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In this previously unpublished paper, leading Integral/Transpersonal psychotherapist and counsellor Dr John Rowan (www.johnrowan.org.uk) outlines his approach to Integral psychotherapy.
He challenges therapists to reach up and include realms even beyond the ‘Subtle’ level, and also to include not just the left-hand quadrants, but also the right-hand, in their work.
“This integral approach seems to me to open up an exciting prospect for the future of psychotherapy”, concludes John.
Dr Rowan is a founder member of Ken Wilber’s Integral Institute, and is a renowned pioneer in Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology (and therapy). He is also the author of The Transpersonal: Spirituality in Psychotherapy and Counselling. Ken Wilber was one of the contributors to John Rowan’s festschrift, along with Tom Greening, Ian Gordon-Brown, Peter Reason, Petruska Clarkson and others.
John gave a presentation ‘Extensions to AQAL’ based on the ideas in this paper to the London Integral Circle in February 2006.
A radically edited version of this paper appeared in Drew, J and Lorimer, D (eds.) Ways Through the Wall: Approaches to citizenship in an Interconnected World.
Download the paper here .DOC.
