Psychosynthesis: A Manual of Principles and Techniques - Softcover

Assagioli, Roberto, M.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855382881 ISBN 13: 9781855382886

Publisher: Thorsons, 1999

Synopsis

Repackage of a seminal work. The definitive guide to the principles and techniques of psychosynthesis, written by the man who developed it.

Psychosynthesis is an enormously influential form of psychoanalysis. It was developed in the early part of the 20th century by Roberto Assagioli, a visionary psychoanalyst who was years ahead of his time. He has become as important as Freud, Jung and Reich, with whom he was contemporary.

Psychosynthesis is different because it believes that psychoanalysis is incomplete without taking into account the soul, the imagination and the will. It is a very spritual, mystical, creative form of psychoanalysis and therefore is particularly relevant for our times today.

About this title

About the Author

Roberto Assagioli was an Italian psychotherapist who developed his theory in the early 1900s, contemporary with Freud, Reich and Jung. Unlike them, he continued refining and developing it up until his death in 1974.

From the Back Cover

Roberto Assagioli is a huge figure in the world of psychoanalysis. In many ways his work has been as influential as that of Freud, Jung and Reich, with whom he was contemporary. The writings in this volume exemplify the ideas and theories he developed, which he termed psychosynthesis.

arguing that psychoanalysis was incomplete, Roberto Assagioli began to formulate psychosynthesis in 1910. Psychology, he said, must embrace the soul as well as the libido, the imagination as well as the complexes, the will as well as the instincts. But psychosynthesis is much more than a theory; it is also a practical method of personal development that can encompass many of the popular approaches to personal growth – such as meditation, visualization, imagework, and others.

"This important book will undoubtedly be a great help to those individuals who are trying to help themselves toward self-growth and consciousness expansion. I recommend it also to psychotherapists who are trying to go beyond the removal of symptoms."
Abraham H. Maslow

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855382881
• ISBN 13: 9781855382886
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336