Petra Guggisberg Nocelli, a graduate of the Italian Society for Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy who loves to write books. Her latest release, Know, Love, Transform Yourself (Vol.1): theories, techniques and new developments in psychosynthesis, is the first of a two volume anthology. The book holds a rich foray of processes and techniques, with new and different ways of applying psychosynthesis in-depth. It includes original Assagioli articles (some of which hadn’t yet been translated into English) and current thinkers in psychosynthesis, bridging theory with practice.
Volume one will be a valuable resource for anyone pursuing the wonderful human journey of becoming fully themselves. Its wide collection of theory, techniques and exercises will prove particularly useful to practitioners across a range of disciplines (psychotherapists, counsellors, coaches, trainers, leaders, educators…).
Psychiatrist Roberto Assagioli directly influenced the three major revolutions marking the field of contemporary psychology: among the very first Italian scholars to embrace Psychoanalysis, he prefigured the developments of the Humanistic-Existential approach and was one of the founders of Transpersonal Psychology.
Assagioli’s Psychosynthesis proposes a new image of the human being, supporting full human development in all its dimensions: bodily, affective, mental, relational, social and spiritual. Wonderfully integrated and already organised into an original and coherent system, Assagioli’s work anticipated, by decades, many key themes now widely recognised and scientifically investigated:
- dissociative phenomena and subpersonalities;
- processes of identification, disidentification and self-identification;
- the will as a capacity for self-regulation and the importance of purpose, values and committed action in creating a meaningful life;
- a focus on mental health, wellbeing, self-actualisation, and on the many active and creative techniques that can be implemented to promote them;
- the principle of synthesis underpinning a complex systemic vision, and fostering inter-disciplinary and inter-cultural dialogue, ecological sensitivity, and a praxis committed to the harmonious organisation of separate elements into a dynamic whole;
- the study of the superconscious, peak experiences, non-ordinary states of consciousness, and the different paths of Self-realisation;
- the transpersonal Self, processes of self-transcendence, meditative technologies and spirituality.
A cutting-edge approach whose potential and extraordinary breadth of vision we are only starting to fully appreciate. A timely psychological framework and practice, much needed to guide and inspire us in this age of uncertainty and profound change.
Volume 1 contains additional chapters by:
Rozana Bažec, Slovenia
Ewa Bialek, Poland
Joan Evans, UK
Dorothy Firman, USA
Ann Gila & John Firman, USA
Birgit Haus, Germany
Catherine Ann Lombard, USA
Tan Nguyen, France
Will Parfitt, UK
Bonney Schaub & Richard Schaub, USA
Michael Wolde, Sweden
The full introduction, including a foreword from Piero Ferrucci and table of contents can be viewed here