Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction and Overview

  • 2

    Conference Opening and Poem

    • Conference Opening

    • Opening Poem: "A Journey of Brilliance" by Aliya J'anai
  • 3

    "Social Justice, Advocacy, and Psychology in Today’s Climate” Apryl Alexander, PsyD

  • 4

    “Towards Holism in Psychology: Examining the Need for a Socioecological Justice Praxis as a Seventh Force” Derrick Sebree, Jr., PsyD

  • 5

    “Reflect…Revise…Relate and Respond….” Terri Davis, PhD

  • 6

    Keynote Address: “So What Woke You Up? Critical Conversations about Anti-Racism with Humanistic Practitioners” Theopia Jackson, PhD

  • 7

    “A Humanistic-Examination of the Intersection of Race and Universal Suffering: The Impact of COVID-19” Nathaniel Granger, Jr., PsyD

  • 8

    “Existential Psychology, White Privilege, and Racial Gaslighting” Louis Hoffman, PhD

  • 9

    Award Presentation: Lisa Xochitl Vallejos, PhD – Early Career Award Presentation: “8 Things Graduate School Didn’t Teach You About Anti-Racist Therapy that You Need to Know”

  • 10

    Award Presentation: Thomas Pyszczynski – Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation: “A Terror Management Theory Perspective on Prejudice, Hatred, and Intergroup Conflict and Strategies for Reducing the Hate”

  • 11

    Award Presentation: Sandy Sela-Smith – Humanistic Exemplar Award Presentation: “Title: Following the Beat of a Different Drum: The Embodied Humanistic Path That Transformed My Life and Work”

  • 12

    The Unequal Economics of Meaning in Life: Addressing Discrimination and Implicit Racism in Our Mind-Manipulating System (Invited Presentation) by Joel Vos, PhD

    • Abstract

      FREE PREVIEW

    • Presentation Video

    • About the Economics of Meaning in Life: From the Capitalist Life Syndrome to Meaning-Oriented Economy

    • About the Presenter
  • 13

    Black: More or Less than Human. The Compensation Resulting from The Invalidation of Black Humanity by Nathaniel Granger, Jr., PsyD

  • 14

    “In the Wake”: Centering Black Studies and Existential Themes to Guide Anti-Racism in Humanistic Psychology by Zenobia Morrill

  • 15

    What is it Like to Live as a Black Woman in Brazil? A Phenomenological Study by Elizabeth Brown V. Brisola, PhD, Guilherme Wykrota Tostes, M.S., & Gabrielle Christine Santos, M.S.

  • 16

    Using Nature Poetry for Psychological and Social Healing by Michael Moats, PsyD, Derrick Sebree, Jr., PsyD, Gina Subia Belton, PhD, & Louis Hoffman, PhD

  • 17

    Multiracial People and Racism by Richard Talley, PhD

  • 18

    Experimental Effects of Location and Trash on Person Attractiveness (Poster) by Colin D. M. Adams, Daniela G. Catarino, Tylor Ghaffari, & Alekxandria Schneeback

  • 19

    Wellbeing, Sense of Life, and Academic Motivation of University Students in Conditions of Distant Learning and Pandemic (Poster) by Lada Alexandrova

  • 20

    The Portrayal of Drugs in Rap Music (Poster) by Daniela G. Catarino, Tylor Ghaffari, & Colin D. M. Adams

  • 21

    On Humanistic Psychology and Revolutionary Praxis (Poster) by Rivers Flemming, MA, and Benjamin Ramey, MA

    • Abstract

    • Poster Presentation Video

    • Poster

    • References

    • About the Presenters
  • 22

    A Better World Is Possible: Psychology's Responsibility to Abolition (Poster) by Haleh Kanani & Hannah Klukoff

    • Abstract

      FREE PREVIEW

    • Poster Presentation Video

    • Kanani & Klukoff, Psychology and Abolition Poster

    • References

    • About the Presenters
  • 23

    The Myth of Lockstep Progression: Maslow’s Misconstrued Theory (Poster) by Christopher Latourrette, Johanna Guz Montgomery, Kelly Rios Santos, William Purrington, Rachel Creed, Alan Lankford, & Richard Bargdill

  • 24

    Coping with COVID-19: Investigating COVID-19-Related Functional Impairment, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Coping Self-Efficacy in an Online Sample of Trauma-Exposed Adults (Poster) by McKenzie Lockett

  • 25

    Privilege and Oppression in Gender and Class (Poster) by Kathryn Palm

    • Abstract

    • Poster Presentation Video

    • Poster

    • References

    • About the Presenter
  • 26

    Healing Social Cultural Wounds within the Black Community (Poster) by Adeola Quintero

  • 27

    Conference Closing

    • Conference Closing Video
  • 28

    About the Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association

    • RMHCPA Online Continue Education Calendar

    • Learn More about the Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association

    • Join RMHCPA (or Renew Your Membership)
  • 29

    About Our Sponsors

    • International Meaning Conference (IMEC)

    • University Professors Press

    • Society for Humanistic Psychology

    • Authors of Humanistic Approaches to Multiculturalism and Diversity -- Louis Hoffman, Heatherlyn Hoffman, Nathaniel Granger, Jr., & David St. John