Transpersonal psychology is the school of psychology, sometimes called the fourth force after psychoanalysis, behaviorism and humanistic psychology, that studies spiritual and transcendent aspects of human experience, including mystical states, self-transcendence and the holistic development of human potential. Abraham Maslow, Stanislav Grof and Anthony Sutich established it as a distinct movement in the late 1960s and co-founded the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology in 1969.
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Central QuestionHow do human experiences of spirituality, altered states of consciousness and a sense of identity extending beyond the individual ego contribute to psychological health and human potential? 1 Founded Year Still Active Transpersonal Psychology
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In 1967 to 1968, Abraham Maslow was in close dialogue with both Grof and Sutich regarding the name and orientation of the new field, later describing transpersonal psychology as a "fourth force" in psychology.
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In 1969, Maslow, Grof and Sutich were among the initiators behind the publication of the first issue of the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology.
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The empirical validity and recognition of transpersonal psychology remains contentious in modern psychology.
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Ellis has himself in very direct terms criticized opposing approaches such as psychoanalysis, transpersonal psychology and abreactive psychotherapies in addition to on several occasions questioning some of the doctrines in certain religious systems, spiritualism and mysticism.
Roberto Assagioli (Wikipedia)
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an Italian psychiatrist in the fields of humanistic and transpersonal psychology
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