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Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology: A Historical and Biographical Sourcebook
by Donald Moss. 457 pgs.

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An examination of four decades of research and practice in humanistic psychology, this work highlights the lasting contributions of humanistic psychology to the science of psychology and to the pursuit of personal and spiritual development. It explores the passions and goals of the founders and their vital legacy for the 21st century.

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Copyright Acknowledgments

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Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

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Part I: Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology: An Overview

The Historical and Scientific Background of Humanistic Psychology

1: The Historical and Cultural Context of Humanistic Psyhology: Ike, Annette, and Elvis

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2: The Scientific and Philosophical Context of Humanistic Psycbology

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3: Abraham Maslow and the Emergence of Humanistic Psychology

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Major Schools and Theorists in Humanistic Psychology

4: Carl Rogers, the Person-Centered Approach, and Experiential Therapy

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5: Gestalt Therapy: The Once and Future King

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6: The Humanistic Psychology of Self-Disclosure, Relationship, and Community

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7: Body Therapies in Humanistic Psychology

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8: Existential-Phenomenological Psychology

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9: Feminist Psychology and Humanistic Psychology

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10: Biofeedback, Mind-Body Medicine, and the Higher Limits of Human Nature

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Beyond the Person: Spiritual and Transpersonal Psychologies

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11: Christian Humanistic Psychology

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12: Transpersonal Psychology: The Fourth Force

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The Heritage and the Promise of Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology

13: The Continuing Need for A Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology

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14: The Promise and Hope of Humanistic Psychology

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Part II: Biographical and Critical Essays on Central Figures in Humanistic Psychology and Transpersonal Psychology

15: Diana Baumrind: Researcher and Critical Humanist

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16: James F. T. Bugental: Continuity and Change

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17: Moshe Feldenkrais and Functional Integration

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18: Erich : Humanistic Psyhoanalysis

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19: Amedeo Giorgi and the Project of A Human Science

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20: On Psyhology as A Person-Centered Science: William James and His Relation to the Humanistic Tradition

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21: Sidney Jourard: Disclosing to Ourselves and Others

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22: Ronald Laing: Existentialism and Psychoanalysis

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23: Abraham Maslow: Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Yesteryear

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24: Rollo May. Liberator and Realist

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25: Fritz Perls and Paul Goodman: When Ahasuerus Met Erasmus

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26: Laura Perls and Gestalt Therapy: Her Life and Values

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27: Carl Rogers: Client, Heal Thyself

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28: Ida P. Rolf and Structural Integration (rolfing)

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29: Erwin Straus: The Individual, the Senses, and the Beloved Earth

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30: Ken Wilber: Mapping the Evolution of Consciousness

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Textbook of Transpersonal Psychiatry and Psychology
by Bruce W. Scotton, Allan B. Chinen, John R. Battista. 464 pgs.

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Contributors

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Foreword

Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1: Introduction and Definition of Transpersonal Psychiatry

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Chapter 2: The Emergence of Transpersonal Psychiatry

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Part II: Theory and Research

Chapter 3: William James and Transpersonal Psychiatry

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Chapter 4: Freud's Influence on Transpersonal Psychology

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Chapter 5: The Contribution of C. G. Jung to Transpersonal Psychiatry

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Chapter 6: Abraham Maslow and Roberto Assagioli: Pioneers of Transpersonal Psychology

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Chapter 7: The Worldview of Ken Wilber

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Chapter 8: The Consciousness Research of Stanislav Grof

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Chapter 9: Consciousness, Information Theory, and Transpersonal Psychiatry

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Chapter 10: Shamanism and Healing

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Chapter 11: The Contribution of Hinduism and Yoga to Transpersonal Psychiatry

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Chapter 12: The Contribution of Buddhism to Transpersonal Psychiatry

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Chapter 13: Kabbalah and Transpersonal Psychiatry

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Chapter 14: Transpersonal Psychology: Roots in Christian Mysticism

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Chapter 15: Native North American Healers

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Chapter 16: Aging and Adult Spiritual Development: a Transpersonal View of the Life Cycle through Fairy Tales

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Chapter 17: Meditation Research: the State of the Art

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Chapter 18: Psychedelics and Transpersonal Psychiatry

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Chapter 19: Parapsychology and Transpersonal Psychology

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Chapter 20: Contemporary Physics and Transpersonal Psychiatry

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Chapter 21: The Contribution of Anthropology to Transpersonal Psychiatry

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Chapter 22: Western Analytical Philosophy and Transpersonal Epistemology

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Part III: Clinical Practice

Chapter 23: Diagnosis: a Transpersonal Clinical Approach to Religious and Spiritual Problems

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Chapter 24: Offensive Spirituality and Spiritual Defenses

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Chapter 25: The Phenomenology and Treatment of Kundalini

