According to the Institute of transpersonal psychology, "Transpersonal psychology is a psychology of health and human potential. While recognizing and addressing human psychopathology, transpersonal psychology does not derive its model of the human psyche from the ill or diseased, but sees the individual as one engaged in the process of development toward full humanity.
Transpersonal psychology approaches the individual as a whole person. It seeks a balanced development of the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical, social, and creative aspects of one's life. In so doing, it integrates ancient transformative and healing practices, such as shamanism, yoga, and meditation, with traditional psychology."
Transpersonal Psychology Video
Short interview filmed during the Mental Health, Wellbing and Spirituality Conference in 2005 featuring Dr. David Lukoff addressing the question, what is transpersonal psychology?
Quality Transpersonal Psychology Links
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
Founded in 1975, the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology began as a groundbreaking center of integrative, whole-person learning and training. Today, ITP is a leader in transpersonal research and education of clinicians, spiritual guides, wellness caregivers, and consultants who apply transpersonal principles and values in a variety of settings.
The Institute's stimulating and transformative educational paradigm, valuing the mind, body, spirit connection, attracts students from all over the world to both residential and distance-learning programs.
Visitors to the site can access an excellent collection of transpersonal psychology resources.
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Spiritual Emergencies and Spiritual Competencies
Very interesting Podcast interview with clinical psychologist David Lukoff, professor of psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, California.
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Free Classic Transpersonal Psychology Books
Hierarchy of Needs: A Theory of Human Motivation by Abraham Maslow
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Textbook Of Transpersonal Psychiatry And Psychology by Bruce Scotton, Allen Chinen and John Battista.
Book Description
This important new book brings together the work of top scholars and clinicians at leading universities and medical centers on the benefits and risks of transpersonal therapy. After comparing a variety of multicultural approaches—Zen Buddhism, existential phenomenology, and Christian mysticism, among many others—the book offers a wealth of information on specific disorders and the application of transpersonal psychology techniques such as visualization, breathwork, and “past lives” regression.
With solid scholarship, wide scope, and accessible style, Textbook of Transpersonal Psychiatry and Psychology will become the standard work for students, researchers, clinicians, and lay readers interested in extending psychiatry and psychology into sciences that describe the functioning of the human mind, thereby building bridges between those disciplines and spirituality.