Tobin Hart, Ph. D.
Tobin received his
B.A. in psychology at the University of Florida, his M.Ed. in counseling
and development at St. Lawrence University and his Ph.D. in counseling
psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His roots are in
a humanistic tradition and have grown limbs into transpersonal, developmental,
educational, clinical (including systems) and post-modern perspectives.
Tobin appreciates interdisciplinary approaches, for example, blending literature
and psychology. He brings a spiritual, psychological, and social contextual
lens to his teaching. At the graduate level Tobin offers courses in Transpersonal
Psychology, Mind-Body, Human Development, Individual and Family Therapy,
Post-Modern approaches to therapy, a supervised practicum experience in
group dynamics and teaching, as well as individualized independent study.
The books that Tobin listed as having been most influential in the development
of his own thinking are:
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On Becoming a Person, Carl Rogers
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The Farther Reaches of Human Nature, Abraham Maslow
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The Story of Karma, Edgar Cayce
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Cosmic Consciousness, Richard Bucke
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The Politics of Experience, R.D. Laing
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Selected Readings, Wilhelm Reich
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Memories, Dreams, and Reflections, Carl Jung
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No Boundary, Ken Wilber
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General Systems Theory, Ludwig von Bertalanffy
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