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Chapter 26: Transpersonal Psychotherapy with Psychotic Disorders and Spiritual Emergencies with Psychotic Features

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Chapter 27: Transpersonal Techniques and Psychotherapy

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Chapter 28: Transpersonal Psychotherapy with Religious Persons

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Chapter 29: The Near-Death Experience as a Transpersonal Crisis

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Chapter 30: Treating Former Members of Cults

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Chapter 31: Psychopharmacology and Transpersonal Psychology

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Chapter 32: Psychedelic Psychotherapy

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Chapter 33: Clinical Aspects of Meditation

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Chapter 34: Guided-Imagery Therapy

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Chapter 35: Breathwork: Theory and Technique

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Chapter 36: Past-Life Therapy

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Chapter 37: Transpersonal Psychiatry in Psychiatry Residency Training Programs

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Chapter 38: Toward a Psychology of Human and Ecological Survival: Psychological Approaches to Contemporary Global Threats

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Part IV: Conclusion

Chapter 39: Integration and Conclusion

Chapter 40: An Annotated Guide to the Transpersonal Literature

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Parapsychology and Transpersonal Psychology: "Anomalies" to Be Explained Away or Spirit to Manifest?, in The Journal of Parapsychology
by Charles T. Tart. 17 pgs.

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The Transpersonal Movement: A History and State of the Art, in Re-vision
by Roger Walsh. 8 pgs.

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The Religious Function of the Psyche (Chap. 3 "The Transpersonal Self: A Psychological Approach to the Divine")
by Lionel Corbett. 264 pgs.

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Traditional concepts of God are no longer tenable for many people who nevertheless experience a strong sense of the sacred in their lives. The Religious Function of the Psyche offers a psychological model for the understanding of such experience, using the language and interpretive methods of depth psychology, particularly those of C.G. Jung and psychoanalytic self psychology. The problems of evil and suffering, and the notion of human development as an incarnation of spirit are dealt with by means of a religious approach to the psyche that can be brought easily into psychotherapeutic practice and applied by the individual in everyday life.The book offers an alternative approach to spirituality as well as providing an introduction to Jung and religion.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

1: The Religious Attitude in Psychotherapy

2: Personal Spirituality Based on Contact with the Numinosum

3: The Transpersonal Self

4: The Archetype as Synthetic Principle

5: Mythical, Symbolic and Imaginal Aspects of the Psyche’s Religious Function

6: A Psychological View of Some Traditional Religious Ideas

7: A Depth Psychological Approach to the Problem of Suffering

8: Suffering

9: Sin and Evil

10: Psychotherapy and Spiritual Practice

11: The Rationale for a Contemplative Psychology

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Notes

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Religion and Psychology: Mapping the Terrain; Contemporary Dialogues, Future Prospects ("Transpersonal Visions and New Age Realizations" begins on p. 309)
by Diane Jonte-Pace, William B. Parsons. 340 pgs.

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Religion and Psychology is a thorough and incisive survey of the current relationship between religion and psychology from the leading scholars in the field. This is an essential resource for students and researchers in the area of psychology of religion. Issues addressed are:* The Psychology-Theology Dialogue* The Psychology-Comparativist Dialogue* Psychology, Religion and Gender Studies* Psychology "as" Religion* Social Scientific Approaches to the Psychology of Religion* The Empirical Approach* International Perspectives

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Introduction

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Part I

Section 1: Empirical and Cultural Approaches

1: Psychology of Religion

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2: Psychology of Religion

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3: The Future is in the Return

Section 2: Perspectives on Modernity and Post-Modernity

4: Does (the History Of) Religion and Psychological Studies Have a Subject?

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5: What is Our Present?

6: Mapping Religion Psychologically

7: Post-Structuralism and the Psychology of Religion

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Section 3: Psychology, Religion, and Gender Studies

8: Analysts, Critics, and Inclusivists

9: Male Melancholia

Part II

Section 1: Theology and Psychology in the West

10: The Past and Possible Future of Religion and Psychological Studies

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11: Shaping the Future of Religion and Psychology

12: When is Religion a Mental Disorder?

Section 2: Comparative Studies

13: Themes and Debates in the Psychology-Comparativist Dialogue

14: Re-Membering a Presence of Mythological Proportions Psychoanalysis and Hinduism

15: Experimental Studies of Meditation and Consciousness

Section 3: Psychology “as” Religion

16: Diving into the Depths

17: The Death Awareness Movement

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Psychological Aspects of Modernity (Chap. 2 "Transpersonal Phenomenology: The Corporeal Schema")
by Jerome Braun. 260 pgs.

