Christian A. Latino
Doctor
Christian A. Latino is a doctoral trainee in Counseling Psychology at the University of Iowa, USA.
Articles by Christian A. Latino (2)
Process-based psychotherapy
By Christian A. Latino - Apr 24, 2021
Psychology, Mental health and Yoga: Sri Aurobindo’s Psychological Thought Implications of Yoga for Mental Health.
American psychology’s psychobiological perspective in the light of Sri Aurobindo’s theory of social development
By Christian A. Latino - Jan 15, 2024
American psychology currently employs a psychobiological perspective in its study of the human psyche and tends to conduct its research using objective empirical methods based on the natural world. This article situates the American psychobiological perspective in Sri Aurobindo’s theory of social development, which posits that societal growth is evolutionary. American psychology’s beginnings in Europe occurred in an era where the ecclesiastical hierarchy ruled through dogma, which may have contributed to the field’s modern-day dependence on objective empiricism as a means to challenge abuses of authority. According to Sri Aurobindo’s theory, a dependence on objective empirical methods is typical prior to the utilisation of more advanced subjective empirical methods. The increasing interest in subjective empirical methods (e.g. mindfulness) in American psychology may indicate the coming of a subjective age in the science. This age may allow for new discoveries in psychology that may provide resolutions for modern-day ills.