Psychosynthesis is a comprehensive approach to psychological health and well being. Its inclusive framework of principles and techniques lies at the cutting edge of thought in the field of psychology. Psychosynthesis offers an integration of psychological and spiritual models, based on the realization of humanity's positive and natural evolutionary movement. This holistic perspective on human development addresses the whole range of human experience, at prepersonal, personal, and transpersonal levels. Psychosynthesis is widely applicable in the field of human services and is a powerful tool for psychological healing and personal transformation. Psychosynthesis was formulated by Roberto Assagioli, MD, a gifted Italian psychiatrist, in the early part of the twentieth century.

This collection of books is inspired by the work of Roberto Assagioli:

Psychosynthesis: A Collection of Basic Writings

by Roberto Assagioli

A collection of the early writings on psychosynthesis, a wholistic psychology and world view that was created by Roberto Assagioli, who was a psychiatrist and a student of Freud and found the tenets of psychoanalysis too limited in scope. He went on to formulate a psychological perspective that could consider all aspects of the human condition, mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual and integrate them into a whole being. Dr. Assagioli died in the latter part of the twentieth century.

Counseling with Confidence, From Pre-Service to Professional Practice

by Nicholas D. Young and Christine N. Michael

This book offers beginning counselors and graduate students an introduction to the many aspects of working in the field. Many of the chapter authors are longtime practitioners, licensed as counselors and psychologists. They practice in a variety of settings. Some authors are professors of psychology; some are new counselors, finding their way. The contents cover everything from basic issues of professional identity to goodness of fit in the counseling relationship to ethical and legal issues. In addition chapters cover a wide variety of specific counseling issues and populations. This book will be useful as well to those teaching in the field as a basic text for students.

Counseling in a Complex Society: Contemporary Challenges to Professional Practice

by Nicholas D. Young and Christine N. Michael

The practice of professional counseling in the 21st century is faced with challenge and opportunity on many fronts. The counselor, whose working environment may range from clinic to school to private practice, will face a wide variety of counseling concerns and a vast client population. This book takes the counselor and counseling student through a range of pertinent issues from multicultural concerns to Internet counseling, from PTSD through Expressive Arts. The authors offer their hard won expertise, earned through long experience in the field. These voices from the field share with the reader the rich and important world of counseling and psychology, as it is practiced and understood in this complex society.