David Lukoff
Biographic Data
| ID | 4974584 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Lukoff |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Lukoff |
| SIGNATURE | LUKOFF D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sofia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3053-8031 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Service Evaluation of the U.K. Spiritual Crisis Network
The Spiritual Crisis Network (SCN) provides support to people experiencing a spiritual crisis. Spiritual crisis can be defined as any self-identified spiritual experience that causes concern or distress for the person who experiences it or others around them. If responded to appropriately, it can often lead to personal growth or even profound psychospiritual transformation. Spiritual crisis sometimes overlaps with mental health issues and is part…
Spiritual and religious competencies in psychology
Religion and spirituality (R/S) are important aspects of human diversity that should be explicitly addressed in the field of psychology. The field has already included R/S in its definitions of multiculturalism, but while multicultural training is routinely included in doctoral level psychology course work and internship programs, it rarely includes specific training in R/S diversity. Polls of the American public indicate that religion and spirit…
Integrating spirituality and mental health
Spirituality and Extreme States
This article is a reflection on my journey to become a clinical psychologist following a psychotic episode in which I believed I was a reincarnation of Buddha and Christ with a mission to write a new “Holy Book.” But this 2-month episode also served as my spiritual awakening. It transformed me from being a secularist, totally unconcerned with issues pertaining to religion and spirituality, to becoming a spiritual seeker. In my career I have focus…
Spiritual and religious competencies for psychologists
It is clear from polls of the general public that religion and spirituality are important in most people’s lives. In addition, the spiritual and religious landscape is becoming increasingly diverse, with nearly a fifth of people unaffiliated with a religion, and increasing numbers of people identifying themselves as spiritual, but not religious. Religion and spirituality have been empirically linked to a number of psychological health and well-be…
The Past and Future of the International Transpersonal Association
The International Transpersonal Association (ITA) was formed in 1978 for the purposes of promoting education and research in transpersonal subjects, as well as sponsoring global conferences for the international transpersonal community. The association was subsequently dissolved in 2004, but is now in the process of being reactivated and revitalized. As background for this development, this paper reviews the history of ITA including its internati…
From Spiritual Emergency to Spiritual Problem
Religious or Spiritual Problem is a new diagnostic category (Code V62.89) in the 1994 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Although the acceptance of this new category was based on a proposal documenting the extensive literature on the frequent occurrence of religious and spiritual issues in clinical practice, the impetus for the proposal came from transpersonal clinicians whose initial focus was on spiritual emergencies-forms o…
The Psychologist as Mythologist
This article discusses three ways that psychologists are mythologists. First, psychologists are mythmakers when taking the role of psychotherapists. The revised life-story narrative or personal mythology that they coauthor with the patient during therapy often contains elements of classic myths. Second, psychologists function as comparative mythologists when we unravel the psychological and spiritual wisdom woven into ancient and traditional myth…
Toward a More Culturally Sensitive DSM-IV
In theory, research, and practice, mental health professionals have tended to ignore or pathologize the religious and spiritual dimensions of life. This represents a type of cultural insensitivity toward individuals who have religious and spiritual experiences in both Western and non-Western cultures. After documenting the "religiosity gap" between clinicians and patients, the authors review the role of theory, inadequate training, and biological…
From Spiritual Emergency to Spiritual Problem
Religious or Spiritual Problem is a new diagnostic category (Code V62.89) in the 1994 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Although the acceptance of this new category was based on a proposal documenting the extensive literature on the frequent occurrence of religious and spiritual issues in clinical practice, the impetus for the proposal came from transpersonal clinicians whose initial focus was on spiritual emergencies-forms o…
Spiritual and religious competencies in psychology
Religion and spirituality (R/S) are important aspects of human diversity that should be explicitly addressed in the field of psychology. The field has already included R/S in its definitions of multiculturalism, but while multicultural training is routinely included in doctoral level psychology course work and internship programs, it rarely includes specific training in R/S diversity. Polls of the American public indicate that religion and spirit…
