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Transpersonal psychology focuses on exploring spiritual experiences, mystical states, self-transcendence, and the holistic development of human potential. An interest group was later re-formed as the Transpersonal Psychology Interest Group (TPIG), which continued to promote transpersonal issues in collaboration with Division 32. [ 6 ]
Spiritual bypass or spiritual bypassing is a "tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks". [1] The term was introduced in the mid 1980s by John Welwood, a Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist.
[15] Examining the role of spirituality in clinical practice in 1988, he noted "the chasm that had been dug between professional psychology and spiritual longing", [16] [17] and in 1989, published his views in an article on the nature of spirituality, its role in psychotherapy and a "nonreductionistic understanding of spirituality that situates ...
Spirituality in Clinical Practice is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association covering research on the role of spirituality in psychotherapy. The editors-in-chief are Lisa Miller , ( Columbia University ) and Len Sperry ( Florida Atlantic University ).
Pastoral counseling is a branch of counseling in which psychologically trained ministers, rabbis, priests, imams, and other persons provide therapy services.Pastoral counselors often integrate modern psychological thought and method with traditional religious training in an effort to address psychospiritual issues in addition to the traditional spectrum of counseling services.
Allen Eric Bergin [1] (August 4, 1934 – February 15, 2024) was an American clinical psychologist known for his research on psychotherapy outcomes and on integrating psychotherapy and religion. His 1980 article on theistic values [ 2 ] was groundbreaking in the field and elicited over 1,000 responses and requests for reprints, [ 3 ] and ...