Thomas Greening, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vita 1/13
1314 Westwood Boulevard, Suite 205
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-474-0064
tgreening@saybrook.edu
www.tom.greening.com
Date of Birth: November 29, 1930
Licensed Psychologist, State of California, 1967, PSY 1178
Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, American Board of
Professional Psychology, 1964
Education
1948-52
Yale University. B.A. 1952
Majored in Social Science and Literature
1952-53
Fulbright Scholar, University of Vienna
1953-58
University of Michigan, Department of Psychology
Ph.D. 1958
Professional Activities
1990-2012 Professor of Psychology, Saybrook University.
Adjunct Professor 20121958-
200619742007-
Psychological Service Associates, Los Angeles
Group practice of psychotherapy, family and marital
counseling, human relations consulting
International Editor, Journal of Humanistic Psychology
UCLA Department of Psychology.
Lecturer 1974-1981. Clinical Professor 1981Specialized Research Faculty
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.
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Past Professional Activities
1963-69
Associate, Edward Glaser and Associates.
Psychological consultation with management.
1963-73
Associate, Human Interaction Research Institute.
1964-65
Psychologist, UCLA Student Health Service.
1966-84
Clinical Supervisory Staff,
Los Angeles Psychiatric Service.
1966-71
Associate, National Training Laboratories.
1972-73
Adjunct Faculty, San Francisco Theological Seminary.
1972-73
Field Faculty, Goddard College Graduate Program.
1976-79
Consultant, Children's Center
for Educational Therapy, Venice.
1980-90
Adjunct Faculty, Humanistic Psychology Institute
(renamed Saybrook University).
1983-88
Five trips to the Soviet Union representing the
Association for Humanistic Psychology.
1984, 1986, & 1987 Esalen Institute: Erik Erikson Symposia on the
Political Psychology of the US Soviet Relationship.
1986-1992 Co-founder, Los Angeles Peace Psychology Group.
1971-2005 Editor, Journal of Humanistic Psychology.
2006- International Editor
1990Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University
Professional Organizations
American Psychological Association
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (9)
Division of Clinical Psychology (12), Fellow
Division of Psychotherapy (29), Fellow
Division of Humanistic Psychology (32), Fellow
Division of Independent Practice (42), Fellow
Division of Peace Psychology (48), Fellow
Division of International Psychology
California State Psychological Association
Los Angeles County Psychological Association
Los Angeles Society of Clinical Psychology
Association for Humanistic Psychology
International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology
International Society of Political Psychology
International Society for Panetics - Founding Member
International Society for the Psychological Treatment of Schizophrenia
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Board of Directors
1967-1972 Topanga Center for Human Development.
Chairman 1968-71.
1972-1976 Humanistic Psychology Institute
(re-named Saybrook University).
1971-2005 Association for Humanistic Psychology.
Board of Editors
The Humanistic Psychologist
Moscow Psychotherapy Journal
Journal of Poetry Therapy
Ethical Human Sciences and Services
The Psychotherapy Patient
Review of Existential Psychiatry and Psychology
Advisory Boards
1965-70
Esalen Institute
1971-80
American Academy of Husband Coached Childbirth
(Bradley Method)
1985-90
Center for Citizen Initiatives
1985-93
Carl Rogers Institute for Peace
1986Rollo May Center for Humanistic Studies
1990-94
Center for the Psychology of Democracy.
1995International School for Psychotherapy and Group
Leadership, St. Petersburg, Russia
1996International Center for the Study of Psychiatry
and Psychology
1998Existential Humanistic Institute, San Francisco
1999Vice President, Sino-American Institute for Transpersonal
Studies
2002International Institute of Humanistic Studies
Honors and Awards
Noted Humanist Scholar, Saybrook Institute, 1990
Distinguished Contribution to the Profession of Clinical Psychology,
Los Angeles Society of Clinical Psychology, 1991
1990 Laureate. Group Psychotherapy Association of Southern California
Karl and Charlotte Bühler Award. American Psychological Association,
Division of Humanistic Psychology, 1991
Pathfinder Award, Association for Humanistic Psychology, 1999
Harold Greenwald Memorial Lecturer, American Psychological
Association, 2002
Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the
Cause of Civil Liberties. 2009
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Poet Laureate. International Society for Ethical Psychology and
Psychiatry.
