What is Transpersonal Psychotherapy? A Conceptual Template
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies December 31, 2024 Alef Trust, Gabriel Fernandez-Borsot
Transpersonal psychotherapy lacks a clear definition and systematic framework, leading to fragmentation through many idiosyncratic approaches. This fragmentation hinders theoretical development, wider recognition, training, and research. To address this, the paper proposes a model of five components that characterize transpersonal psychotherapy: purposeful use of states of consciousness, a transpersonal therapeutic framework, transpersonal techniques, focus on spirituality or existential meaning, and suitable phenomenology and therapeutic demands or goals. Each component allows varied implementations, so the model serves as a conceptual template covering the diversity of transpersonal psychotherapies while providing needed systematization.