Association for Humanistic Psychology

"The association was formed in 1962 by Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Charlotte Buhler, Rollo May, Virginia Satir and other founders of the personal growth movement, to foster the ability of each person to find and express their maximum potential as human beings."

"Some of the luminary founders of Humanistic Psychology and AHP include Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Rollo May, Clark Moustakas, Charlotte Buhler, Gordon Allport, J. F. T. Bugental, Gardner Murphy, Henry Murray, Jacques Barzum, Rene Dubos, and Floyd Matson. These founders and AHP gave birth to what is called The Human Potential Movement. The now commonly held notion that we live in an interdependent world is an outgrowth of The Human Potential Movement.

Past Presidents of AHP include eminent humanistic figures in the field such as James F. T. Bugental, Sidney M. Jourad, Charlotte Buhler, Jack R. Gibb, Stanley Krippner, Eleanor Criswell, Jean Houston, George Leonard, Virginia Satir, Lawrence LaShan, John Vasconcellos, Frances Vaughan, Maureen O'Hara, Arthur Warmoth, and J. Bruce Francis. With his historic election, Dr. Ferguson joins a long list of prominent thinkers, scholars, authors, and cultural creators who have sought to bring to consciousness the value and dignity of the human being in the field of psychology."

Board
Accessed November 2011:


 * Carroy U. Ferguson - Co-president
 * Leland "Chip" Baggett - Co-president
 * M.A. Bjarkman - Treasurer
 * Kenneth Ehrlich - Secretary
 * J. Bruce Francis - former President
 * Stan Charnofsky
 * Dina Comnenou
 * Mary Bell
 * Bob McGarey

Contact
URL: http://www.ahpweb.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Sharif M. Abdullah
 * George Leonard (Easlen) - former president