Thomistic Philosophy Of Psychology 3 Volume Set...

[extraterrestrial]

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keep up the good work.

[Laudate_Dominum]

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I registered on this forum to thank you for this thread.

keep up the good work.
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You have an epic screen name.

And yes, props to ExCorde for bumping and greatly enriching this thread!

[extraterrestrial]

[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' timestamp='1298918330' post='2216463']
You have an epic screen name.

And yes, props to ExCorde for bumping and greatly enriching this thread!
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Thanks.

Your comments are clever. Hope to read Baars and Terruwe some day.

I'm optimistic, a Thomas-Chesterton-John Paul II-Frankl-others psychology like you said 4 years ago looks possible for me. The philosophical approach is architectural, other authors worked different levels.

Ubeda Purkiss (1959) cites Dalbiez and Cornelio Fabro as isolated tentatives of integration. I need to read them too, but now I prefer to read Brennan and Manuel Barbado.

Cheers.

[ExCorde]

[quote name='extraterrestrial' timestamp='1298835141' post='2216163']
I registered on this forum to thank you for this thread.

keep up the good work.
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Sorry for not saying something sooner! Thank God for making this useful to someone else! There's lots more work to be done.

Would you like to share something more about your reading of [u]Manuel Barbado[/u]? I don't know him, where can I find something? Also, what was the integration initiative of [u]Dalbiez and Cornelio Fabro[/u]? Would be wonderful if you could mention where you found them! I can't quite find [u]Ubeda Purkiss (1959)[/u].

There is a huge (HUGE) number of works concerning integration of spirituality/religion into therapeutic practice, to the point of now needing an integration of all the integrations...! But we're used to this in psychology, with all the hundreds of available therapies out there.

I recommend Dr. Dilsaver's Imago Dei Psychotherapy which is very strongly thomistic, even more than Baars & Terruwe (which still holds an important place in the understanding of emotion and love). It's up-to-date with many of the best sources (including Fr. Ripperger's book as discussed initially in this thread) and geared towards the challenges of modern professional practices. Plus, something like this deserves and needs all the support it can get.

[ExCorde]

The last newsletter from IPS revealed the loving environment it is:

Arlington, VA, May 25, 2011 -- "Go unafraid and with courage into the world, to help others respect the whole human person, who is indeed...a being called to love, as all of us have been and are loved by the incarnate Word of God, Jesus Christ."

These are the words of theology scholar, author and professor [b]William E. May, Ph.D.[/b], addressing the graduates of the Institute for Psychological Sciences (IPS) on May 19, 2011.

Dr. May was the commencement speaker and recipient of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the Tenth IPS Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement Exercises held in the Crypt Chapel at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

Making reference to the teachings of the newly-blessed Pope John Paul II, May said "this profound philosopher/theologian who God chose to be Christ's vicar on earth and successor of St. Peter," showed the understanding of the human being in today's world is based on a "dualistic anthropology" which leads to a "culture of death."

May said JPII showed the modern worldview is based on an anthropology that separates "the human person from his/her body" as opposed to what JPII called an "adequate" anthropology "that recognizes the human person is a unity of body and soul."

He called this understanding among the late pope's greatest contributions to the Church and the world, as well as to the mission and work of the Institute for Psychological Sciences.

"Dr. May is a passionate, charismatic man and his talk was well received by the students and all those in attendance," said Nancy Flynn, Student Services Coordinator.

Other highlights of the commencement exercises included the naming of the Student Leadership Award winner, [b]Fernando Alessandri, M.S.[/b] in Clinical Psychology, 2011.

"I was quite surprised and very honored," said Fernando. "It could have gone to so many others. I deeply appreciate the thoughtfulness of everyone involved. It was quite moving for me to be singled out this way."

The recipient of the first-ever IPS Faculty Award was [b]Philip Scrofani, Psy.D, ABPP[/b]. Dr. Scrofani was selected by the IPS student body, based on "dedication to teaching, advising and service to the students of IPS."

Dr. Scofani is associate professor and former Director of Clinical Training at IPS. He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of psychology, spending most of that time at St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC's public psychiatric facility, where he trained hundreds of psychologists and psychiatrists in their clinical skills.

"Dr. Scrofani has been undergoing chemotherapy for the past several months, and has been a tremendous example of dedication to the entire IPS community," said IPS President Fr. Charles Sikorsky, LC, when announcing the award. "Dr. Scrofani taught classes via Skype when he could not come to class in person and called student externs from his hospital bed for supervision."

When his name was announced, the entire audience rose to give Dr. Scrofani a standing ovation.

In accepting his award, Dr. Scrofani said that teaching the next generation of psychologists about the field and their faith means the most to him. He went on to say, "The students of IPS are unsurpassed anywhere in the country because they are men and women of virtue."

