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In a clear and persuasive argument, Jennings suggests that, in order to move forward in understanding what it means to be a person, American psychology must break through the barrier constructed by the big three mainstream approaches and embrace a promising fourth force which conceives of personality as entailing a transpersonal dimension.--Barbara Engler, PhD

In a clear and persuasive argument, Jennings suggests that, in order to move forward in understanding what it means to be a person, American psychology must break through the barrier constructed by the big three mainstream approaches...and embrace a promising fourth force which conceives of personality as entailing a transpersonal dimension. -- Barbara Engler, PhD, author of Personality Theories (8th Edition) In Passages Beyond the Gate, Dr. Jennings calls American psychology to accountability for its own blind spots. Using Jung's discovery of the inevitable biasing of perspectives by personal typology, Jennings powerfully argues that the spiritual dimension of our human journey finds such short shrift in American psychology because of its privileging of the sensate, thinking, and feeling functions at the expense of the intuitive. When the intuitive function is restored to its proper equality with the others, then questions of 'meaning,' which so much psychology avoids, may be addressed with the respect they deserve. -- James Hollis, PhD, Jungian analyst, Washington, D. C.; author, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life Intriguing and novel approach.... Jennings's monograph might be a worthwhile addition to a course in theories of psychotherapy and counseling.... By expanding the framework, it challenges the predominance of a psychology seen only as 'scientific.' * PsycCRITIQUES *

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George-Harold Jennings earned his PhD in psychology at The Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania. Prior to receiving his PhD, Jennings was a pre-doctoral fellow in clinical psychology at Yale School of Medicine. He is currently a member of the Department of Psychology and a staff psychologist at the McClintock Center for Counseling and Psychological Services at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.

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