A Guide to Integral Psychotherapy: Complexity, Integration, and Spirituality in Practice (SUNY series in Integral Theory)

A therapists guide to psychotherapy, spirituality, and self-development. This book provides a practical introduction to Integral Psychotherapy, which positions itself as the most comprehensive approach to psychotherapy yet offered. Grounded in the work of theoretical psychologist and philosopher Ken Wilber, it organizes the key insights and interventions of pharmacological, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, existential, feminist, multicultural, somatic, and transpersonal approaches to psychotherapy. Integral Psychotherapy does not attempt to unify these diverse models, but rather takes a metatheoretical perspective, giving general guidelines for which is most appropriate in a wide range of clinical situations. It also strongly emphasizes the therapists own personal development, under the premise that the depth and complexity of the human psyche must be understood first within the self if it is to be understood fully in others. This essential text is for therapists and others drawn to holistic approaches to psychotherapy, and serves as a theoretical ground and precise guide for those interested in applying the Integral model in therapeutic practice. A Guide to Integral Psychotherapy 5 Contents 9 Tables 11 Figures 13 Acknowledgments 15 Introduction 17 1. Integral Theory and the Principles of Integral Psychotherapy 25 2. Psychotherapy as a Four-Quadrant Affair 51 3. Drives and the Unconscious from an Integral Perspective 65 4. Dynamic and Incorporative Development 75 5. Lines of Development in Practice 89 6. Pre-Personal Identity Development 109 7. Early and Mid-Personal Identity Development 133 8. Late Personal and Transpersonal Identity Development 155 9. Interventions for the Pre-Personal and Early Personal Stages 183 10. Interventions for theMid-Personal, Late Personal,and Transpersonal Stages 203 11. Spirituality in Integral Psychotherapy 223 12. Gender and Typology in Integral Psychotherapy 247 13. Diversity in Integral Psychotherapy 267 14. The Development of the Integral Psychotherapist 297 References 317 Index 333 A 333 B 334 C 334 D 335 E 335 F 336 G 336 H 336 I 337 J 337 K 338 L 338 M 338 N 339 O 339 P 339 Q 340 R 340 S 340 T 341 U 342 V 342 W 342 Y 342 Z 342 143843023X,9781438430232,1438430248,978-1438430249 Integral theory and the principles of integral psychotherapy Psychotherapy as a four-quadrant affair Drives and the unconscious from an integral perspective Dynamic and incorporative development Lines of development in practice : cognition, self-system, and maturity Prepersonal identity development Early and mid-personal identity development Late personal and transpersonal identity development Interventions for the prepersonal and early personal stages Interventions for the mid-personal, late personal, and transpersonal stages Spirituality in integral psychotherapy Gender and typology in integral psychotherapy Diversity in practice The development of the integral psychotherapist.