Recently added articles from Journal of Transpersonal Psychology:

EDITOR'S NOTE: IN THIS ISSUE

Jul 01, 2007; Anonymous ... Authors in this volume invite readers to consider a number of theoretical, philosophical, and practical issues relevant to the future growth of the transpersonal field. Opening this issue, Olga Louchakova and Merlin Lucas argue the need for a transpersonal clinical theory. They call readers to ...

TRANSPERSONAL SELF AS A CLINICAL CATEGORY: REFLECTIONS ON CULTURE, GENDER, AND PHENOMENOLOGY

Jul 01, 2007; Louchakova, Olga; Lucas, Merlin K ... ABSTRACT: The article presents a critical analysis of transpersonal psychology in regard to the absence of a transpersonal clinical theory. It examines connections of transpersonal psychology with modernism and postmodernism, and affirms phenomenology as a paradigmatic force and the ...

BASICS OF SPIRITUAL ALTRUISM

Jul 01, 2007; Menon, Sangeetha ... ABSTRACT: The major discussions on altruism today, particularly in the area of sociobiology, give exclusive attention to altruism as an act that favors evolutionary or social benefits. That altruism is a phenomenon exhibited by a self is almost neglected. To understand altruism it is also ...

TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN CONTEXT: PERSPECTIVES FROM ITS FOUNDERS AND HISTORIANS OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY

Jul 01, 2007; Ruzek, Nicole ... ABSTRACT: This article provides a summary of perspectives regarding transpersonal psychology's relationship to mainstream American psychology. Founders of transpersonal psychology and historians of American psychology addressed the following questions: (a) How well known is transpersonal ...

PERSPECTIVES AND PSYCHOTHERAPY: APPLYING INTEGRAL THEORY TO PSYCHOTHERAPY PRACTICE

Jul 01, 2007; Ingersoll, R Elliott ... ABSTRACT: Wilber's (1995) integral theory is now being applied in multiple disciplines including psychotherapy. While most of the literature has been theoretical, more focus is needed on how integral constructs help psychotherapists conceptualize their work and how the constructs relate to the ...

THE PYRAMID MODEL - DIALECTICAL POLARITY IN THERAPY

Jul 01, 2007; Laub, Brurit; Weiner, Nomi ... ABSTRACT: This article presents a therapeutic approach we have developed called the Pyramid Model. It is based on the principle of universal polarity, rooted in many eastern and western philosophies. This model deals with this principle and its realization in relationships on three levels: ...

Qualitative research methods for psychologists: Introduction through empirical studies

Jul 01, 2007; Anderson, Rosemarie ... FISCHER , C. T., (Ed.). (2006). Qualitative research methods for psychologists: Introduction through empirical studies. New York: Academic Press. 461 pp. ISBN 13 978-0-12-088470-4. Hardcover, $97.95. Reviewed by Rosemarie Anderson. In Qualitative Research Methods for Psychologists, ...

The wounded researcher: Research with soul in mind

Jul 01, 2007; Anderson, Rosemarie ... ROMANYSHYN , R. D. (2007). The wounded researcher: Research with soul in mind. New Orleans, LA: Spring Journal Books. 386 pp. ISBN 978-1-882670 47-5. Paper, $24.95. Reviewed by Rosemarie Anderson. Robert Romanyshyn's The Wounded Researcher is an erudite, warm-hearted and soulful book ...

Embodied Enquiry: Phenomenological touchstones for research, psychotherapy and spirituality

Jul 01, 2007; Anderson, Rosemarie ... TODRES , L. (2007). Embodied Enquiry: Phenomenological touchstones for research, psychotherapy and spirituality. Houndmills,Hampshire, UK: PalgraveMacmillan. 224 pp. ISBN 10 0230517757. Hardbound, $74.95. Reviewed by Rosemarie Anderson. Les Todres's Embodied Enquiry is a particularly ...

Irreducible mind: Toward a psychology of the 21st century

Jul 01, 2007; Hastings, Arthur ... KELLY , E. F., KELLY , E. W., CRABTREE , A., GAULD , A., GROSSO , M., and GREYSON , B. (2007). Irreducible mind: Toward a psychology of the 21st century . Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. xxxii+800 pp. ISBN 13 9780742547926. Clothbound, $99.95. Reviewed by Arthur Hastings. "The ...

Loving what is: Four questions that can change your life/A thousand names for joy: Living in harmony with the way things are

Jul 01, 2007; Nye, Fabrice ... MITCHELL , B. K. and MITCHELL , S. (Eds.). (2003). Loving what is: Four questions that can change your life. New York: Three Rivers Press. xxix + 321 pp. ISBN 1-4000-4537-1, Paperback, $15.95. Reviewed by Fabrice Nye. MITCHELL , B. K. and MITCHELL , S. (Eds.). (2007). A thousand names ...

The ultimate journey: Consciousness and the mystery of death

Jul 01, 2007; Brady, Mark ... GROF , STANISLAV . (2006). The ultimate journey: Consciousness and the mystery of death. Boulder Creek, CA: MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). 360 pp. ISBN 09966001990. Paperback, $19.95. Reviewed by Mark Brady. This latest in a lengthy collection of books on ...

The integrative helper: Convergence of Eastern and Western traditions

Jul 01, 2007; Sehrbrock, Joachim ... MIKULAS , L. WILLIAM . (2002). The integrative helper: Convergence of Eastern and Western traditions. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. 240 pp. ISBN 0534525172. Paperback, $62.95. Reviewed by Joachim Sehrbrock. Very little has been written about the relationship between Transpersonal and ...