Transpersonal Psychotherapy

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Transpersonal Psychotherapy
Second Edition

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Seymour Boorstein - Editor

SUNY series in the Philosophy of Psychology

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Hardcover - 608 pages

Release Date: February 1996

ISBN10: 0-7914-2835-4
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-2835-1

Price: $33.95
Paperback - 608 pages

Release Date: February 1996

ISBN10: 0-7914-2836-2
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-2836-8

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Summary

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.

“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

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.

“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

Seymour Boorstein, M.D. is a psychoanalyst in private practice, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; and a fellow of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis.

Table of Contents

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

Related Subjects

Mental Health
Philosophy of Mind
Psychology
Psychiatry
Psychotherapy
Transpersonal Psychology

31236/31237(CM/MS/)

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