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ARTICLES
Group Therapy or Group Development? Human Relations Training News,
Summer 1962.
Post-Doctoral Training in Psychotherapy: Four Dilemmas. Psychological
Reports, 1962, 10, 343-347.
Existential Fiction and the Paradox of Ethics. Antioch Review, 23 (1), Spring
1963. 93-107.
Sensitivity Training: Cult or Contribution? Personnel Magazine, May/June,
1964.
Candide: An Existential Dream. Journal of Existentialism, 1965, 5, 413-416.
Working with an Impersonal T-group. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science,
1966, 2 (4), 401-411. (With H. Coffey).
The Psychomat. Voices, 1968, 4 (2), 46-51. (With G. Haigh).
Why I Work with Stranger Groups. Social Change, 1 (2), 1971.
Some Ingredients for "Making It." Manpower, 3 (8), August 1971, 3-9.
Reflections on Louis Armstrong. Newsletter, Association for Humanistic
Psychology, October 1971.
Special Applications of Humanistic Learning: A Workshop on Attorney-Client
Relationships. Interpersonal Development, 2 (3), 1971/2. (With W.
Zielonka).
When a Group Rejects Its Leader. Small Group Behavior, 4 (2), May 1973,
245-248.
Confluent Education Through Group Methods. Impetus, 1 (1), 1973.
Racist Misuse of Sensitivity Training? Issues in Radical Therapy, 4 (1),
Winter 1975.
Ten Tips on How to Escape the Ghetto. Ebony, 32 (6),
April 1978, 97-108.
On Just Being There. Newsletter, Association for Humanistic Psychology,
June 1980.
The First Days of Johnston College, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 21
(1), Spring 1981.
Power, Decision Making and Coercion in Experimental Colleges, Journal of
Humanistic Psychology, 21 (1), Spring 1981.
The KAL Plane Tragedy Elicits and Clarifies Value Positions. Political
Psychology, 5 (4), 1984.
The Origins of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology and the Association for
Humanistic Psychology. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 25, (2),
Spring 1985.
Passion Bearers and Peace Psychology. Journal of Humanistic Psychology,
26 (4), Fall, 1986.
Carl Rogers: 1902-1987. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 26 (2), Spring
1987.
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There's Something Sick About SDI Fantasy. Los Angeles Times, April 23,
1987.
An American Psychologist Looks at Perestroika. Moscow News, No. 35,
1987.
Gorbachev Then and Now. San Jose Mercury News, June 28, 1987.
History and Tasks of Humanistic Psychology. Voprosi Psikologii, No. 4, 1988
(Moscow).
What I Didn't Learn (About the Soviet Union). Educational Leadership, 45,
(8), May 1988.
The Journal of Humanistic Psychology and the AHP Soviet-American
Exchange Program. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 29 (3) Summer
1989.
My Guru vs. Yours. AHP Perspective. February 1990.
Joe Kennedy Adams 1920-1989. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 30 (2),
Spring, 1990.
PTSD from the Perspective of Existential-Humanistic Psychology. Journal of
Traumatic
Stress. 3 (2), 1990.
PTSD, the Armenian Earthquake, and Primo Levi. Journal of Traumatic
Stress. 3 (4), 1990.
Existential Challenges and Responses. The Humanistic Psychologist. 20 (1),
Spring 1992.
Task Force for the Development of Guidelines for the Provision of Humanistic
Psychosocial Services (Arthur Bohart, Maureen O"Hara, Larry Leitner,
Fred Wertz, Mark Stern, Kirk Schneider, Ilene Serlin and Tom Greening)
(1997). Guidelines for the provision of humanistic psychosocial
services. The Humanistic Psychologist 25(1) 64-107
Psychology as Psychology. The Existential Humanist, Vol. 2, Winter 1998.
Humanistic psychology and positive psychology. American Psychologist,
2001, 56, 81-82. With A. Bohart.
