Humanistic Psychologists are oriented toward promoting the psychological development and growth of individuals, families, and communities through the support of their own creative and self-initiated efforts

The society represents a constellation of "humanistic psychologies" that includes the earlier Rogerian, transpersonal and existential orientations as well as the more recently developing perspectives of phenomenological, hermeneutic, constructivist, feminist, and postmodern (social constructionist) psychologies. The range of humanistic therapies has expanded to include not only person-centered, existential, and gestalt, but also constructivist and narrative, emotion-focused, meaning-making, focusing-oriented, systemic, and transpersonal approaches. Furthermore, humanistic therapy has influenced other systems of therapy (e.g., relational psychoanalysis, applied behavior analysis, third-wave cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, etc.)