Allan Frater is a lecturer at the Psychosynthesis Trust in London and author of Waking Dreams (Transpersonal Press, 2021). THE ACT OF IMAGINATION Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy in Experiential Context (Transpersonal Press, 2026), is his latest book release. Allan’s book was an excellent read by offering a coherent commentary on what psychosynthesis theory and practical tools might look like in
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InterviewIn this podcast I chat with Ruthie Smith about psychotherapy in a new paradigm. Ruthie is the author of Energy, Soul Connecting and Awakening Consciousness – Psychotherapy in a New Paradigm (Karmac Books, 2024). She is also a psychotherapist, teacher, trainer, and clinical supervisor, and professionally trained in different psychotherapeutic approaches, including AIT, Jungian, Psychoanalytic, Attachment-based
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InterviewMy interview with Allan Pimentel, jazz musician and psychotherapist for over 25 years. Allan is a member of the management committee of CCPE, the largest transpersonal training institute in the UK. In the interview Allan chats about the history of CCPE, which recently celebrated 30 years of being a training institute, how he became a therapist
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Therapy sessionIt is quite common to hear counsellors and psychotherapists say to themselves, or in group supervision, that they were only listening to the client and that there was a perceived absence of creative intervention in the therapy on their part. When I feel like this I must remember what Clarkson said about the therapeutic relationship.
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TheoryIn classic Freudian therapy, psychological ill health emerges when the balance between the id, ego and super ego is distorted. “Patients” will present for counselling in an egodystonic state – when thoughts and behaviours are in conflict, or dissonant, with the needs and goals of the ego, or, further, in conflict with a person’s ideal
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