Transpersonal Psychotherapy

Seymour Boorstein, M.D. is a psychoanalyst in private practice, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; and a fellow of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis.

This is a timely and useful introduction to the new and growing transpersonal orientation in psychotherapy. The diversity of theories, techniques, and issues presented by the contributors underscores the comprehensive nature of the emerging perspective. It will prove to be equally valuable for the professional and non-professional reader." — Miles A. Vich, Editor, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology"Seymour Boorstein is a very experienced and widely respected psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He has not left this base in clinical practice as he has begun to explore the possibilities for psychological theory in the transpersonal domain. The professional community owes him a debt of gratitude for bringing together representative works on transpersonal psychology in a single anthology." — Mardi J. Horowitz, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

• PREFACE to the Second Edition ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTIONBy Seymour BoorsteinI. The Dimensions of Transpersonal Psychotherapy 1. TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPYHistory and DefinitionAnthony J. Sutich 2. COMPARATIVE MODELS OF THE PERSON AND PSYCHOTHERAPYRoger Walsh and Frances E. Vaughan 3. A PILGRIMAGE OF HEALINGPersonal Thoughts of a Transpersonal PsychotherapistGerald G. May 4. THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS OF TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGYStanislav GrofII. Transpersonal Currents in Some Major Western Therapies 5. PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPY AND THE TRANSPERSONAL QUESTSeymour Boorstein 6. A JUNGIAN VIEWOf Tanspersonal Events in PsychotherapyCrittenden E. Brookes 7. USE OF THE TRANSPERSONAL IN LOGOTHERAPYJoseph Fabry 8. PERSONAL AND TRANSPERSONAL GROWTHThe Perspective of PsychosynthesisJohn Firman and James G. Vargiu 9. TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATIONS AS AN ADJUNCT TO THERAPYHarold H. Bloomfield 10. AN INTRODUCTION TO KABBALISTIC PSYCHOTHERAPYEdward Hoffman 11. CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPYSeymour BoorsteinIII. Western Psychotherapy and Eastern Traditions 12. GESTALT THERAPY AND BUDDHIST TEACHINGSStephen Schoen 13. MINDFULNESS MEDITATION AS PSYCHOTHERAPYOlaf G. Deatherage 14. MEDITATION AND CONSCIOUSNESSAn Asian Approach to Mental HealthDaniel Goleman 15. SUFISM AND PSYCHIATRYArthur J. Deikman 16. CHANGE VERSUS ENLIGHTENMENTJohn B. Enright 17. WHEN THE THERAPIST IS A YOGIIntegrating Yoga and PsychotherapyW. Michael Keane and Stephen Cope 18. POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL INSIGHTSylvia Boorstein 19. MADNESS OR TRANSCENDENCELooking to The Ancient East for a Modern Transpersonal Diagnostic SystemJohn E. NelsonIV. Innovative Techniques in Transpersonal Psychotherapy 20. PERCEPTUAL AFFECTIVE THERAPYRichard Yensen 21. THE STORY OF WENDYA Case Study in Multi-Modality TherapyNorman S. Don 22. BIOFEEDBACK AND ATTENTION TRAININGLester G. Fehmi and Fern Selzer 23. RELATIONSHIP PSYCHOTHERAPYLessons from the Spiritual Traditions Seymour Boorstein 24. PAST-LIFE REGRESSION THERAPYRoger J. Woolger 25. A SHAMANIC CHRISTIAN APPROACH IN PSYCHOTHERAPYDonald Evans 26. HEALING POTENTIAL OF NON-ORDINARY STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESSObservations from Psychedelic Therapy and Holotropic BreathworkStanislav GrofV. Transpersonal Implications of the Birth and Death Experience 27. ANGER AND THE FEAR OF DEATHSeymour Boorstein 28. HELPING THE DYINGScience, Compassion, and the Possible Survival of DeathCharles T. Tart BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTORS INDEX