Beyond the Brain: Birth, Death, and Transendence in Psychotherapy

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Edition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 1986-01-01
Publisher(s): STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK PRESS
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Table of Contents

Acknowlegments
Introduction
The Nature of Reality: Dawning of a New Paradigm
Philosophy of Science and the Role of Paradigms
The Newtonian-Cartesian Spell of Mechanistic Science
Conceptual Challenges from Modern Consciousness Research
New Understanding of Reality, Existence, and Human Nature
The Holonomic Approach: New Principles and New Perspectives
Dimensions of the Human Psyche: Cartography of Inner Space
The Sensory Barrier and the Individual Unconscious
Encounter with Birth and Death: The Dynamics of Perinatal Matrices
Beyond the Brain: Realms of Transpersonal Experiences
The Spectrum of Consciousness
The World of Psychotherapy: Toward an Integration of Approches
Sigmund Freud and Classical Psychoanalysis
The Famous Renegades: Alfred Adler, Wilhelm Reich, and Otto Rank
Existential and Humanistic Psychotherapies
Psychotherapies with Transpersonal Orientation
The Architecture of Emotional Disorders
Varieties of Sexual Experience: Dysfunctions, Deviations, and Transpersonal Forms of Eros
Roots of Violence: Biographical, Perinatal, and Transpersonal Sources of Aggression
Dynamics of Depressions, Neuroses, and Psychosomatic Disorders
The Psychotic Experience: Disease or Transpersonal Crisis
Dilemmas and Controversies of Traditional Psychiatry
The Medical Model in Psychiatry: Pros and Cons
Disagreements about Theory and Therapeutic Measures
Criteria of Mental Health and Therapeutic Results
Psychiatry and Religion: Role of Spirituality in Human Life
A New Understanding of The Psychotherapeutic Process
The Nature of Psychogenic Symptoms
Effective Mechanisms of Psychotherapy and Personality Transformation
Spontaneity and Autonomy of Healing
Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development
New Perspectives in Psychotherapy and Self-Exploration
Principles of Psychotherapeutic Assistance
Techniques of Psychotherapy and Self-Exploration
Goals and Results of Psychotherapy
Epilogue: The Current Global Crisis and the Future of Consciousness Evolution
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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