Psychotherapy and spirit : theory and practice in transpersonal psychotherapy /
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| Author / Creator: | Cortright, Brant, 1949- |
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| Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997. |
| Description: | xii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series in the philosophy of psychology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2749858 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1. Transpersonal Theory
- 1.. Basic Assumptions
- Defining Transpersonal Psychology
- Defining Transpersonal Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice
- Theory
- Basic Assumptions
- Practice
- Challenges for Transpersonal Psychotherapy
- 2.. The Psycho-Spiritual Framework
- The Spiritual Dimension
- The Psychological Dimension
- The Integrating Transpersonal Framework
- Transpersonal Models of Transformation
- Some Historical Prejudices
- Conclusion
- 3.. Consciousness
- The Methodology of Consciousness
- The Therapeutic Power of Being With What Is
- The Therapist's Consciousness
- Part 2. Specific Approaches
- 4.. Approaches to Transpersonal Psychotherapy
- Ken Wilber's Spectrum Model
- Carl Jung's Analytical Psychology and Michael Washburn's Recent Innovations
- Hameed Ali's Diamond Approach
- Roberto Assagioli's Psychosynthesis
- Stanislav Grof's Holotropic Model
- Existential Transpersonal Psychotherapy
- Transpersonal Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
- Body-Centered Transpersonal Approaches
- Conclusion
- Part 3. Clinical Issues
- 5.. Meditation and Psychotherapy
- Spirit Paths--Impersonal Divine
- Soul Paths--Personal Divine
- Practices Shared by Spirit and Soul Paths
- Conclusions and Discussion
- 6.. Spiritual Emergency
- A New View of Spiritual Experience
- Spiritual Emergence Versus Spiritual Emergency
- Forms of Spiritual Emergency
- Differential Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Implications of Spiritual Emergency
- 7.. Altered States of Consciousness
- Effects of Psychedelic Drugs
- Models of Working Therapeutically
- Effects of the Feeling Enhancers
- Working Therapeutically
- Guidelines for Use
- Limitations of Altered State Work
- Implications
- 8.. Selected Topics in Transpersonal Psychotherapy
- Birth and Death
- Spiritual By-passing
- Addiction and Recovery
- Clinical and Ethical Dilemmas
- Part 4. Conclusion
- 9.. Principles of Transpersonal Practice
- Principles
- Conclusion
- References
- Index