Dr. Scrofani thanked Fr. Charles for his on-going support throughout his treatment for cancer, saying, "Where else but at IPS would my boss, in a true spirit of faith, give me Last Rites one day and the next offer me a contract to teach another year?"

(...)

[Amppax]

this thread is so great! thanks everybody!

Edited May 26, 2011 by Amppax

[extraterrestrial]

Thanks. Manuel Barbado O.P. 1884-1945 was a biologist and psychologist.

I'm reading his Estudios de Psicologia Experimental, 1946. This is a posthumous book prepared by Ubeda-Purkiss, 3 volumes planned, afaik only 2 published, Spanish language.

List of works included:

Introduccion General a la Psicologia Experimental
Principios de psicofisiologia tomista
Correlaciones del entendimiento (knowledge) con el organismo (body)
Estudio historico de la doctrina acerca de las localizaciones cerebrales
Doctrina tomista acerca de las relaciones del alma (soul) con el cuerpo (body)
Teoria escolastica del conocimiento (knowledge)
Estudios sobre la sensibilidad tactil (on tactile sensibility)
Causas generales de las diferencias psiquicas
El caracter, el temperamento y la fisonomia

Just like Brennan, both Manuel Barbado and Ubeda Purkiss try to combine Aquinas with experimental psychology, yet Brennan books (Thomistic Psychology, General Psychology, The Image of his maker) are intended for a broader public.

I found Barbado on the 1988 BAC Summa Theologica v. 1, printed edition page 671, check here: [url="http://www.dominicos.org/publicaciones/Biblioteca/suma.htm"]http://www.dominicos...ioteca/suma.htm[/url]

Ubeda Purkiss O.P. 1913-1999 contributed an interesting introduction (in Spanish) to the treatise on man, BAC Suma Teologica bilingual edition, vol. 3(2), 1959.

I read also newer texts like Wiley Handbook of Psychology 2003 edition vol. 4 Experimental Psychology. Their distance from philosophy is a loss, but I'm a computer programmer and I'm used to split systems into layers. They're just separate layers, as I see them.

Hope to tell more soon. Cheers.


[quote name='ExCorde' timestamp='1306351982' post='2245894']
Sorry for not saying something sooner! Thank God for making this useful to someone else! There's lots more work to be done.

Would you like to share something more about your reading of [u]Manuel Barbado[/u]? I don't know him, where can I find something? Also, what was the integration initiative of [u]Dalbiez and Cornelio Fabro[/u]? Would be wonderful if you could mention where you found them! I can't quite find [u]Ubeda Purkiss (1959)[/u].

There is a huge (HUGE) number of works concerning integration of spirituality/religion into therapeutic practice, to the point of now needing an integration of all the integrations...! But we're used to this in psychology, with all the hundreds of available therapies out there.

I recommend Dr. Dilsaver's Imago Dei Psychotherapy which is very strongly thomistic, even more than Baars & Terruwe (which still holds an important place in the understanding of emotion and love). It's up-to-date with many of the best sources (including Fr. Ripperger's book as discussed initially in this thread) and geared towards the challenges of modern professional practices. Plus, something like this deserves and needs all the support it can get.
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[ExCorde]

[quote name='extraterrestrial' timestamp='1306459997' post='2246444']
Thanks. Manuel Barbado O.P. 1884-1945 was a biologist and psychologist. (...)[/quote]

Great references! I see the BAC edition also references Gardeil ([url="http://biblioteca.campusdominicano.org/1.pdf"]http://biblioteca.campusdominicano.org/1.pdf[/url][color="#000000"]) but[/color] not the recently reedited work Introduction to the Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, Volume III: Psychology: [url="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1608991245/"]http://www.amazon.com/dp/1608991245/[/url]

As far as history is concerned, the work [b]Catholics in psychology: A historical survey[/b] by Misiak and Staudt (1954) is a landmark! It has an APA PsycBOOKS page too! [url="http://psycnet.apa.org/books/11143/"]http://psycnet.apa.org/books/11143/[/url] It's still available in some used bookstores or you can get several chapters online. It comes with a very interesting foreword about "Science and Faith" by Edwin G. Boring and the 1st chapter also approaches the subject.

Indeed, they mention Barbado in chapter 15 (pp. 236-237). In a single paragraph it is said he taught experimental psychology from 1918-1940 at the Angelicum and he founded and directed a laboratory of experimental psychopathology there, his work being mainly about the study of sensation, ultimately dealing with issues of psychology and the brain.

