Using transpersonal tests in humanistic psychological assessment

Abstract

Emphasis on holism is a distinguishing quality of humanistic psychology and important for any psychological assessment purporting to be humanistic. To be holistic, assessment should encompass the entire range of human functioning, including the trans‐personal dimension, and requires methodological pluralism, including use of psychological tests. Resistances to addressing transpersonal issues in humanistic psychological assessment, and to using tests to gather information about transpersonal concerns, are challenged. Two transpersonal tests that show promise for humanistic assessment are presented.