Psychosynthesis

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PSYCHOLOGY
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Rouerto AssaqioU, M.D.
Roberto Assagioli was born in Venice in 1888. He was educated as a medical doctor and psychiatrist, coming under the influence of the Freudian school. In 1910 he began to formulate the concept of psychosynthesis, arguing not that psychoanalysis was an incorrect approach but rather that it was partial. Since those early days, he has spent his professional life elaborating a generous and comprehensive psychology of man that includes the soul as well as the libido, the imagination as well as the complexes, the will as well as the instinctual drives. More than a theory, it is also a practical, working method that includes many approaches to personal growth currently entering the mainstreams of psychology and education— meditation, encounter groups, inner-imagery, and several dozen more. These methods are unified around the notion of a self at the core of each individual that can direct the harmonious development of all aspects of the... Tovább

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PSYCHOLOGY
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Rouerto AssaqioU, M.D.
Roberto Assagioli was born in Venice in 1888. He was educated as a medical doctor and psychiatrist, coming under the influence of the Freudian school. In 1910 he began to formulate the concept of psychosynthesis, arguing not that psychoanalysis was an incorrect approach but rather that it was partial. Since those early days, he has spent his professional life elaborating a generous and comprehensive psychology of man that includes the soul as well as the libido, the imagination as well as the complexes, the will as well as the instinctual drives. More than a theory, it is also a practical, working method that includes many approaches to personal growth currently entering the mainstreams of psychology and education— meditation, encounter groups, inner-imagery, and several dozen more. These methods are unified around the notion of a self at the core of each individual that can direct the harmonious development of all aspects of the personality. Beyond that personal harmony lies access to higher realms—creativity, transpersonal experience, and spiritual development.
"This important book will undoubtedly be a great help to those individuals who are trying to help themselves toward self-growth and consciousness expansion. I recommend it also to psychotherapists who are trying to go beyond the removal of symptoms."
—ABRAHAM H. MASLOW
regard psychosynthesis as a sound approach, particularly helpful as a counterweight to many of the one-sided trends which are presently so predominant and prevalent in the field of psychotherapy." —VIKTOR E. FRANKL
"After years of exploration with countless approaches to personal growth and education we have felt an increasing need for a unifying understanding of human nature and a comprehensive discipline. Psychosynthesis promises to fill that need."
—MICHAEL H. MURPHY, President, Esalen Institute^ Vissza