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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Transpersonal Theory | |
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| Basic Assumptions | |
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| Defining Transpersonal Psychology | |
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| Defining Transpersonal Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice | |
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| Theory | |
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| Basic Assumptions | |
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| Practice | |
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| Challenges for Transpersonal Psychotherapy | |
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| The Psycho-Spiritual Framework | |
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| The Spiritual Dimension | |
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| The Psychological Dimension | |
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| The Integrating Transpersonal Framework | |
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| Transpersonal Models of Transformation | |
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| Some Historical Prejudices | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Consciousness | |
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| The Methodology of Consciousness | |
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| The Therapeutic Power of Being With What Is | |
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| The Therapist's Consciousness | |
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| Specific Approaches | |
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| Approaches to Transpersonal Psychotherapy | |
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| Ken Wilber's Spectrum Model | |
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| Carl Jung's Analytical Psychology and Michael Washburn's Recent Innovations | |
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| Hameed Ali's Diamond Approach | |
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| Roberto Assagioli's Psychosynthesis | |
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| Stanislav Grof's Holotropic Model | |
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| Existential Transpersonal Psychotherapy | |
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| Transpersonal Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy | |
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| Body-Centered Transpersonal Approaches | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Clinical Issues | |
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| Meditation and Psychotherapy | |
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| Spirit Paths--Impersonal Divine | |
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| Soul Paths--Personal Divine | |
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| Practices Shared by Spirit and Soul Paths | |
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| Conclusions and Discussion | |
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| Spiritual Emergency | |
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| A New View of Spiritual Experience | |
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| Spiritual Emergence Versus Spiritual Emergency | |
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| Forms of Spiritual Emergency | |
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| Differential Diagnosis | |
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| Treatment | |
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| Implications of Spiritual Emergency | |
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| Altered States of Consciousness | |
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| Effects of Psychedelic Drugs | |
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| Models of Working Therapeutically | |
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| Effects of the Feeling Enhancers | |
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| Working Therapeutically | |
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| Guidelines for Use | |
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| Limitations of Altered State Work | |
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| Implications | |
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| Selected Topics in Transpersonal Psychotherapy | |
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| Birth and Death | |
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| Spiritual By-passing | |
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| Addiction and Recovery | |
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| Clinical and Ethical Dilemmas | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Principles of Transpersonal Practice | |
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| Principles | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |