Self & Society (S&S)

These all cover the humanistic psychology field defined in its broadest sense. By 'Humanistic Psychology' we include traditional humanistic approaches (e.g. Gestalt, person-centred, transactional analysis, encounter and groupwork, psychodrama, primal integration, focusing, body therapy and co-counselling) and also contemporary critiques, including existential-phenomenological, transpersonal, hermeneutic, critical-feminist and transcultural perspectives. The journal welcomes broadly constructive critical viewpoints from 'critical friends' of humanistic psychology in the psychodynamic and post-structuralist fields. Although having a strong therapeutic focus, the journal also aims to be a forum for all humanistically inclined professionals and workers in the helping professions (including community and social work, health, pastoral work and education). The editors have a strong commitment to diversity and constructive dialogue, and the journal welcomes debate and engagement over controversial questions that sometimes divide opinion within the practitioner field. Self & Society prides itself on engaging fully with the complex dialectic between 'self' and 'society' that is so crucial to, and yet so often neglected in, contemporary psychology. We value epistemological pluralism and committed engagement with vital contemporary issues within both the psychological therapies and within modern culture more generally. Self & Society was founded by the Association of Humanistic Psychology in Britain in 1973, as 'a channel of communication for the Human Potential movement, including studies in humanistic psychology, social psychology and group dynamics'. Today, Self & Society is at the forefront of leading-edge thinking within the therapeutic professions and within psychology more generally, and includes: special theme symposia peer-reviewed papers editor-reviewed articles book reviews 'retro' reviews of old classics and review essays obituaries current news poems

Self & Society (S&S) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Humanistic Psychology, Gestalt, phenomenological, transpersonal, hermeneutic, critical-feminist , Online or Print , Quarterly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 0306-0497, E-ISSN: 2374-5355, Established: 1973,
• Provides Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE