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Eric Lyleson, MA is a psychologist in private practice on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
For over thirty years he has been personally and professionally exploring which psychotherapeutic and spiritual practices are most useful in helping people free themselves from psychological suffering and awakening to their full human and spiritual potential. He works from the perspective that most psychological problems are signs that people are out of sync with their evolving self. Depression, anxiety and addictive behaviour resolve when people listen to what they really need and want.
He passes on this wisdom in his book Essential Wholeness, Integral Psychotherapy, Spiritual Awakening and the Enneagram
“Eric Lyleson somehow manages to distil a lifetime of experience, spiritual practice and psychological learning into a very accessible, comprehensive model of human psychology and behaviour. Not since Ken Wilber have I read such a concise and useful synthesis of psychology, spirituality and ecology. I find it incredibly useful in my work as a therapist and as a guide on my own spiritual journey.” Richard Chambers, PhD clinical psychologist, co-author of ‘Mindful Learning’ and ‘Mindful Relationships’
Eric Lyleson has written a beautiful and helpful book on living life as a journey of awakening. I highly recommend it!” Stephen Gilligan, PhD, author of ‘A Courage to Love’
Masters and Bachelors in Psychology (minor in Theater Arts) Graduated Sonoma State University, California 1985
Australian Psychological Society Australian Registered Psychologist International Enneagram Association Australian Association of Buddhist Counsellors and Psychotherapists
1988 – present: Psychologist in private practice Essential Wholeness Psychology
He founded the Healing Relationships Centre in Sydney, Australia in 1988. He provides individual, marital and family therapy, as well as, supervision and training for mental health professionals. Essential Wholeness will serve as a training manual for the training programs
2011 – 2015: Wilderness Treatment Australia Foundation
Clinical Director and member of the Board of Directors
He created a wilderness therapy program for adolescents based on Essential Wholeness principles (The Hero’s Journey chapter 8). The role includes training and supervising staff and facilitating the program in the field. He will be using Essential Wholeness as a training manual for the clinicians working in the program.
1992 – 1994: While on the faculties of: Relationships Australia and the Australian College of Applied Psychology
He taught post-graduate and Masters level courses including:
Basic and Advanced Counselling Methods Family and Relationship Counselling Systemic Therapy Abnormal Psychology
At the College of Applied Psychology he helped design and implement a psychologist supervision and registration program – one of the first programs of its kind in Sydney. “His extensive experience as a therapist and psychologist contributed significantly to the development of the College’s courses and the teaching of our programs in an innovative and challenging fashion.” Lionel Davis, Executive Director of Australian College of Applied Psychology
International Enneagram Association
Science and Non-Duality (SAND)
Australian Association of Buddhist Counselors and Psychotherapists (AABCAP)
Gestalt Australia and New Zealand (GANZ)
Australian and New Zealand Family Therapy Association
New South Wales Family Therapy Association
The International Hypnosis Society
Psychotherapy in Australia
The Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists
The Australian Hypnotherapists Association
South Australia Enneagram Association
Eli Jaxon Bear, Helen Palmer, David Daniels, Lawrence Grazious
Stephen Gilligan, PhD, Jeff, Zeig, PhD, Bill O’Hanlon, MA, Rick Hanson PhD, David Schnarch, PhD, Francine Shapiro, PhD, John Grinder, Brandon Bays, William Emerson, PhD, Ernest Rossi, PhD, Gianfranco Cecchin, Larry Horowitz, PhD, Dan Brown, PhD
Adyashanti, Dalai Lama, Sogyal Rinpoche, Lama Ole Nydahl, Gangaji, Marianne Williamson, Jack Kornfield PhD, Lama Tendar
