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Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Agency, Atonement, And Psychological Theories Of Change: A Latter-Day Saint Christian Perspective, Richard N. Williams, Edwin E. Gantt Dec 2020

Agency, Atonement, And Psychological Theories Of Change: A Latter-Day Saint Christian Perspective, Richard N. Williams, Edwin E. Gantt

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

This paper interrogates the relationship of the hard determinism inherent in the theories and models currently on offer in mainstream psychology and the current trends in psychotherapeutic approaches. It foregrounds the seeming contradiction between the emphasis placed on mastering and incorporating discipline-specific knowledge – which clearly assumes scientism and hard determinism – and the emphasis placed on practitioners to develop a coherent theory of change as part of their approach to effective clinical practice. We argue that hard determinism and strategies for facilitating genuine therapeutic change and transformation are incompatible where there is no clear, coherent view of human beings …


A Sacred Trust, David T. Seamons Dec 2020

A Sacred Trust, David T. Seamons

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Being invited into the innermost intimate parts of a person’s life is a sacred trust. As such, it is one for which we must be personally prepared. Having an understanding that those in our care are sons and daughters of Heavenly Father must ground our approach to our clinical work, constantly guiding us as we assist them through the healing process.


Table Of Contents Dec 2020

Table Of Contents

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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Help Thou My Unbelief: Exploring The Secular Sources Of Our Clients' Doubts, Edwin E. Gantt, Madeline R. Christensen, Jacob D. Tubbs Dec 2020

Help Thou My Unbelief: Exploring The Secular Sources Of Our Clients' Doubts, Edwin E. Gantt, Madeline R. Christensen, Jacob D. Tubbs

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Issues of faith and doubt are often at the heart of religious clients’ psychological and emotional suffering. As such, they are a topic of genuine therapeutic interest. Latter-day Saint therapists have a unique responsibility to help our religious clients work through their psychological concerns, as well as help them address their religious doubts when relevant in the therapeutic setting. We argue that many of the concerns fueling client faith crises spring from taken-for-granted assumptions absorbed from our larger secular culture. Further, these assumptions are radically different from – indeed, typically antithetical to – the premises upon many of our fundamental …


Naturalism, Theism, And The Risks Of Professional Values Imposition In Psychotherapy With Theistic Clients, Jefrey S. Reber Dec 2020

Naturalism, Theism, And The Risks Of Professional Values Imposition In Psychotherapy With Theistic Clients, Jefrey S. Reber

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

The codes of ethics guiding the work of counselors and psychotherapists state that ethical practitioners pursue training in areas where they are at risk of imposing values. While training in the potential imposition of personal values is pervasive, training in the potential imposition of professional values is rare. Naturalism, the guiding worldview of science and psychology excludes theism, which is the guiding worldview of many people. Consequently, naturalism is a professional value that may be imposed on theistic clients in psychotherapy. The exclusion of theism from psychology and psychotherapy along with the naturalization of theistic experiences and concepts and the …


Full Issue Dec 2020

Full Issue

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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العلاج النفسي في التصور الاسلامي, Ali Alqodat, Ammar Freihat Dec 2020

العلاج النفسي في التصور الاسلامي, Ali Alqodat, Ammar Freihat

Al Jinan الجنان

This study is aimed at explaining the Islamic view of psychiatric therapy. The researcher has viewed the way Islam cares about protecting human life in every way. They also compared between is i am religions in dealing with this issue in accordance with human needs, in life circumstances, the Islamic view towards human behavior, psychology confusion and psychological therapy in Islam's view. In addition the researcher discussed the means, steps, and 218 characteristics of this therapy in Islam. This therapy is done according to the descriptive way mentioned in Holy Quran verses and in true Hadeeth Shareef. The study came …


Front Matter Dec 2020

Front Matter

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

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A Synopsis And Extension Of Thayne And Gantt's Who Is Truth? Reframing Our Questions For A Richer Faith, Lane Fischer Sep 2020

A Synopsis And Extension Of Thayne And Gantt's Who Is Truth? Reframing Our Questions For A Richer Faith, Lane Fischer

Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy

Thayne and Gantt’s recent book, Who is Truth?: Reframing Our Questions for a Richer Faith, presents an ancient but revolutionary conception of truth. They compare the ancient Greek conception of Idea-truth with the ancient Hebrew conception of Person-truth. They explore the implications of Person-truth for our faith. They use Person-truth to reframe questions. This article presents a synopsis of the book and extends its implications around the issue of suffering and psychotherapy.


No Solace In Quantum: Indeterminacy And Collapse Of The Wave Function Do Not Explain Consciousness, Glenn Hartelius, Courtenay Richards Crouch Sep 2020

No Solace In Quantum: Indeterminacy And Collapse Of The Wave Function Do Not Explain Consciousness, Glenn Hartelius, Courtenay Richards Crouch

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Being In Uncertainties, Mysteries, Doubt, William J. Coburn Sep 2020

Being In Uncertainties, Mysteries, Doubt, William J. Coburn

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Table Of Contents—Masthead Sep 2020

Table Of Contents—Masthead

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Intimations Of A Spiritual New Age: Iv. Carl Jung's Archetypal Imagination As Futural Planetary Neo-Shamanism, Harry T. Hunt Sep 2020

Intimations Of A Spiritual New Age: Iv. Carl Jung's Archetypal Imagination As Futural Planetary Neo-Shamanism, Harry T. Hunt

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

This series of papers on early anticipations of a spiritual New Age ends with Carl Jung’s version of a futural planetary-wide unus mundus rejoining person and cosmos, based on his psychoid linkage of quantum physics and consciousness, and especially on the neo-shamanic worldview emerging out of his spirit guided initiation in the more recently published Red Book. A cognitive-psychological re-evaluation of Jung’s archetypal imagination, the metaphoricity of his alchemical writings, and a comparison of Jung and Levi-Strauss on mythological thinking all support a contemporary view of Jung’s active imagination and mythic amplification as a spiritual intelligence based on a formal …


