Core Titles: Past President of International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD)

Past President of the American Association for Humanistic Psychology

World-renowned existential-humanistic psychologist & leading dream interpretation scholar

Honorary Chair of Sino-US International Alliance of Dream and Psychological Analysts (SUIADPA)

Academic Mentorship Lineage

Direct disciple of Clark Moustakas (founding master of humanistic psychology) and Medard Boss (founder of Daseinsanalysis / existential analysis). He received systematic academic inheritance from Medard Boss in the final four years of Boss’s career, laying the theoretical foundation for his dream work and existential psychotherapy system.

Academic Career

1. Served as full-time professor at Oregon Institute, University of New Mexico, Pacifica Graduate Institute across 35 years of formal university teaching before full retirement from academia.
2. Total professional practice & research tenure in psychology and dream therapy: over 55 years.
3. Main research directions: phenomenological essence of dreaming, existential presence & interpersonal relatedness, phenomenological psychology of self and human nature.

Honors & Academic Achievements

• 2015: Rollo May Heritage Award issued by American Psychological Association (APA), awarded for outstanding independent lifelong contributions to humanistic psychology.
• Recognized by Journal of Phenomenological Psychology (2021) as a core pioneer who promoted the development of American phenomenological psychology with sustained high-value academic outputs.
• Authored nearly 50 academic papers, monographs and book chapters; his works have been translated into 7 global languages.
• Co-compiled the authoritative textbook The Wiley World Handbook of Existential Therapy (Wiley Press, 2019), the standard reference for global existential psychotherapy academia.
• Delivered hundreds of invited keynote speeches, workshops and academic lectures worldwide across Europe, Asia, North America and Greece, focusing on dream analysis and existential therapeutic practice.

Professional Identity

Retired university professor, independent scholar, clinical psychotherapist, international keynote speaker. He continues writing, research and global academic exchanges post-retirement, focusing on dream interpretation and existential clinical counseling theories.