A Sourcebook for Helping People With Spiritual Problems

As more individuals explore meditation, yoga, and personal growth workshops, encounters with spiritual awakenings increase. Without proper knowledge, these profound experiences can seem daunting. This practical guide, updated in its 3rd edition (2006), helps navigate the confusion, distinguishing spiritual awakenings from mental health issues. It provides insights into appropriate care for spiritual emergencies—different from psychiatric treatment—and explores historical perceptions of spiritual experiences. Valued by both psychologists and general readers, the author, a renowned transpersonal psychologist, offers a comprehensive overview of handling spiritual crises.Originally titled "A Sourcebook for Helping People in Spiritual Emergency" (1988), this book is an essential resource for understanding and managing spiritual awakenings.

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About the Author: Emma Bragdon
Emma Bragdon, PhD, is the Director of the Foundation for Energy Therapies (www.SpiritualAlliances.com). She is also the author/editor of six books and co-producer of two documentary films on themes related to spiritual healing and optimal wellness. She is a pioneer in the definition of spiritual emergency and spiritual problems as well as their treatment.

Since 2001 she has been exploring the resources of Brazil's Spiritualist traditions. She is particularly interested in the use of medical intuitives in helping individuals recover from serious mental illness and integrate higher levels of consciousness associated with spiritual development.

Bragdon is a consultant for individuals and groups incorporating spirituality into a program for integrative healthcare. www.EmmaBragdon.com
As more people practice meditation, yoga, and participate in workshops for personal transformation, increasing numbers of them are having experiences related to spiritual awakening. The problem is they don't know the territory. An intense spiritual experience can seem overwhelming and scary and even be confused with going crazy.

This practical book is the classic text, newly updated in 2006 (3rd edition), defining the problems that can arise when someone is disoriented by intense spiritual experiences. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in spiritual experiences and their relationship to mental health and mental illness. It distinguishes the differences between various mental pathologies and indicators of spiritual awakening. It clearly describes the kind of care one needs in a spiritual emergency process and how the care is dramatically different than conventional psychiatric treatment. It traces the history of how signs of spiritual awakening have been perceived in the past.

Graduate schools of psychology use this book as a text because it is such a clear statement about the nature of spiritual crises and appropriate treatment. However, it is written in a style that is also appropriate for any adult reader. The author, a transpersonal psychologist, has written five other books on spiritual healing and awakening. The title of the first edition of this book was "A Sourcebook for Helping People in Spiritual Emergency" and was published in 1988.

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