Sourcebook for Helping People In Spiritual Emergency

by Emma Bragdon

The first book written to define "Spiritual Emergency" as coined by Stan Grof, MD and Christina Grof.  It traces the history of how these crises have been defined in ancient times as well as by modern psychology/psychiatry.  Bragdon covers when this crisis is most likely to happen and why, criteria for its identification and how to differentiate it from categories in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.  Of practical help is a checklist for the kind of treatment and environment a person needs who is going through the transformative episode.  Articles of interest can be found in appendices as well as resources for help.  Psychiatry/Spirituality

265 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1988