However, he had to go back to the United States to look after his siblings. He went to Greece to work and proceeded to take advantage of this time to do research on philosophy and mythology. This wasn’t easy on any of them, since one of the sisters had schizophrenia.Īfter graduating from high school, May decided to temporarily leave his environment behind. For this reason, it was common for all of the siblings to spend much of the day alone, taking care of each other. He was the oldest of six siblings in a broken family. Rollo May was born in Ada, Ohio, in 1909. May, with his pieces of work, offered a new way of seeing human beings and the world. He knew just how to appreciate beauty even in the most adverse situations, as well as the intrinsic power that all difficulties carry. In addition to this, he assisted them in exercising their freedom so that they could get to where they wanted to be and fulfill their purpose. Rollo May helped thousands of people find enough courage within themselves to face their fears and limitations. In fact, he questioned many of Sigmund Freud’s ideas and psychoanalysis as a whole. His best-known works, such as The Meaning of Anxiety, Love and Will, or The Courage to Create, are valuable and revealing examples of this. Rollo May’s mindset was revolutionary, to say the least.
He and other figures, such as Viktor Frankl, endowed psychotherapy with that much needed existential and humanistic approach from which the therapist favors the individual’s strengths, internal resources, and abilities to make better decisions. Among other things, he allowed people to better understand the adverse experiences of human beings. In the world of psychology, Rollo May was a complete innovator.
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