Abraham Maslow
SchoolHumanistic Psychology
Lived1908 – 1970
FromUnited States
Humanistic Psychology

Abraham Maslow

Drew the ladder of human needs.

A founder of humanistic psychology, known for the hierarchy of needs and the idea of self-actualization.

3 terms 1 techniques 3 books
What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.
— Abraham Maslow

Who they were

Abraham Maslow asked a then-radical question: not what makes people sick, but what makes them thrive. He arranged human motivation as a hierarchy — from safety and belonging up to esteem and, at the peak, self-actualization. He studied the healthiest people he could find and described their peak experiences of awe, wholeness and joy.

Famous books

What they left on the shelf

The approach they founded

Person-Centered Therapy

You hold your own answers. The therapist offers warmth, genuineness and deep acceptance so they can surface.

Questions in their spirit

What they’d ask you

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All questions

Carry the idea forward

Maslow — What they’d ask you

Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.