Background
Pope, W. Alan was born on August 7, 1958 in Abilene, Texas, United States. Son of Walter Steele and Ida Vickery Pope.
(From Child to Elder explores the personal growth that can...)
From Child to Elder explores the personal growth that can arise when a middle-aged adult loses his or her last living parent. Based on an empirical phenomenological study, this book details the complex ways in which the adult orphan’s ongoing relationship to the deceased parents, combined with the unique meanings of the loss, leads to a deepening of individual autonomy and spiritual awakening. Confrontation with mortality and fundamental aloneness promotes, among other things, an increased sense of existential responsibility toward self and others as the adult orphan psychologically assumes its new role as an elder. These and many other themes are structured into an integrated whole and amplified through developmental, existential, and Jungian perspectives. The result is a compelling portrait of the processes by which the death of one’s parents can accelerate psychospiritual development.
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psychology professor psychotherapist
Pope, W. Alan was born on August 7, 1958 in Abilene, Texas, United States. Son of Walter Steele and Ida Vickery Pope.
Doctor of Philosophy, Duquesne University, 2000.
Computer programmer Household Finance Corporation, Prospect Heights, Illinois, 1980—1983. Systems analyst Time-Life Inc., Chicago, 1983—1984, Washington National Insurance Corporation, Evanston, 1984—1986. Assistant professor University West Georgia, Carrollton, since 2001.
Psychotherapist Ielase Institute, Pittsburgh, 1993—1996. Cognitive science research assistant University Delaware, 1988—1991. Consultant editor Janus Head: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature, Continental Philosophy, and the Arts, Pittsburgh, since 1999.
Teaching fellow Duquesne University, 1996—1997.
(From Child to Elder explores the personal growth that can...)
Organizer Padmasambhava Buddhist Center, Carrollton, Georgia, since 2004. Member of American Psychological Association, Society for Values in Higher Education, Institute Noetic Sciences, Association Asian Studies, International Network on Personal Meaning, Association Humanistic Psychology.