The Making of Psychohistory: Origins, Controversies, and Pioneering Contributors by Dr. Paul H. Elovitz, PhD (2018) – follow the link to order from the publisher (ISBN # 978-1-138-58749-6, use FLR40 code to get a 20% discount).
Read Excerpts from Ch. 1 and Ch. 2 and Table of Contents from The Making of Psychohistory.
Claude-Hélène Mayer
Claude-Hélène Mayer is a Professor in Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a Semester at Sea Alumni (SASFA22) and a Board member of the International Academy of Intercultural Research (IAIR). Claude is a Senior Editor for Europe’s Journal of Psychology (EJOP) and an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Psychology (Positive Psychology) and the International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management (IJCCM).
Her research areas include transcultural mental health, salutogenesis, transcultural conflict management and mediation, women in leadership, shame and love across cultures, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and psychobiography. She is the winner of the William B. Gudykunst Book Award 2023, together with Elisabeth Vanderheiden, for her International Handbook of Love. Further, together with six other co-editors, she has won one Nautilus Silver Award with special honours for academic rigor for Women Empowerment for a Sustainable Future. Finally, she has won another Nautilus Award with special honours for academic rigor for her authored book Unwrapping Transcultural Romantic Love Relationships (both books are published by Springer).
She works as a licenced (Germany) systemic family therapist and facilitator in family therapy (SG), constellation facilitator (KI), mediator and mediation facilitator (BM 2001-2021), and hypnotherapist (TIM) and coach in private practice. Since 2005, she has consulted for leaders and international organizations in industry, education, social, and therapeutic institutions.
Articles:
- Mayer, C.-H. (2025). The life as an individual and a sociocultural person [Review of the book Studies of Life Positioning: A New Sociocultural Approach to Psychobiography by Jack Martin (2024)]. Clio’s Psyche, 32(1), 124-125. https://doi.org/10.70763/4b85256c4881edb6c0776df5d81f6236
- Mayer, C.-H. (2024). Paul H. Elovitz: A pioneer of psychohistory and psychobiography. In J. M. Rosenberg, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), Paul H. Elovitz Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 31(2), 257-259. https://doi.org/10.70763/6616758da438b02b8d360ad83a5b3d77
- Mayer, C.-H. (2023). “Making it into their world”: My appreciation for William McKinley Runyan. In J. W. Anderson, P. H. Elovitz, & N. D’Andria (Eds.), William McKinley Runyan Festschrift. Clio’s Psyche, 30(1), 127-129. https://doi.org/10.70763/8b9e7ab295e87570551db122a04c6f7c
- Mayer, C.-H. (2022). Life and death in personal and cultural retrospect. Clio’s Psyche, 28(3), 328-334. https://doi.org/10.70763/b432f34c5a997c8e7c806a895ecc5e25
- Elovitz, P. H., Mayer, C.-H., & Rozentsvit, I. (2022). First year report of the Psychobiography Research and Publication Group. Clio’s Psyche, 29(1), 115-116. https://doi.org/10.70763/d51b416788b6ee70eb0c381c06efc9f1
- Mayer, C.-H. (2022). Space and transcultural identity development. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 156-159. https://doi.org/10.70763/09b69adcd7cbae914c6204984097d2da
- Elovitz, P. H., Mayer, C.-H., & Rozentsvit, I. (2022). Announcing the psychobiography group of the Psychohistory Forum [Announcement]. Clio’s Psyche, 28(2), 251-252. https://doi.org/10.70763/881c6efa917cff1c97a74e03e15f43e8
