A scholar's collection of writings about est

  1. Adams, Richard and Haaken, Janice (1987) ³Anticultural culture: Lifespring's ideology and its roots in humanistic psychology,² Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 4, p. 501-517, Fall.
  2. Anderson, Walter Truett (1983) The Upstart Spring: Esalen and the American Awakening, Reading: Addison-Wesley.
  3. Babbie, E. (1978) "est in prison: General overview," American Journal of Corrections, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 123-140.
  4. Babbie, E. (1978) "est in prison: Part II," American Journal of Corrections, Vol. 40, No. 1, p. 25.
  5. Babbie, E. and Stone, D. (1977) "An evaluation of the est experience by a national sample of graduates," Biosciences Communications, Vol. 3, p. 123-140.
  6. Baer, D.M. and Stolz, S.B. (1978) "A description of the Erhard Seminar Training (est) in trems of behavior analysis," Biosciences Communications, Vol. 6, p. 45-71.
  7. Bartley, William W. (1978) Werner Erhard: The Transformation of a Man, The Founding of est, New York: Clarkson N. Potter.
  8. Blanton, Brad (1996) Radical Honesty, New York: Dell Trade Paperbacks.
  9. Brown, Laurie (1983) ³The impact of the est training on psychotherapists: A qualitative study,² unpublished doctoral dissertation, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
  10. Brye, Adelaide (1976) est: 60 Hours That Transform Your Life, New York: Harper & Row.
  11. Cushman, Philip (1986) ³The politics of transformation: Recruitment-indoctrination processes in a mass marathon psychology organization,² unpublished doctoral dissertation.
  12. Cushman, Philip (1989) "Iron fists/velvet gloves: A study of a mass marathon psychology training," Psychotherapy, Vol. 26, No. 1, Spring, P. 23-39.
  13. Denison, Charles Wayne (1994) ³The children of est: A study of the experience and perceived effects of large group awareness training (The Forum), unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado.
  14. Efran, J.S., Lukens, M.D., and Lukens, R.J. (1986) "It's all done with mirrors," Family Therapy Networker, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 41-49.
  15. Emery, Stewart (1978) Actualizations: You Don't Have to Rehearse to be Yourself, CITY: PUBLISHER.
  16. Erhard, Werner, Guerin, and Shaw, R. (1975) ³The mind¹s dedication to survival,² Journal of Individual Psychology, Vol. 31, p. 11-17.
  17. Erhard, Werner and Gioscia, Victor (1977) "The est standard training," Biosciences Communications, Vol. 3, p. 104-122.
  18. Erhard, Werner and Fadiman, J. (1977) "Some aspects of the est training and transpersonal psychology: A conversation," Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, Vol. 9, p. 27-42.
  19. Erhard, Werner and Gioscia, Victor (1978) ³est: Communication in a context of compassion,² Current Psychiatric Therapies, Vol. 18, p. 117-125.
  20. Erhard, Werner, Gioscia, Victor, and Anbender, K. (1982) "Being well," in R. Walsh and D. Shapiro (eds.) Beyond Health and Normality: An Exploration of Extreme Psychological Well-Being, New York: Van Nostrand and Reinhold.
  21. Fenwick, S. (1976) Getting It: The Psychology of est, Philadelphia: Lippincott.
  22. Finkelstein, P., Wenegrat, B., and Yalom, I. (1982) "Large group awareness training," Annual Review of Psychology, Vo. 33, p. 515-539.
  23. Fisher, J.D., Silver, R.C., Chinsky, J.M., Goff, B., Klar, Y. and Zagieboylo, C. (1989) ³Psychological effects of participation in large group awareness training,² Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 33, p. 515-539.
  24. Frederick, Carl (1974) est: Playing the Game the New Way, New York: Dell.
  25. Freidman, Maurice (1976) ³Aiming at the self: The paradox of encounter and the human potential movement,² Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 16, No. 2, Spring, p. 5-34.
  26. Galanter, M. (1990) ³Cults and zealous self-help movements: A psychiatric perspective,² American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.. 147, No. 1, p. 543-551.
  27. Gelman, D. (1991, February 18) ³The sorrows of Werner,² Newsweek, p. 72.
  28. Glass, L.L., Kirsch, M.A., and Parris, F.N. (1977) "Psychiatric disturbances associated with Erhard Seminars Training: I. A report of cases," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 134, No. 3, p. 245-247.
  29. Haaken, Janice and Adams, Richard (1983) ³Pathology as Œpersonal growth¹: A participant-observation study of Lifespring Training,² Psychiatry, Vol. 46, No. 3, p. 270-280, August.
