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transpersonal psychology
noun
- a branch of psychology or psychotherapy that recognizes altered states of consciousness and transcendent experiences as a means to understand the human mind and treat psychological disordrs.
Word History and Origins
Origin of transpersonal psychology1
Example Sentences
Carl Jung, a pioneer of transpersonal psychology, proposed that we all share a “collective unconscious.”
Several speakers at Esalen were proponents of transpersonal psychology, which posits that our individual selves are embedded in a vast, transcendent mind or spirit.
Fadiman and Kornfeld co-authored a chapter titled "Psychedelic-Induced Experiences" for "The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology," a textbook dealing with spirituality and transcendent human experience.
Fadiman and Kornfeld co-authored a chapter titled “Psychedelic-Induced Experiences” for “The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology,” a textbook dealing with spirituality and transcendent human experience.
Wallace has a master’s degree in transpersonal psychology and has studied trauma.
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