Also, a balanced, short introduction and guide into the history of the field that doesn't rely upon a purely materialistic interpretation of reality is [b]A Student's Guide to Psychology[/b] by Daniel Robinson: [url="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1882926951/"]http://www.amazon.com/dp/1882926951/[/url] I think you'd find it in agreement with your layered perspective! It opens up a perspective that allows spirituality, religion, morality and social development to work together and affect our real world. It doesn't really talk about Catholicism but the balanced perspective it offers is crucial to clear misconceptions that prevent many people to tap into the life of faith.

[ExCorde]

In the latest IPS Newsletter (called "Mind Matters", sign up here - [url="http://ipsciences.edu/pages/sign-up-for-ips-newsletter.php"]http://ipsciences.edu/pages/sign-up-for-ips-newsletter.php[/url]) there was this impressive testimony:

(...) One of the blessings of IPS is that it understands that [b]psychology is subordinate to higher truths[/b].

Many psychology programs aim at helping the person coming for therapy. To [b]truly help someone[/b], however, one must understand [b]who the individual is[/b], [b]what their nature is[/b], [b]what their end is[/b] and [b]what their happiness consists in[/b].

The answer to these important questions must be sought. The philosophy courses at IPS gave us students the opportunity to seek the answers to these fundamental questions.

With this knowledge base, the philosophy courses at IPS played a crucial role in helping us better understand how to truly aid our future patients. (...)

Seeing the [b]faculty daily at Mass[/b] is an inspiration, as it shows that they are dedicating their lives to something greater than themselves; they are [b]dedicating themselves to furthering healing in this world[/b].

[url="http://ipsciences.edu/pages/why-ips/what-makes-us-unique/our-students/stephen-ronnow.php"]http://ipsciences.edu/pages/why-ips/what-makes-us-unique/our-students/stephen-ronnow.php[/url]

[ExCorde]

By publishing [b]Psychology and Catholicism: Contested Boundaries[/b] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1107006082/), Dr. [b]Robert Kugelmann[/b] of the University of Dallas seems to be the one we should turn to now for continuing the study of the relationship between modern psychology and Catholicism. Some time ago he wrote [b]The American Catholic Psychological Association: A Brief History and Analysis[/b] for the Catholic Social Science Review, 5 (2000), 233-49, which you can find online here: http://htpprints.yorku.ca/archive/00000134/00/Amercian_Catholic_Psychological_Association.htm Among other things of particular interest to Catholicism, he also published [b]Neoscholastic Psychology Revisited[/b] in History of Psychology (2005); 8(2):131-75. ("Neoscholasticism engaged in an effort to integrate the findings of the natural sciences with Thomistic thought. Nowhere was this truer than with psychology". p. 38 of the book)

This new work is 500 pages long and filled with updates, contributions and references. It discusses faith and science (even the debated scientific status of psychology and Church teaching), modernism, neoscholastic psychology, psychoanalysis and humanistic psychology - see the description and reviews below for more. Portions of it are already available at Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=qE1oZCUxuk4C

[list][*]Editorial Reviews:[*]Advance praise: 'Kugelmann has done a masterful job of documenting a major set of developments with psychology and with US Roman Catholicism from obscurity, while integrating many diverse literatures and strands of scholarship in psychology, history, theology, philosophy, and their relevant subspecialties. Were the opening chapter required reading in every psychology of religion course, as well as every Christian seminary and pastoral counseling program, it would elevate the level of discourse in the field tremendously.' Brian H. McCorkle, PhD, Boston University[*]'This is an insightful study about the many relationships and the many forms of Catholicism and the equally pluralistic science of modern psychology. Well informed, Kugelmann gives a lucid and fair account of both the struggles and [the] encounters as they have taken place in the United States of America. Detailed and precise, the volume may well serve as a model for research into the complexities of the situation in other countries, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the contemporary relations between religion and psychology in general.' Jacob A. Belzen, Professor of Psychology, University of Amsterdam[*]'Kugelmann has marshalled an extraordinary wealth of original archival research and a keen sensitivity to the historical, cultural, and theological world of 20th-century Catholicism in telling the story of the encounter between scientific psychology and the Church. This volume is essential for any historian of the human sciences exploring the ways late modernity and religious institutional life met one another during the last century.' Vincent W. Hevern, S. J., Professor of Psychology, Le Moyne College[/list]
[list][*]Product Description:[*]In this historical study of psychology and Catholicism, Kugelmann aims to provide clarity in an area filled with emotion and opinion. From the beginnings of modern psychology to the mid 1960s, this complicated relationship between science and religion is methodically investigated. Conflicts such as the contested boundary between psychology and the Church of 'person' versus 'soul' are debated thoroughly. Kugelmann goes on to examine topics such as the role of the subconscious in explaining spiritualism and miracles; psychoanalysis and the sacrament of confession; myth and symbol in psychology and religious experience; cognition and will in psychology and in religious life; humanistic psychology as a spiritual movement. This fascinating study will be of great interest to scholars and students of both psychology and religious studies but will also appeal to all of those who have an interest in the way modern science and traditional religion coexist in our ever-changing society.[/list]

Cambridge University Press is also publishing another volume about the Protestant perspective: [b]American Protestantism in the Age of Psychology[/b] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1107010675/) by Stephanie Muravchik. It discusses practical and social religious applications of psychology, like Alcoholics Anonimous and The Salvation Army.

