psychosynthesis
Psychosynthesis
When one thinks of therapy one for the most part automatically thinks that therapy deals with emotional problems that a person is trying to over come. However, there is another aspect of an individual’s personality that also can be worked on during therapy, this aspect being the spiritual part of an individual. This type of therapy is known as psychosynthesis. In psychosynthesis, the goal or focus is for the individual to achieve synthesis, a coming together, of the different parts of an individual. Once a person has achieved a more cohesive self that person can then function in a way that is more life affirming and authentic (Kelder, 1993).
The way that a person is able to achieve this more cohesive self is by taking into consideration that part of an individual’s personality that deals with spirituality, which was mentioned earlier. This spiritual side of a person or as some describes it as the "higher", "deeper", or "transpersonal" self is seen as a source of wisdom, inspiration, unconditional love, and the will to meaning in our lives (Kelder, 1993).
The primary use of psychosynthesis is in the field of psychotherapy but because it is a technique that can be universally applied to many fields it now has found its way into education, management, organizational development, and politics. (Kelder, 1993). Psychosynthesis counseling is for short term, six-session to help people who have problems such as panic attacks, aggression, psychosomatic symptoms, phobias, eating disorders and depression. “Psychosynthesis counselors also practice in crisis intervention centers, such as shelters for abused women and children or intermediate homes for drug offenders and delinquent adolescents. (Whitmore, 2004, p.157).”
Roberto Assagioli initiated psychosynthesis around 1910. Assagioli was an Italian psychiatrist as well was a member of the psychoanalytic group formed by Karl Jung in 1910. In his doctoral
When one thinks of therapy one for the most part automatically thinks that therapy deals with emotional problems that a person is trying to over come. However, there is another aspect of an individual’s personality that also can be worked on during therapy, this aspect being the spiritual part of an individual. This type of therapy is known as psychosynthesis. In psychosynthesis, the goal or focus is for the individual to achieve synthesis, a coming together, of the different parts of an individual. Once a person has achieved a more cohesive self that person can then function in a way that is more life affirming and authentic (Kelder, 1993).
The way that a person is able to achieve this more cohesive self is by taking into consideration that part of an individual’s personality that deals with spirituality, which was mentioned earlier. This spiritual side of a person or as some describes it as the "higher", "deeper", or "transpersonal" self is seen as a source of wisdom, inspiration, unconditional love, and the will to meaning in our lives (Kelder, 1993).
The primary use of psychosynthesis is in the field of psychotherapy but because it is a technique that can be universally applied to many fields it now has found its way into education, management, organizational development, and politics. (Kelder, 1993). Psychosynthesis counseling is for short term, six-session to help people who have problems such as panic attacks, aggression, psychosomatic symptoms, phobias, eating disorders and depression. “Psychosynthesis counselors also practice in crisis intervention centers, such as shelters for abused women and children or intermediate homes for drug offenders and delinquent adolescents. (Whitmore, 2004, p.157).”
Roberto Assagioli initiated psychosynthesis around 1910. Assagioli was an Italian psychiatrist as well was a member of the psychoanalytic group formed by Karl Jung in 1910. In his doctoral