Writings

Some of these writings are available as PDF files. Others are available online.

Book Chapters                 Presentations                         Articles

 Foreward. In J. Wood, Carl Rogers' Person-Centered Approach: Toward an understanding of its implications. (2008).(pp. iii-viii). PCCS Books.

Transforming communities: person-centered encounters and the creation of integral, conscious groups. with John K. Wood. (2004), In Dialogue as a Means of Collective Communication. B.H. Banathy and P.M. Jenlink (Eds.) New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers

An Interview with Dr Maureen O’Hara: A pioneer person-centred therapist and feminist reflects on 30 years of process and progress Interviewed by Gillian Proctor. (2004) In Encountering Feminism: Intersections between feminism and the person-centred approach. Gillian Proctor and Mary Beth Napier (Eds.) Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books.

Moments of Eternity: What Carl Rogers has to Offer Brief Therapists. In (2002) Brief therapy: Lasting Impressions. Jeffrey K. Zeig (Ed.) Phoenix, AZ: The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Press

Psychotherapy: Humanistic, Experiential and Relational Approaches (1996)The Encyclopedia of Alternative and Complementary Medicine , London:Creative Enterprise Publications

Relational Empathy: From Egocentricism to Postmodern Contextualism. (1997) In Empathy and psychotherapy: New directions in theory, research and practice. A. Bohardt & L Greenberg (Eds.), Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association,

Feminist Analysis of a Session of Psychotherapy between Carl Rogers and a Female Client "Silvia" (1996) In Carl Rogers: Casebook and Critical Perspectives, Barry A. Farber, Patricia Raskin and Debora Brink (Eds.) , New York: Guilford Publications

Streams: On Becoming a Postmodern Person. In Positive Regard: Carl Rogers And The Notables Who Knew Him. (1996) Melvin Suhd (Ed.), Palo Alto, CA: Behavioral Science Books

Constructing emancipatory realities. In The Truth About Truth: De-constructing and Reconstructing the Postmodern World . Walter T. Anderson (Ed.) , Palo Alto, CA : Jeremy Tarcher, (1995)

Relational Humanism: A Psychology for a Pluralistic World. .In The Humanistic Movement: Recovering the Person in Psychology. F. Wertz (Ed.) Gardner Press: Lake Worth, FL (1994)

Science, Pseudoscience and Mythmongering. .In Not Necessarily the New Age. Bob Basil (Ed.) (1988) Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus

Person Centered Gestalt: Towards a Holistic Synthesis. .In Client-Centered Therapy and the Person- Centered Approach. Ronald Levant & John Shlien (Eds.) (1984) New York: Praeger.

Presentations

 Frames and games: Hard science vs difficult science in psychotherapy training (2010, August). Convention of the American Psychological Association. San Diego, CA.

 The other inconvenient truth: Psychological challenges of epochal crisis. (2009 August) Convention of the American Psychological Association. Toronto

Alternative psychological scenarios for the coming global age. (2001) Presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association,

The challenge for education in uncertain times. (2005) Presented at the General Assembly of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences, Zagreb,Croatia.

Articles

WASC as Cultural Leader. with Graham Leicester in Redesiging WASC. (2010).  (Concept Papers). Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Another inconvenient truth and the developmental role for Psychology in a threatened world. (2010, April). The Humanistic Psychologist, 30, 101-119.

 Generation Open: The Future of Higher Education in a DIY World. (2011, March) Eforum: culture and consciousness, node 29.

 Finding the Third Horizon of Innovation in Higher Education (2010, March) Eforum: culture and consciousness

Empirically violated treatments: Disenfranchisement of humanistic and other psychotherapies. Psychotherapy Research, Bohart, A. C., O'Hara, M., & Lietner, L.M.(1997).

Divided we stand.(1996) Sept/Oct. Family Therapy Networker Sept./Oct.

Emancipatory therapeutic practice in a turbulent transmodern era: A work of retrieval. (1997) Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 37(3), 7-33.

Is it time to deconstruct constructivism? (1995) Journal of Constructivist Psychology 8, 4, 293-303

Carl Rogers: Scientist or mystic? (1995) Journal of Humanistic Psychology 35. 4. 40-53

Relational Humanism: A Psychology for a Pluralistic World.(1992) .The Humanistic Psychologist 22, 2 &3, Summer and Autumn

If Not Now, When? Values for a Pluralistic World. (1992) Vital Speeches of the Day Vol.LIX. #2. November 1

Humanistic Psychology, Co-constructionism and the Global Search for Deep Democracy. (1990) AHP Perspective , November

Constructing Emancipatory Realities: Towards a Feminist Voice in Humanistic Psychology. (1989) AHP Perspective Aug./Sept., 1989

A New Age Reflection in the Magic Mirror of Science. (1989) The Skeptical Inquirer 13 , 4 Summer

Person-centered Approach as Conscientização: The Works of Carl Rogers and Paulo Freire.(1989) Journal of Humanistic Psychology 29, 1 Winter

When I Use the Term Humanistic Psychology (1989) Journal of Humanistic Psychology 29, 2 Spring

Of Myths and Monkeys. (1986) The Whole Earth Review. 55 fall. pp. 30-34.

Heuristic Inquiry as Psychotherapy: The Client-Centered Approach. (1986) Person Centered Review, 1 (2) pp. 172-183.

Comment on Carl Rogers' "Towards a More Human Science of the Person". (1985) Journal of Humanistic Psychology 25 (4). pp. 25-30.

Of Myths and Monkeys: A Critical Look at a Theory of Critical Mass. (1985) Journal of Humanistic Psychology 25 (1). pp. 61-78.

The "Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon": A Look at the Darker Side of "New Age" Ideology. Omni. October (1985)

Patterns of Awareness: Consciousness and the Group Mind. (1984) The Gestalt Journal. VI, (2). with John K. Wood.

Reflections of Sheldrake, Wilber and New Science. (1984) Journal of Humanistic Psychology 24 (2) pp. 116-120

Our Foremothers as Gurus. (1983) Perspective: Association for Humanistic Psychology November (1983).

The Hundredth Humanistic Psychologist. (1983) Perspective: Association for Humanistic Psychology. July

Women's Voice: Everyone's World. (1983) Journey 3 (1)

Evolving aspects of the person-centered approach. (1979) Newsletter of the Association of Humanistic Psychology. pp. 11-14 January

Person-Centered Approach as Conscientização. (1982) Journey 2 (2)

Learnings in Large Groups: the implications for the future. (1979) Education , 100 (2), M.V. Bowen, M. M. O'Hara, C.R. Rogers &. J.K. Wood.

Evolving Aspects of Person-Centered Approach Workshops. (1978) Self and Society 6 (2), 43-49. M.V. Bowen, J. Justyn, J. Kass, M. M. O'Hara , C.R. Rogers, N. Rogers & J.K. Wood.

Jealousy in non-monogamous marriages.(1977) In Carl Rogers on Personal Power. New York: Delacorte. pp.224-229

Different Paths: Journeys of Sexual Self-Discovery. (1976) Ph.D. dissertation. Union Graduate School

Abortion: An ethical dilemma. (1973) The 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Roe vs. Wade 1973, Oberlin Review, Oberlin, Ohio