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4 figures
William James
1842 – 1910Founded American psychology and, with Peirce, pragmatism; studied New Thought as 'mind-cure'.
United States·Philosophy · Psychology
Elmer Green
1917 – 2017Menninger researcher who founded clinical biofeedback and self-regulation therapy.
United States·Psychology · Integrative Medicine
Louise Hay
1926 – 2017You Can Heal Your Life and Hay House globalised affirmation culture; its health claims are contested.
United States·New Thought · Psychology
Jon Kabat-Zinn
b. 1944Created Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in 1979; now standard in clinics worldwide.
United States·Integrative Medicine · Psychology