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Braun's work has a strong psychological focus on the ramifications of social change--with emphasis on modernization for meeting the psychological needs of the people involved. What is unique about the work (it represents the collaboration of seven scholars in such fields as philosophy, psychology, sociology, and political science) is that it makes a serious attempt to provide a realistic and relevant framework of analysis for interpreting the way the human personality reacts to strain and pressure, including cultural and social change. As societies become increasingly bureaucratic, anonymous, and materialistic, and social relationships become increasingly segmented rather than holistic, it is important to study how basic human needs are fulfilled and how personalities are molded.

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Introduction

Part I Phenomenological Depth in Social Psychology/Psychiatry

1: Human Nature and Concepts

2: Transpersonal Phenomenology: The Corporeal Schema

Resiliency of the Personality as Affected by Sense of Identity and Personal Relationships

Part II Culture and Personality

4: Emotions, Social Structure, and Ego Structure: The Expression of Motives in Relationships

5: Mistaking Means and Ends in Personal Relationships

Part III Modernity

6: Some Cultural Sources of Ego Development

7: New Technologies of Addiction

8: Contradictions of Universalistic Ethics: Some Themes and a Possible Solution

9: Space Out of Time: "Schizophrenia" and the Cultural Logic of Modernity According to Max Weber

Part IV Personality and Social Relationships Under Conditions of Modernity

10: The Ethical Responsibilities of Mental Health Professionals: A Study in Public Morals and Personal Relationships

11: Forms of Sociability Under the Influence of Social Change

Part V Prospects

Some Theses on Social Order

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Cultivating Consciousness: Enhancing Human Potential, Wellness, and Healing (Chap. 9 "Mind Embodied: Computer-Generated Virtual Reality as a New, Dualistic-Interactive Model for Transpersonal Psychology")
by K. Ramakrishna Rao. 238 pgs.

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A distinguished group of philosophers, psychologists, and scientists working on the new frontiers of science discuss in this volume the nature of consciousness, the methods for studying it, its relevance to our values and for enhancing human abilities and wellness. Beginning with an examination of the metaphysical foundations of science and the need for developing a "wholeness science," in the light of consciousness research, the articles explore the nature of "wholeness," the emerging themes in consciousness studies, new models and hypotheses about the mind-brain relationship and the ways of bringing about transformation of consciousness for individual well-being as well as improving the human condition. The authors highlight the conceptual, epistemological and methodological problems inherent in the study of consciousness and suggest ways of overcoming them.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

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1: Does Further Progress in Consciousness Research Await A Reassessment of the Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science?

2: Getting Clear About Wholeness: A Critical Response to Harman

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3: Facilitating the Study of Consciousness: Emerging Themes on the Frontiers of Science

4: What Is Consciousness and Why Is it So Problematic?

5: Some Epistemological Problems Inherent in the Scientific Study of Consciousness Eugene Taylor

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6: Cultivating Consciousness: Some Conceptual and Methodological Issues

7: Embracing the Subtle: The Emerging Paradigm in Relation to the Subtle Realms

8: The Complementarity of Consciousness

9: Mind Embodied: Computer-Generated VIrtual Reality as A New, Dualistic-Interactive Model for Transpersonal Psychology

10: Current Hypotheses About the Nature of the Mind-Brain Relationship and Their Relationship to Findings in Parapsychology

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11: Co-Operator Experiments with An Reg Device

12: The Power of Imagination: Toward A Philosophy of Healing

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13: Inner Teachers and Transcendent Education

14: Consciousness and Well-Being

15: The Scene and the Screen: The Nature of Reality

Conclusions

16: On the Trail of Survival: A Key to Expanded Knowledge

Bibliography

Author Index

Subject Index

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Conscious and Unconscious (Chap. 7 "Invisible Worlds, Unconscious Fields and the Non-Egoic Core: Evolving Discourses of the Transpersonal Unconscious")
by David Edwards, Michael Jacobs. 165 pgs.

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Series Editor''s Preface

Preface and Acknowledgements

1: Constructing and Deconstructing the Unconscious

2: Conscious and Unconscious in Historical Perspective

3: Freud, Adler and Jung

4: The Development of Alternative Discourses

5: Evolving Psychoanalytic Discourses of the Unconscious

6: Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive Science and the Cognitive Unconscious

7: Invisible Worlds, Unconscious Fields and the Non- Egoic Core

8: Conscious and Unconscious: The Next Hundred Years

Conclusion

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Perspectives on the New Age ("Development of Transpersonal Psychology" begins on p. 43)
by James R. Lewis, J. Gordon Melton. 370 pgs.

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Introduction

Chapter 1: Approaches to the Study of the New Age Movement

Part I: Historical Roots

Chapter 2: New Thought and the New Age

Conclusion

Chapter 3: Roots of the New Age

Chapter 4: Imagining India: the Influence of Hinduism on the New Age Movement

Chapter 5: How New is the New Age?

