Rollo May
1909
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1994
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Michigan State University, Oberlin College, Teachers College, Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University
occupation: psychologist, psychotherapist, writer
award received: Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
influenced by: Kurt Goldstein, Otto Rank, Henri Ellenberger
Rollo Reece May (April 21, 1909 – October 22, 1994) was an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will (1969). He is often associated with humanistic psychology and existentialist philosophy, and alongside Viktor Frankl, was a major proponent of existential psychotherapy. The philosopher and theologian Paul Tillich was a close friend who had a significant influence on his work.May's other works include The Meaning of Anxiety (1950, revised 1977) and The Courage to Create (1975), named after Tillich's The Courage to Be. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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