Alan Nelson (1947-2002): In Memoriam. The Humanistic Psychologist 8(4)
2002. (With Richard V. Wagner).
Psychology Licensing Exam: An Alternative. The Humanistic Psychologist
9(1) 2003.
Abraham Maslow: A Brief Reminiscence. Journal of Humanistic Psychology,
(2008) 48(4), 443-444.
James F. T. Bugental (1915-2008). American Psychologist. February-March
2009, p. 151. (with Kirk Schneider).
The secret life of movies: Schizophrenic and shamanic journeys in American
cinema for us. PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review
of Books. (with Sarah Kass) 2010.
Interview With Tom Greening. (2011) Journal of Humanistic Psychology.
51(4) 396–399.
Book Review: “Rethinking Madness: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Our
Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis” by Paris Williams. Ethical
Human Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 14, Number 3, 2012
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CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Greening, T. Psychologists in Clinics. In W. Webb (Ed.), The Profession of
Psychology. New
York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1962. (With J. Bugental).
Greening, T. Albert Camus: Authenticity vs. Alienation. In J.F.T. Bugental
(Ed.), Challenges of Humanistic Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill,
1967.
Greening, T. Encounter Groups from the Perspective of Existential
Humanism. In T. Greening, (Ed.), Existential Humanistic Psychology.
Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, 1971.
Greening, T. The Psychological Study of Assassins. In W. Crotty (Ed.),
Assassination and the Political Order. New York: Harper and Row,
1972.
Greening, T. Power and Decision-making in Experimental Colleges. In W.
Tubbs (Ed.), Community of Seekers. Lincoln, Nebraska: Nebraska
Curriculum Development Center, 1972.
Greening, T. The Uses of Autobiography. In W. Anderson (Ed.), Therapy
and The Arts: Tools of Consciousness. New York: Harper and Row,
1977.
Greening, T. Carol. (2008). In K. Schneider (Ed.), Existential-Integrative
Psychotherapy: Guideposts to the Core of Practice. New York: Routledge.
Greening, T. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: An Existential-Humanistic
Perspective. (1997). In S. Krippner & S. M. Powers (Eds.), Broken
images, broken selves: Dissociative narratives in clinical practice. pp.
125-135. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
Greening, T. (With Chris Aanstoos and Ilene Serlin). History of Division 32
(Humanistic Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. In
D. Dewsbury (Ed.), Unification through Division: Histories of the
divisions of the American Psychological Association, Vol. V. Washington,
DC: American Psychological Association, 2000.
Greening, T. Foreword. In H. Sheppard, The Art of Peacemaking: A Guide
to Successful Conflict Resolution. http://www.voicesoflife.com. 2001.
Greening, T. Becoming Authentic: An Existential-Humanistic Approach to
Reading Literature. In K. Schneider, J. Bugental & J. Pierson (Eds.), The
Handbook of Humanistic Psychology, Newbury Park, CA: Sage. 2001.
BOOKS
Greening, T. Existential Humanistic Psychology. (Editor). Belmont, CA:
Brooks/Cole, 1971.
Greening, T. & Hobson, D. Instant Relief: The Encyclopedia of Self-Help.
New York: Seaview Books, 1979.
Greening, T. American Politics and Humanistic Psychology. (Editor), 1984.
Dallas: Saybrook Publishers. (Reprinted as Politics and Innocence by
Norton in 1986).
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Greening, T. Frank and Ernest Career Advice: How to Make Your Job Work
for You. Illustrated by Bob Thaves. New York: Topper Books, 1990.
Greening, T. Tolstoy's Lament. (Poems). St. Petersburg, Russia.
Translated by Marina Kleymits, 1993.
Greening, T. Words Against the Void (Poems). Colorado Springs, Colorado:
University of the Rockies Press, 2008.
