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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.
This is a timely and useful introduction to the new and growing transpersonal orientation in psychotherapy. The diversity of theories, techniques, and issues presented by the contributors underscores the comprehensive nature of the emerging perspective. It will prove to be equally valuable for the professional and non-professional reader." — Miles A. Vich, Editor, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
"Seymour Boorstein is a very experienced and widely respected psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He has not left this base in clinical practice as he has begun to explore the possibilities for psychological theory in the transpersonal domain. The professional community owes him a debt of gratitude for bringing together representative works on transpersonal psychology in a single anthology." — Mardi J. Horowitz, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
PREFACE to the Second Edition
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
By Seymour Boorstein
I. The Dimensions of Transpersonal Psychotherapy
1. TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
History and Definition
Anthony J. Sutich
2. COMPARATIVE MODELS OF THE PERSON AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
Roger Walsh and Frances E. Vaughan
3. A PILGRIMAGE OF HEALING
Personal Thoughts of a Transpersonal Psychotherapist
Gerald G. May
4. THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS OF TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Stanislav Grof
II. Transpersonal Currents in Some Major Western Therapies
5. PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPY AND THE TRANSPERSONAL QUEST
Seymour Boorstein
6. A JUNGIAN VIEW
Of Tanspersonal Events in Psychotherapy
Crittenden E. Brookes
7. USE OF THE TRANSPERSONAL IN LOGOTHERAPY
Joseph Fabry
8. PERSONAL AND TRANSPERSONAL GROWTH
The Perspective of Psychosynthesis
John Firman and James G. Vargiu
9. TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATIONS AS AN ADJUNCT TO THERAPY
Harold H. Bloomfield
10. AN INTRODUCTION TO KABBALISTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
Edward Hoffman
11. CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
Seymour Boorstein
III. Western Psychotherapy and Eastern Traditions
12. GESTALT THERAPY AND BUDDHIST TEACHINGS
Stephen Schoen
13. MINDFULNESS MEDITATION AS PSYCHOTHERAPY
Olaf G. Deatherage
14. MEDITATION AND CONSCIOUSNESS
An Asian Approach to Mental Health
Daniel Goleman
15. SUFISM AND PSYCHIATRY
Arthur J. Deikman
16. CHANGE VERSUS ENLIGHTENMENT
John B. Enright
17. WHEN THE THERAPIST IS A YOGI
Integrating Yoga and Psychotherapy
W. Michael Keane and Stephen Cope
18. POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL INSIGHT
Sylvia Boorstein
19. MADNESS OR TRANSCENDENCE
Looking to The Ancient East for a Modern Transpersonal Diagnostic System
John E. Nelson
IV. Innovative Techniques in Transpersonal Psychotherapy
20. PERCEPTUAL AFFECTIVE THERAPY
Richard Yensen
21. THE STORY OF WENDY
A Case Study in Multi-Modality Therapy
Norman S. Don
22. BIOFEEDBACK AND ATTENTION TRAINING
Lester G. Fehmi and Fern Selzer
23. RELATIONSHIP PSYCHOTHERAPY
Lessons from the Spiritual Traditions
Seymour Boorstein
24. PAST-LIFE REGRESSION THERAPY
Roger J. Woolger
25. A SHAMANIC CHRISTIAN APPROACH IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
Donald Evans
26. HEALING POTENTIAL OF NON-ORDINARY STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Observations from Psychedelic Therapy and Holotropic Breathwork
Stanislav Grof
V. Transpersonal Implications of the Birth and Death Experience
27. ANGER AND THE FEAR OF DEATH
Seymour Boorstein
28. HELPING THE DYING
Science, Compassion, and the Possible Survival of Death
Charles T. Tart
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX