WHAT’S TO BE LEARNED FROM HAVING A SPIRITUALLY TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE?

Abstract

In this presentation, Dr. Pasciuti will employ a model of evolving consciousness and identify ten key areas where it manifests in human functioning. He will examine how various STE’s can be employed to affect therapeutic growth in those ten key areas, and how their increased mastery and combined synergy of contribute to an individual’s overall psychological and spiritual awakening. In order to do this, he will draw from the work of Dr. Stanislav Grof to identify the kinds of exceptional experiences that often lead to spiritual emergencies, and use cases from his practice to show how their understanding and integration promoted personal growth and transformation.

At the end of this presentation, you will be able to:

1. Identify ten key areas of growth that are primarily addressed in psychotherapy, and how they can be affected and advanced as a result of integrating an STE.
2. Learn about a model of evolving consciousness that broadly encompasses the foundational, personal, and transpersonal dimensions of being.

Presenter Bio

Frank Pasciuti, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified hypnotherapist in private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is founder and president of Associated Clinicians of Virginia, which provides psychotherapy and organizational development services to individuals and businesses. Dr. Pasciuti is chairman of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at The Monroe Institute, in Faber, Virginia, and he collaborates on research related to NDEs, psychic phenomena, and the survival of consciousness at the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), a research unit of the department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He is author of Chrysalis Crisis, How Life’s Ordeals Can Lead to Personal and Spiritual Transformation.