  30. Hargrove, R. (1976) Est: Making Life Work, New York: Dell.
  31. Harshaw, A.G. (1978) ³The realization of human potential through participation in est workshops: A comparative study with other self-help methods,² unpublished doctoral dissertation.
  32. Hartke, J.M. (1980) ³Ego development, cognitive style, and the est standard training,² unpublished doctoral dissertation, UNIVERSITY.
  33. Hazen, Donald L. (1980) ³A follow-up of personality changes subsequent to the Erhard seminar training (est),² unpublished doctoral dissertation, Temple University.
  34. Higgitt, Anna C. and Murray, Robin M. (1983) ³A psychotic episode following Erhard Seminars Training,² Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Vol. 67, No. 6, June, p. 436-439.
  35. Hoffman, E. (1976) "est: The magic of brutality," Dissent, p. 209-212.
  36. Hoyt, Kathryn C. (1985) "The use of thought reform in large group awareness trainings with specific focus on est," unpublished master¹s thesis, John F. Kennedy University.
  37. Hyde, Richard Bruce (1991) ³Saying the clearing: A Heideggerian analysis of the ontological rhetoric of Werner Erhard,² unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
  38. Kempler, Bernhard (1987) ³The shadow side of self-disclosure,² Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 1, Winter, p. 109-117.
  39. Kirsch, M.A. and Glass, L.L. (1977) "Psychiatric disturbances associated with Erhard Seminars Training: II. Additional cases and theoretical considerations," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 134, No. 11, p. 1254-1248.
  40. Klar, Yechiel, Mendola, Richard, Fisher, Jeffrey D., Silver, Roxanne C., et al. (1990) ³Characteristics of participants in a large group awareness training,² Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, Vol. 58, No. 1, February, p. 99-108.
  41. Leiberman, M.A. (1994) "Growth groups in the 1980s: Mental health implications," in A. Fuhriman and G.M. Burlingame (eds.) Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change, New York: Wiley Press.
  42. Leonard, G. (1977) "A social-anthropological view of group awareness training," Biosciences Communications, Vol. 3, p. 99-103.
  43. Lewis, Leilani (1976) ³Erhard Seminars Training: A longitudinal study of its psychological effects using selected scales measured by the California Psychological Inventory,² unpublished doctoral dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley/Alameda, California.
  44. Paul, N.L. (1976) "Family therapist supports the est concept of emotional crippling," Behavior Therapy, November 8.
  45. Paul, N.L. and Paul, B. (1978) ³The use of est as adjunctive therapy to family-focused treatment,² Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 51-61.
  46. Porter, D. and Taxon, D. (1976) The est Experience, New York: Award Books.
  47. Pressman, Steve (1993) Outrageous Betrayal: The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from est to Exile, New York: St. Martin's Press.
  48. Puishes, Denise Suzanne (1979) ³Erhard Seminars Training (EST): A theoretical and empirical inquiry,² unpublished doctoral dissertation, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey.
  49. Rhinehart, Luke (1976) The Book of est, New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston.
  50. Self, Jane (1992) 60 Minutes and the Assassination of Werner Erhard: How America¹s Top Rated Television Show Was Used In An Attempt To Destroy A Man Who Was Making A Difference, Houston: Breakthru Publishing.
  51. Shaw, R. (1977) "Large-scale awareness training groups: Their implications for the mental health profession," Biosciences Communications, Vol. 3, p. 85-88.
  52. Siccione, F. (1976) ³The est experience: A contextual approach to education,² unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts.
  53. Simon, J. (1977) "An evaluation of est as an adjunct to group psychotherapy in the treatment of severe alcoholism," Biosciences Communications, Vo. 3, p. 141-148.
  54. Simon, J. (1978) "Observations of 67 patients who took Erhard Seminars Training," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 135, No. 6, p. 686-691.
  55. Simon, R. (1986) ³Of quarterbacks and coaches: Tossing it around with Werner Erhard,² Family Therapy Networker, Vol. 10, No. 2, p. xx.
  56. Singer, M.T. and Ofshe, R. (1990) ³Thought reform programs and the production of psychiatric casualties,² Psychiatric Annals, Vol. 20, No. 4, p. 188-193.
  57. Toms, M. and Noffke, W. (1975) "Werner Erhard: An interview with the source of est," New Age Journal, Vol. 7, p. 16-29.
  58. Weiss, J.A. (1977) "Reported changes in personality, self-concept, and personal problems following Erhard Seminars Training (est)," unpublished doctoral dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology.
  59. Williams, David A. and Patrick, Steven (1984) ³Therapy for the age of narcissism,² Studies in Formative Spirituality, Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 95-103.
  60. Wistow, F. (1986) ³Being there,² Family Therapy Networker, Vol. 10, No. 2, p. 20-29, 77.

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