Abraham Maslow and self-realization

Abraham Maslow born on April 1, 1908 in Brooklyn, United States and was the oldest of 7 children. His family was of Jewish origin, so he had an unhappy childhood in the wake of the discrimination suffered by their origin. Because of this, it was a lonely child who found refuge in books.

Later, he went to study psychology at the University of Wisconsin where he stood out as a brilliant student. After doing his doctorate created the theory, called today, "Maslow's hierarchy of needs," a theory of human motivation. This theory proposes that humans have needs that can be ordered hierarchically and that as we meet the most basic, they develop more complex.

That's how Maslow became the leader of the humanistic school of psychology that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, which he referred to as the "third force" in contrast to Freudian theory and behaviorism.

I admire the contributions of Maslow as they were innovative in their time and gave a new approach to psychology. This gives more power to the patient and focuses on the positive aspects, which I think is an improvement over other currents that put emphasis on negative aspects or just behavioral.