On Framing the Future of Humanistic Psychology

This article offers a narrative frame for envisioning the future of humanistic psychology. Diverse themes pertinent to the topic were drawn from a wide body of literature and given organizational structure. The analysis presented here suggests that contemporary humanistic psychologists ought to embrace their pluralistic historical lineage, offer a revolutionary image of psychological science, offer an alternative image of the person in psychology, permeate psychology's database, and market humanistic psychology. Various subthemes and concrete suggestions are presented as signposts for the development of humanistic psychology in the 21st century.