[inperpetuity]

Hello,

I am not a psychologist, nor a scholar, my backround is in the Mental Health Field and nursing. I was trained in Terruwe and Baars and have read all of their works. I've also read Fr. Benedict Groeschel's books. Then in 2008 Fr. Ripperger became my pastor. I had the priviledge of reading his book and was blessed to have him as my spiritual director and confessor, and to hear his sermons for 3 years! I have made such progress in all areas of my life and especially my spiritual life during his time with us that I would never be able to thank him sufficiently for his untiring concern and care for the spiritual well-being of our parish. He was a true spiritual father. I found his book so thoroughly Catholic that I would suggest it to converts and even Catholics as a catechism. I simply have no desire to look elsewhere for sound Catholic Philosophical Psychology. He did mention about a psychology program based on his book starting up at Christendom College. I don't know what's happening with that though. God Bless.

[emilier98]

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I figured as much. My fiance is a psychology major and I was hoping against hope this particular institution might be a grad school that could be trusted in the formation of her ultimate understanding of psychology; but I'm not sure if it could be. It's probably the best shot though... I've suggested it to her and she is looking into it as a possibility.

Modern psychology is just so icky everywhere. blah.

But alas, this is what I noticed on the website there that caught my eye:


that made me think it might have some degree of noticeable thomistic paradigm like these books.

Also looking promising: [url="http://www.ipsciences.edu/www/docs/2.394/philosophical_psychology_blackfriars.html"]http://www.ipsciences.edu/www/docs/2.394/p...lackfriars.html[/url]

It's affiliated with Regnum Christi

Also this:
[url="http://www.ipsciences.edu/www/docs/2.396/human_nature_project.html"]http://www.ipsciences.edu/www/docs/2.396/h...re_project.html[/url]

I can't tell... it could be just a Catholic tint to modern psychology; but these things indicate to me that it actually might be interested in some sort of more authentically based psychological system like Fr. Ripperger has in mind.
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Has she looked at Fordham, Duquesne, or Seattle University? All Catholic universities. They do what is called existential phenomenological psychology. I go to UD and that is what we teach on both the undergrad and graduate level. Phenomenology is very compatible with Catholicism. She might look into it.

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='emilier98' timestamp='1311232718' post='2272541']
Has she looked at Fordham, Duquesne, or Seattle University? All Catholic universities. They do what is called existential phenomenological psychology. I go to UD and that is what we teach on both the undergrad and graduate level. Phenomenology is very compatible with Catholicism. She might look into it.
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Nice. A buddy of mine of mine was into EP. He studied at Duquesne then transferred to UD for a bit before transferring back to Duquesne. lol.

[ExCorde]

Although I have an unfinished post with more resources to share with you guys, I want to urgently tell you about these upcoming events with the Institute for the Psychological Sciences. They are both online and on the same day, [u]September 30th[/u]. It's a great opportunity and the first time I see IPS offering distance learning like this, so please register as soon as possible to take advantage of it!

1) Free live broadcast of the lecture [b]Physiological Factors in the Distortion of Love[/b]. Starts at 4:30 pm Eastern Time.
[url="https://ipsciences.webex.com/"][b]Click here to register at IPS' Web Ex platform.[/b][/url]
This is the first of the [b][url="http://ipsciences.edu/pages/the-john-henry-cardinal-newman-lecture-series.php"]2011-2012 The Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman Lectures[/url][/b]. This year's theme is on the [u]Psychology of the Body[/u].

2) Workshop [b]"Vocation and Psychotherapy."[/b] This workshop explains how to integrate vocational perspective into case conceptualization, one important aspect of the "IPS Training Model." 1:00-3:00 pm Eastern Time. [u]Offers 2 Continuing Education credits.[/u]
[b][url="http://a3.acteva.com/orderbooking/loadEventRegistration.action?skuId=3211253B0131AFCB5A33EDCC00E911A3&catalogId=3211253B01319C046749D04601E6AA40&catalogGoWord=ips&emailAttendeeId="]Click here for details and registration.[/url][/b]

[viverechristusest]

Just found this forum and its very helpful... I know the last post is a couple years old now, but it would be great to see this discussion continue. Its a very important topic!