Buddhist Psychologists Rick Hanson, Stephen Gilligan and Richard Chambers
Buddhist Psychologists Rick Hanson, Stephen Gilligan and Richard Chambers’ thoughts about Essential Wholeness, Integral Psychotherapy, Spiritual Awakening and the Enneagram Both profound and practical, this book integrates cutting edge neuroscience, esoteric wisdom, a heartfelt appreciation of the natural world, and powerfully effective psychological methods. It’s genuinely brilliant. ‘Rick Hanson, Ph.D., author of Buddha’s Brain: The […]
Enneagram Personality Type NINE
Personality Type NINE Type NINEs identify with the: change cycle phase of homeostasis essential quality of peace basic function of mediation developmental task of cooperation psychological network of community/environment Type NINEs tend to resist the: change cycle phase of awareness of limitations essential quality of consciousness basic function of discernment developmental task of separation psychological […]
Vulnerability and Evolution
Brene Brown, Pema Chodron and other innovators help us to realise the power of vulnerability Psychotherapy is learning how to relate more effectively with Life. Evolution is Life learning to relate in more effective ways. Over time species have adapted by becoming more varied, intelligent, resilient, perceptive and cooperative. This has required becoming more open and […]
What Paradigm Defines your Psychotherapeutic Approach?
Psychotherapeutic Paradigms – Dominant-submissive vs. Ecological Cooperation Many of those who adopt psychoanalytic theory contend that it is important for the socially constructed ego to maintain control over the emotional impulses of the id and other emotional impulses stored in the unconscious mind. The connections that can be drawn from the personal to the larger, […]