by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 16, 2025 | Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
The Genesis of American Psychology The intellectual history of the West is often charted by its great systematizers, those who build cathedrals of thought in which every stone is placed with geometric precision. William James was not such a builder. He was an explorer...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Dec 16, 2025 | Psychotherapy Biographies: Historical Figures in the History of Psychology
Introduction to the Era of American Nervousness The late nineteenth century in the United States was a period defined by a peculiar and pervasive anxiety. As the nation lurched from the agrarian rhythms of the antebellum era into the frenetic pace of industrial...
by Joel Blackstock LICSW-S MSW PIP no. 4135C-S | Apr 6, 2024 | History of Psychotherapy, Phenomenology and Existential Psychology
Who Was William James? “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.” ― William James William James (1842-1910) is widely regarded as the father of American psychology and one of the most influential thinkers of the 19th and early...
