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Self-Transformation Through The Experience And Resolution Of Mental Health Crises, Guy Albert
Self-Transformation Through The Experience And Resolution Of Mental Health Crises, Guy Albert
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
This study investigated the spiritually positive self-transformation resulting from the experience and resolution of a mental health crisis. To participate in this study, a person’s experience needed to meet 4 criteria: The individual (a) experienced a crisis affecting self-concept and reality testing, which (b) resulted in a transformation that (c) was spiritually positive—that is, integrative and meaningful— and (d) they had no current acute mental health conditions. The study was conducted in 2 phases, the first of which used assessment instruments to evaluate participants’ (N = 35) appropriateness for this study relative to the above criteria. In the second phase, …