According to the Institute of transpersonal psychology, Transpersonal Psych is a psychology of health and human potential. While recognizing and addressing human psychopathology, Transpersonal Psych 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 Psych 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 Psych Video
Short interview filmed during the Mental Health, Wellbing and Spirituality Conference in 2005 featuring Dr. David Lukoff addressing the question, what is Transpersonal Psych?
Quality Transpersonal Psych Links
Institute of Transpersonal Psych
Founded in 1975, the Institute of Transpersonal Psych 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 Psych 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 Psych 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.
Classic Articles All Psychology Students Should Read
This special Kindle collection consists of the most influential, infamous and iconic research articles ever published in the history of psychology. See following link for full details.