All The Inbent Fractals Of Connection, William J. Jackson Sep 2020

All The Inbent Fractals Of Connection, William J. Jackson

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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A Hearty Yes … And!, Katherine Peil Kauffman Sep 2020

A Hearty Yes … And!, Katherine Peil Kauffman

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Toward A Science Of Transpersonal Phenomena, Shapiro Yakov Sep 2020

Toward A Science Of Transpersonal Phenomena, Shapiro Yakov

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Fractals Transcendent: Bridging The Transpersonal Chasm, William Sulis Sep 2020

Fractals Transcendent: Bridging The Transpersonal Chasm, William Sulis

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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How The Cerebellum And Cerebral Cortex Collaborate To Compose Fractal Patterns Underlying Transpersonal Experience, Larry Vandervert Sep 2020

How The Cerebellum And Cerebral Cortex Collaborate To Compose Fractal Patterns Underlying Transpersonal Experience, Larry Vandervert

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Because The Nature Of Nature Is Fractal: The Liberatory Potential Of A Fractal Epistemology, Katthe P. Wolf Sep 2020

Because The Nature Of Nature Is Fractal: The Liberatory Potential Of A Fractal Epistemology, Katthe P. Wolf

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Somatics Research Bibliography: A Working Tool For Somatics And Somatic Psychology, Eleanor Criswell Hanna Sep 2020

Somatics Research Bibliography: A Working Tool For Somatics And Somatic Psychology, Eleanor Criswell Hanna

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

Many years ago when Somatics magazine was young, it occurred to me that it would be valuable to collect and publish research article references in Somatics magazine that were relevant to the different somatics disciplines to encourage the development of the field. There were next to no studies devoted to Somatics itself, but there were many studies devoted to the elements of somatic practices. Somatics is a multidisciplinary field. It builds on the research findings from many fields, such as anatomy, physiology, neurophysiology, psychology, dance, biomechanics, and education. The references are selected to be suggestive to the interested researcher and …


A Reflective Commentary On Fractal Epistemology, Deborah J. Armstrong Sep 2020

A Reflective Commentary On Fractal Epistemology, Deborah J. Armstrong

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Diverse Mindfulness Practices For Bipolar Recovery: Qualitative Study Results, Sasha Strong Sep 2020

Diverse Mindfulness Practices For Bipolar Recovery: Qualitative Study Results, Sasha Strong

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

This study investigated the lived experience of Buddhist-informed mindfulness practice and its utilization in recovery from bipolar disorder (BD) in 9 adult participants. Established mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) decontextualize mindfulness practice from a Buddhist theory base, omitting conceptual frameworks that may have adaptive value in recovery from BD. In interviews, participants reported blending techniques learned from various Buddhist lineages throughout the course of their recovery, as well as a variety of other contemplative practices such as techniques to cultivate adaptive emotions, devotional practices, visualization practices, embodiment practices, investigative practices, and informal daily practice. Mindfulness practice for recovery from BD is …


Introduction To The Potential Role Of Fractals For Modeling Transpersonal Phenomena, Terry Marks-Tarlow, Harris L. Friedman, Katthe P. Wolf Sep 2020

Introduction To The Potential Role Of Fractals For Modeling Transpersonal Phenomena, Terry Marks-Tarlow, Harris L. Friedman, Katthe P. Wolf

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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A Fractal Epistemology For Transpersonal Psychology, Terry Marks-Tarlow Sep 2020

A Fractal Epistemology For Transpersonal Psychology, Terry Marks-Tarlow

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

The role of science has been controversial within the nascent field of transpersonal psychology. Traditional linear and reductionist models are insufficient to address rare and unreproducible states of mind, fringe rather than normative experiences, and highly personal or culturally specific aspects of awareness. Through a fractal epistemology this paper introduces novel metaphors, models, and methods within a more holistic, organic, and synthetic branch of science. Principles of the epistemology illuminate observer dependence, fuzzy boundaries, recursive patterns, and higher dimensional phenomena that emerge within the infinite expanses between ordinary, finite (Euclidean) dimensions.


Epistemology Of The Neurodynamics Of Mind, Frederick D. Abraham Sep 2020

Epistemology Of The Neurodynamics Of Mind, Frederick D. Abraham

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Can Fractals Help Us Understand Transpersonal Experiences?, Elliot Benjamin Sep 2020

Can Fractals Help Us Understand Transpersonal Experiences?, Elliot Benjamin

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Self-Similar Ripples Through Math And Mind, Jonathan Root Sep 2020

Self-Similar Ripples Through Math And Mind, Jonathan Root

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Mindfulness Based Intervention For Needle Phobia: A Pilot Study Of Dissociated Ego State Resolution, Genine P. Smith, Glenn Hartelius Sep 2020

Mindfulness Based Intervention For Needle Phobia: A Pilot Study Of Dissociated Ego State Resolution, Genine P. Smith, Glenn Hartelius

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

This pilot study was designed to investigate the efficacy of a mindfulness based intervention for the treatment of needle phobia. The research question was whether one session of the dissociated ego state [DES] trauma release intervention would result in significant and durable release of needle phobia. It was hypothesized that the process tested in this study may reduce needle phobia by locating, identifying, and engaging with a dissociated aspect of the psyche developed from earlier trauma. Six participants who self reported fear of needles and resulting avoidance of medical assistance completed one 60-minute, individual session of a mindfulness based protocol …


Fractals As Transpersonal Metaphor, Larry S. Liebovitch Sep 2020

Fractals As Transpersonal Metaphor, Larry S. Liebovitch

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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