▁hum ann ess . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁along ▁with ▁Richard ▁Hy c ner , ▁Maurice ▁Fried man ▁co - f ounded ▁the ▁Institute ▁for ▁Dialog ical ▁Psych other apy ▁in ▁San ▁Diego . ▁The ▁Institute ▁presented ▁an ▁approach ▁to ▁psych other apy , ▁which ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁“ school ” ▁of ▁psych other apy ▁as ▁such . ▁This ▁approach ▁may ▁apply ▁ir res pective ▁of ▁the ▁particular ▁orientation ▁toward ▁ther apy , ▁or ▁techniques ▁util ized . ▁It ▁rest s ▁upon ▁the ▁belief ▁that ▁at ▁the ▁core ▁of ▁human ▁existence , ▁is ▁inter connected ness ▁with ▁others ▁– ▁the ▁inter human ▁dimension . ▁ ▁Te aching ▁career ▁ ▁Fried man ▁was ▁a ▁Professor ▁Emer it us ▁of ▁Relig ious ▁Studies , ▁Philosoph y ▁and ▁Compar ative ▁Liter ature ▁at ▁San ▁Diego ▁State ▁University , ▁where ▁he ▁taught ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁Co - direct or ▁of ▁the ▁Institute ▁for ▁Dialog ical ▁Psych other apy ▁in ▁San ▁Diego , ▁where ▁he ▁taught ▁in ▁the ▁two - year ▁training ▁program . ▁From ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁he ▁was ▁Professor ▁of ▁Religion ▁at ▁Temple ▁University , ▁Philadelphia , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁Ph . D . ▁Program s ▁in ▁Religion ▁and ▁Liter ature ▁and ▁in ▁Religion ▁and ▁Psych ology . ▁From ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁he ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of