Chapter 6: The Magical Staff: Quantum Healing in the New Age

Part II: Aspects of the New Age

Chapter 7: Baby Boomers, American Character, and the New Age: a Synthesis

Chapter 8: Myth, Metaphor, and Manifestation: the Negotiation of Belief in a New Age Community

Chapter 9: Channeling: a New Revelation?

Chapter 10: Employing the New Age: Training Seminars

Chapter 11: An Update on Neopagan Witchcraft in America

Chapter 12: The Evangelical Response to the New Age

Part III: Comparative Studies

Chapter 13: The New Age Movement and Feminist Spirituality: Overlapping Conversations at the End of the Century

Chapter 14: Who Holds the Cards? Women and New Age Astrology

Conclusion

Appendix: The Percent of Respondents within Each Group (new Age and Non-New Age) Who

Chapter 15: The New Age Movement and the Pentecostal/ Charismatic Revival: Distinct Yet Parallel Phases of a Fourth Great Awakening?

Part IV: International Dimensions

Chapter 16: New Age Trends in Nigeria: Ancestral And/Or Alien Religion?

Chapter 17: Japan's New Age and Neo-New Religions: Sociological Interpretations

Chapter 18: The "Newness" of the New Age in South Africa and Reactions to It

Appendix: The New Age -- South African Version Christopher Nevill

Chapter 19: Alternative Spirituality in Italy

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Inner Strengths: Contemporary Psychotherapy and Hypnosis for Ego-Strengthening (Chap. 15 "The Strengthened Ego and the Transpersonal Self in Living and Dying")
by Claire Frederick, Shirley McNeal. 392 pgs.

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Dedications

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Foreword

About the Author

Foreword

About the Authors

Preface

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1: Ego-Strengthening: The Therapeutic Tradition

2: Ego-Strengthening: The Classical Hypnotic Tradition

3: Ego-Strengthening: The Ericksonian Tradition

4: The Ego-State Model in Hypnotic and Nonhypnotic Psychotherapy

5: The Utilization of Time as a Vehicle for Projective/Evocative Ego-Strengthening

6: The Ego: Its Composition

7: Internal Self-Soothing and the Development of the Self

8: Inner Love: Projective/Evocative Ego-Strengthening with Inner Resources of Love

9: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Internal Boundary Formation

10: Other Projective/Evocative Techniques

11: Ego-Strengthening in the Treatment of Performance Anxiety

12: Ego-Strengthening in the Treatment of Complex Clinical Syndromes

13: Ego-Strengthening with Posttraumatic and Dissociative Disorders I: Overview, Stabilization, and the Repair of Developmental Deficits

14: Ego-Strengthening with Posttraumatic and Dissociative Disorders II: Uncovering and Integration

15: The Strengthened Ego and the Transpersonal Self in Living and Dying

Appendix

References

Author Index

Subject Index
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Theoretical Models of Counseling and Psychotherapy (Chap. 13 "Integral Counseling: The Prepersonal, Personal, and Transpersonal in Self, Culture, and Nature")
by Kevin A. Fall, Janice Miner Holder, Andre Marquis. 500 pgs.

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Theoretical Models of Counseling and Psychotherapy covers all the basic counseling theories, but goes one step further by exploring new, cutting-edge techniques, and focusing on the integration of various theoretical approaches.

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Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Classical Psychoanalysis

Chapter 3: Self Psychology

Chapter 4: Adlerian Counseling/ Individual Psychology

Chapter 5: Existential Counseling

Chapter 6: Person-Centered Counseling

Chapter 7: Gestalt Counseling

Chapter 8: Reality Therapy and Choice Theory

Chapter 9: Behavioral Counseling

Chapter 10: Cognitive Counseling

Chapter 11: Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy

Chapter 12: Systems Approaches

Chapter 13: Integral Counseling: the Prepersonal, Personal, and Transpersonal in Self, Culture, and Nature

Author Index

Subject Index
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Ecological Psychology: Healing the Split between Planet and Self (Chap. 7 "Holistic Approaches: Gestalt and Transpersonal Psychology")
by Deborah Du Nann Winter. 314 pgs.

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Deborah Du Nann Winter is a professor of psychology at Whitman College.

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Foreword

Introduction: the Why, the What, and the How of This Book

1: What on Earth Are We Doing?: the Psychology of Environmental Problems

2: The “nature” of Western Thought

3: Social Psychology the Impact of Other People

4: Unconscious Conflicts: Freud and the Psychoanalytic Tradition

5: Behaviorism: Emphasis on the Environment

6: Cognitive Psychology: Emphasis on Thinking

7: Gestalt and Transpersonal Gestalt and Transpersonal Psychology

8: Psychology for a Sustainable World: Ecological Psychology

Appendix What to Do

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