Psychology & Religion, Hindu Philosophy, Psychotherapy, Indic & South Asian Philosophy

Sacred Mirror

Name: Sacred Mirror
Author: John Prendergast
ISBN: 9781557788245

by John Prendergast, Peter Fenner (Editor), Sheila Krystal (Editor), Sheila Krystal

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Overview

How is modern psychotherapy impacted when it is approached from the presence and understanding of the unconditioned mind? What happens when therapists are able to function as a sacred mirror for their clients' essential nature, reflecting back not only the contents of awarenessùthoughts, feelings and sensationsùbut awareness itself? Informed by their direct experience as well as by nondual teachings from both eastern and western wisdom traditions, the authors take a fresh look at what psychotherapy can be. These seminal essays will challenge and inspire readers to approach psychotherapy in a new wayùas a potential portal for experiencing their deepest nature as free and joyful beings.Seasoned clinicians, Dan Berkow, Stephan Bodian, Dorothy Hunt, Sheila Krystal, Lynn Marie Lumiere, Richard Miller, John Prendergast, John Welwood, Jennifer Welwood and Bryan Wittine, and innovative western spiritual teachers, Adyashanti and Peter Fenner, explore critical issues at the interface of psychology and spirituality from a nondual perspective.

About the Author, John Prendergast

John J. Prendergast is an adjunct assistant professor of psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is the author of “The Chakras in Transpersonal Psychotherapy” in the International Journal of Yoga Therapy.

Peter Fenner completed a PhD in Madhyamika philosophical psychology in 1983. He founded the Center for Timeless Wisdom (wisdom.org). His books include The Ontology of the Middle Way, Reasoning into Reality, Essential Wisdom Teachings, and The Edge of Certainty: Dilemmas on the Buddhist Path.

Sheila Krystal received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1970. She has been a practicing Clinical Psychologist integrating the spiritual dimension and psychotherapy via meditation, hatha yoga, Jungian dream work, Reichian body work, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing .