transpersonal psychotherapy :
transpersonal counselling and therapy

The transpersonal approach to therapy, psychotherapy and counselling builds on the humanistic therapy, integrating the psychoanalytic approach and cognitive-behavioural therapy. The hallmark of transpersonal psychotherapy is integration, valuing wholeness of being and self-realization on all levels

Transpersonal Principles

all experiences are valuable and potentially growth enhancing. Science has confirmed that everything is interconnected in a mutually influencing web of experience.

The transpersonal perspective of psychotherapy attempts to see all symptoms as part of a larger picture of "energy moving" .. attempting to make a connection between who we think we are and who we really are ... defined more by its orientation and scope rather than by a particular set of techniques or methods

Integration brings together the

memories contained in the DNA of the body unconscious

the effects of in-utero and early childhood experiences

the examination of how people process and assimilate information

behaviours that are the result of conscious and unconscious conditioning

the individual's compulsive journey towards self-actualization or greater wholeness.

Transpersonal therapy, psychotherapy and counselling approaches healing and growth through recognition of the centrality of a Self in the therapeutic process.

Transpersonal psychotherapy emphasizes individual development

beyond but including the ego

it acknowledges the human spiritual quest

it recognizes the human striving for unity, ultimate truth, and profound freedom

it cultivates intuitive ways of knowing that complement rational and sensory modes.

it recognizes the potential for growth inherent in "peak" experiences and other shifts in consciousness.

Transpersonal Therapy Practices

Transpersonal therapy, psychotherapy and counselling work towards the development of a whole of life skill (integrating practices into everyday life) whereby the individual awakens from a limited personal identity to expanded universal knowledge of self.

This process combines the awakening of personal awareness and intuition (non-rational knowing) with the body's ability to heal itself through compassionate self support.

Techniques may be taught and supported explicitly in the therapy session and, at times shifts in consciousness may be cultivated to allow the individual to develop immediate insight and inspiration that may not be available through more conventional means. This may provide clients with a skill they can practice on their own.

Transpersonal psychotherapy also recognizes the need for both psychological and physical development to be integrated with spiritual growth.

Without this integration there is danger of "spiritual bypassing," where issues of psychological and physiological functioning (and healing) are avoided in the name of spiritual development.