Transpersonal Psychotherapy

A collection of articles by leading figures in transpersonal psychotherapy presents diverse perspectives on integrating spiritual and psychotherapeutic traditions. The book covers approaches ranging from behavioristic attention training and clinical pharmacology to the use of chakra energies, all aimed at alleviating mental suffering and fostering spiritual development. The editor highlights the historical alliance between scientific healing and mysticism, tracing it from early shamans to modern thinkers like William James, Carl Jung, Roberto Assagioli, and Abraham Maslow. This classic text offers a state-of-the-art overview of the synergistic potential between these two powerful traditions.

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Abstract

Breaches the wall between the psychotherapeutic and the sacred as respected pioneers in the field give their vision of the synergistic potential in these two powerful traditions. Since its original publication in 1980, this book has become a classic in transpersonal psychotherapy. This new edition contains articles by the major figures in the field, including new contributions by Stanislav Grof, John Nelson, Donald Evans, Charles Tart, Edward Hoffman, Seymour Boorstein, W. Michael Keane and Stephen Cope, Sylvia Boorstein, and Roger J. Woolger. The articles present a spectrum of widely diverse perspectives-from precise behavioristic work with attention training, through creative clinical pharmacology and theory development, to innovative use of chakra energies. The result is a rich and provocative summary of the state of the art in transpersonal psychotherapy. The editor's focus is on the scientific healing/mysticism alliance, which dates back to the earliest shamans and in modern times has engaged William James, Carl Jung, Roberto Assagioli, and Abraham Maslow. In the book, some of the most respected pioneers in the field give their vision of the synergistic potential of these two powerful traditions. Transpersonal Psychotherapy describes a wide variety of uses of traditional and spiritual approaches for the alleviation of mental suffering and for spiritual development.