What are the four forces of psychotherapy?
Featured. In the late 1960’s Abraham Maslow, Anthony Sutich and others wrote about what they called the four forces in American psychology. The psychological forces they identified were behaviorism, psychoanalysis, humanistic, and transpersonal. Featured. In the late 1960’s Abraham Maslow, Anthony Sutich and others wrote about what they called the four forces in American psychology. The psychological forces they identified were behaviorism, psychoanalysis, humanistic, and transpersonal. First force was based on Conditioning Theory and is no longer used with human beings. Second force is based on Freud’s psychoanalytic theory and is presently used in this connection throughout the world. Third force psychology is Person Centered and is based on Roger’s and Maslow’s theories. First force was based on Conditioning Theory and is no longer used with human beings. Second force is based on Freud’s psychoanalytic theory and is presently used in this connection throughout the world. Third force psychology is Person Centered and is based on Roger’s and Maslow’s theories.