A guide to integral psychotherapy : complexity, integration, and spirituality in practice / Mark D. Forman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forman, Mark D., 1975-

Series:

SUNY series in integral theory.

SUNY series in integral theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feeling therapy.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNY Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Integral Psychotherapy does not attempt to unify these diverse models, 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 applying the Integral model in therapeutic practice.

Contents:

Integral theory and the principles of integral psychotherapy

Psychotherapy as a four-quadrant affair

Drives and the unconscious from an integral perspective

Dynamic and incorporative development

Lines of development in practice : cognition, self-system, and maturity

Prepersonal identity development

Early and mid-personal identity development

Late personal and transpersonal identity development

Interventions for the prepersonal and early personal stages

Interventions for the mid-personal, late personal, and transpersonal stages

Spirituality in integral psychotherapy

Gender and typology in integral psychotherapy

Diversity in practice

The development of the integral psychotherapist.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-315) and index.

ISBN:

9781438430256

1438430256

9781441648693

1441648690

OCLC:

643507744