitude of guides now available on the subject.