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- A Guide to Integral Psychotherapy: Complexity, Integration, and Spirituality in Practice
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Integral Theory
summary
A therapist's guide to psychotherapy, spirituality, and self-development. This book provides a practical introduction to Integral Psychotherapy, which positions itself as the most comprehensive approach to psychotherapy yet offered. Grounded in the work of theoretical psychologist and philosopher Ken Wilber, it organizes the key insights and interventions of pharmacological, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, existential, feminist, multicultural, somatic, and transpersonal approaches to psychotherapy. The Integral approach does not attempt to unify these diverse approaches, but rather takes a metatheoretical perspective, giving general guidelines for which is most appropriate in a wide range of clinical situations. It also strongly emphasizes the therapist’s own personal development, under the premise that the depth and complexity of the human psyche must be understood first within the self if it is to be understood fully in others. This essential text is for therapists and others drawn to holistic approaches to psychotherapy, and serves as a theoretical ground and precise guide for those interested in taking an Integral approach to therapeutic practice.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- 5: Lines of Development in Practice
- pp. 73-92
- 6: Pre-Personal Identity Development
- pp. 93-116
- 11: Spirituality in Integral Psychotherapy
- pp. 207-230
- 13: Diversity in Integral Psychotherapy
- pp. 251-280
- References
- pp. 301-315
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438430256
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
643507744
Pages
340
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No