Dissociation and Transformation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9022262
AutoresDouglas G Richards (Atlantic University, P.O. Box 595, Virginia Beach, VA 23451., autor de correspondencia)
Año1990
Volumen30
Número3
Páginas54-83
Fecha de publicación1990-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022167890303004
OpenAlexW1985880379
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas25

Humanistic psychology looks toward the healthiest, most fully developed individuals as models for human potential. Dissociation of consciousness has generally been seen as pathological. There is increasing evidence, however, that dissociated states of consciousness can also be components of a healthy developmental path. The phenomenon of dissociation into more than one personality, each with a separate sense of self-identity, allows for complex transformative processes to occur within the "community of selves." Evidence for these processes comes from clinical studies of multiple personality, experimental studies of hypnosis, and introspective accounts by dissociators

Altered state · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Consciousness · Developmental psychology · Dissociation (chemistry · Dissociative · Dissociative identity disorder · Epistemology · Introspection · Personality · Phenomenon · Psychotherapist · Transformative learning · Chemistry · Clinical Psychology · Film in Education and Therapy · Neuroscience · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Social Psychology