Spirituality and Extreme States
This article is a reflection on my journey to become a clinical psychologist following a psychotic episode in which I believed I was a reincarnation of Buddha and Christ with a mission to write a new “Holy Book.” But this 2-month episode also served as my spiritual awakening. It transformed me from being a secularist, totally unconcerned with issues pertaining to religion and spirituality, to becoming a spiritual seeker. In my career I have focus…
The Psychologist as Mythologist
This article discusses three ways that psychologists are mythologists. First, psychologists are mythmakers when taking the role of psychotherapists. The revised life-story narrative or personal mythology that they coauthor with the patient during therapy often contains elements of classic myths. Second, psychologists function as comparative mythologists when we unravel the psychological and spiritual wisdom woven into ancient and traditional myth…
Toward a More Culturally Sensitive DSM-IV
In theory, research, and practice, mental health professionals have tended to ignore or pathologize the religious and spiritual dimensions of life. This represents a type of cultural insensitivity toward individuals who have religious and spiritual experiences in both Western and non-Western cultures. After documenting the "religiosity gap" between clinicians and patients, the authors review the role of theory, inadequate training, and biological…
The Psychologist as Mythologist
This article discusses three ways that psychologists are mythologists. First, psychologists are mythmakers when taking the role of psychotherapists. The revised life-story narrative or personal mythology that they coauthor with the patient during therapy often contains elements of classic myths. Second, psychologists function as comparative mythologists when we unravel the psychological and spiritual wisdom woven into ancient and traditional myth…
From Spiritual Emergency to Spiritual Problem
Religious or Spiritual Problem is a new diagnostic category (Code V62.89) in the 1994 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Although the acceptance of this new category was based on a proposal documenting the extensive literature on the frequent occurrence of religious and spiritual issues in clinical practice, the impetus for the proposal came from transpersonal clinicians whose initial focus was on spiritual emergencies-forms o…
The Past and Future of the International Transpersonal Association
The International Transpersonal Association (ITA) was formed in 1978 for the purposes of promoting education and research in transpersonal subjects, as well as sponsoring global conferences for the international transpersonal community. The association was subsequently dissolved in 2004, but is now in the process of being reactivated and revitalized. As background for this development, this paper reviews the history of ITA including its internati…
Spiritual and religious competencies for psychologists
It is clear from polls of the general public that religion and spirituality are important in most people’s lives. In addition, the spiritual and religious landscape is becoming increasingly diverse, with nearly a fifth of people unaffiliated with a religion, and increasing numbers of people identifying themselves as spiritual, but not religious. Religion and spirituality have been empirically linked to a number of psychological health and well-be…
Spirituality and Extreme States
This article is a reflection on my journey to become a clinical psychologist following a psychotic episode in which I believed I was a reincarnation of Buddha and Christ with a mission to write a new “Holy Book.” But this 2-month episode also served as my spiritual awakening. It transformed me from being a secularist, totally unconcerned with issues pertaining to religion and spirituality, to becoming a spiritual seeker. In my career I have focus…
Integrating spirituality and mental health
Spiritual and religious competencies in psychology
Religion and spirituality (R/S) are important aspects of human diversity that should be explicitly addressed in the field of psychology. The field has already included R/S in its definitions of multiculturalism, but while multicultural training is routinely included in doctoral level psychology course work and internship programs, it rarely includes specific training in R/S diversity. Polls of the American public indicate that religion and spirit…
A Service Evaluation of the U.K. Spiritual Crisis Network
The Spiritual Crisis Network (SCN) provides support to people experiencing a spiritual crisis. Spiritual crisis can be defined as any self-identified spiritual experience that causes concern or distress for the person who experiences it or others around them. If responded to appropriately, it can often lead to personal growth or even profound psychospiritual transformation. Spiritual crisis sometimes overlaps with mental health issues and is part…
Psychology (9 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (7 works) · Spirituality (6 works) · Psychotherapist (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Alternative medicine (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (4 works) · Psychoanalysis (4 works)