POETRY
Poems published in:
After Thoughts; The American Scholar; Awakening; Breakthrough; Détente;
Fellowship; Fermilab Today; In Context; Inquiring Mind; Jazzbeat; Journal of
Couple's Therapy; Journal of Poetry Therapy; Journal of Critical Psychology,
Counseling and Psychotherapy; Journal of Religion and the Applied
Behavioral Sciences; Labyrinth; The Lyric; Mindfreedom; NARPA Rights
Tenet; The Nonviolent Activist; Orim–A Jewish Journal at Yale; Panetics;
Peace and Conflict Resolution; sgraffito; Somatics; Ten Directions; Voices;
The Humanistic Psychologist; What Book!? On Becoming a Psychotherapist:
The Personal and Professional Journey edited by Robert H. Klein, Harold
Bernard, and Victor Schermer, Oxford University Press; Gems of Wisdom: A
Book of Elder Poetry and Prose, Agesong Institute; and popular magazines.
Eleven poems published in:
Haunted By Combat: Understanding PTSD.
Daryl S. Paulson and Stanley Krippner. Praeger 2007.
Poem "Moratorium" published in Celebrating Poets over 70, edited by
Marianne Vespry and Ellen Ryan. McMaster Centre for Gerontological Studies
and Tower Poetry Society, Hamilton, Ontario.
Books of poems:
Greening, T. Tolstoy's Lament. St. Petersburg, Russia. Translated into
Russian by Marina Kleymits. 1993.
Greening, T. Words Against the Void. University of the Rockies Press, 2008.
(Translated into Russian by Igor Kovin. 2012)
Various poems have been translated into Chinese, Czechoslovakian,
Nepalese, Polish, and Russian.
Named poet laureate of the International Society for Ethical Psychiatry and
Psychology.
His whimsical poems have been described as "Like Ogden Nash with
Weltschmerz."
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COURSES AND PROGRAMS FOR UCLA
Sensitivity Trainer:
Engineering and Management Program
WICHEN Program for Nurses
Institute of Industrial Relations
NPI Psychology Staff Development Program
Peace Corps Training Program
Graduate School of Management
Instructor, UCLA Extension Courses:
Roads to Identity
Impact of Fiction
The Transparent Self
Journal Keeping/Life Authoring
The Active Client in Psychotherapy
Psychological Poetry
Lecturer, UCLA Lecture Series:
Modern Man
New Directions in Clinical Psychology
Encounter Groups: Theory and Techniques
The Search for Meaning
Faculty Coordinator, UCLA Lecture Series:
Existential and Humanistic Psychology (With Charlotte Bühler)
The Psychology of Zen
Mysticism: Theory and Practice
Growth Centers: The Human Potential Movement in Focus
The Life Arc: Stages of Adult Growth
The New Body Psychotherapies
The Search for Self
Depression
Pop Psych: The Personal Growth Supermarket
Humanistic Psychology and Your Health
Psychology of Investment Decision-Making
Eros in America
The Anatomy of Evil
Psychology of Peace
A Celebration of Carl Rogers
The Mystic Quest
Reality Isn't What It Used to Be
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Selected papers presented at conferences:
Humanistic and Psychodynamic Psychotherapies: A Rapprochement
Los Angeles County Psychological Association Convention, October 1989.
Citizen Diplomacy, Psychology, and Political Change.
Paper for Symposium: Training Peacebuilders and Facilitating Peace
Building.
Presented at the 103rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association at New York, August 1995.
Psychology Licensing Exam: An Alternative.
Paper for Symposium: A Farewell to Rollo May.
Presented at the 103rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association at New York, August 1995.
Can We Help Humpty Dumpty, and Can He Help Himself?
Paper for Symposium: How Clients Create Change in Psychotherapy.
Presented at the 104th Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association at Toronto, August 1996.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: An Existential-Humanistic Perspective.
Paper for Symposium: The Varieties of Dissociative Experience.
Presented at the 106th Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association at San Francisco, August 1998.
International Society for Political Psychology (ISPP) PAPERS AND PANELS
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APA presentations:
Positive Psychology a Rip-off of Humanistic Psychology 2001.
Citizen Diplomacy 2001.
Optimistic Psychology: Roots in Humanistic Psychology. California State
Psychological Association, April 4, 2002.
Harold Greenwald Memorial Lecture APA 2002. Entered under "Awards."
Existential Orientation Survey. APA 2010.