Dr. Max Hammer was a distinguished Psychology Professor and supervisor of graduate students and interns in the clinical psychology, psychotherapy, and counseling practice training program of the Psychology Department at the University of Maine, for many years, as well as a respected psychotherapist and clinical psychology consultant and diagnostician. Dr. Max Hammer was one of the original core clinicians who founded and developed the Clinical Psychology program at the University of Maine, beginning in the 1960’s. In his work with graduate and undergraduate students in that program, Dr. Max Hammer provided a refreshing Humanistic and Transpersonal perspective, with an emphasis on flexible, warmly caring, empathetic responsiveness to the needs of the individual psychotherapy client.

This audio tape, by Dr. Max Hammer, is filled with many compassionate insights that should be very helpful for people coping with stress and addictive substance abuse, as well as counselors, psychotherapists, social workers, clergy involved with pastoral counseling, and other human services professionals.

For a more extensive, in-depth discussion of Dr. Max Hammer’s insights in psychology, spirituality, and interpersonal relationships, see his two published books (with secondary contributing authors Dr. Barry J. Hammer and Dr. Alan C. Butler): 1) Psychological Healing Through Creative Self-Understanding and Self-Transformation (ISBN: 978-1-62857-075-5; Houston: Strategic Book Publishing, 2014). 2) Deepening Your Personal Relationships: Developing Emotional Intimacy and Good Communication (ISBN: 978-1-61897-590-4; Houston: Strategic Book Publishing, 2014).

Related articles by Dr. Max Hammer and his co-authors are also available at the following web pages:

https://sbprabooks.academia.edu/MaxHammer

https://independent.academia.edu/BarryHammer

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Barry_Hammer?ev=hdr_xprf

http://sbprabooks.com/MaxHammer

Many other insightful audios are available at our YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtJDp6DMTNsCeJhRVGWOq1Q

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtJDp6DMTNsCeJhRVGWOq1Q/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0