Ep 52 | UTOKing with Bruce Alderman | Reflections on Transpersonal Psychology

In Episode 52, Gregg welcomes back Bruce Alderman. Bruce is a philosopher and spiritual seeker who has deep knowledge of many Eastern traditions and Integral Theory, and he cohosts the Integral Stage with Layman. In this episode, Bruce shares with Gregg his perspective on psychology and psychotherapy. In particular, he emphasizes how his training in Ken Wilber's Integral theory and the transpersonal movement more generally aligned with his spiritual teachings and experiences to give him a perspective on "spiritual emergencies" that most mainstream approaches to psychotherapy are silent about.

 

- - - 📘 Resources mentioned in this episode 📘 - - -

Integral Psychotherapy (Ep. 6: The UTOK’s DSM, with Dr. Gregg Henriques) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQAc0jZCLMM

Metamodern Spirituality | Integral Pluralism and Meta-Religion (w/ Bruce Alderman) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-ePhJTozgY&list=PLa_4sU5_wQrlw5b9oc1tDaziHyEqXUnl7&index=16

“10 Problems With Consciousness” –by Gregg Henriques – Psychology Today blog - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/201812/10-problems-consciousness

“The 11th Problem of Consciousness – Part I” by Gregg Henriques and John Vervaeke – Psychology Today blog - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/202001/the-11th-problem-consciousness

“The 11th Problem of Consciousness – Part II” by Gregg Henriques and John Vervaeke – Psychology Today blog - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/202002/the-11th-problem-consciousness

“Awakening from the Meaning Crisis” – John Vervaeke - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJ

“Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy” – book by Ken Wilber - https://www.shambhala.com/integral-psychology-816.html

 

- - - ℹ️ Find out more about Bruce Alderman ℹ️ - - -

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bruce.alderman.14

Bruce on his work on Integral Grammatology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WvnbrKe_aU

 

previous UTOKing episodes with Bruce:

Ep 3 | UTOKing with Bruce Alderman | Toward a Sacred Naturalism: https://youtu.be/cIhpQPeRdOg

Ep 28 | UTOKing with Gregg | iQuad Coin Edition | with Bruce Alderman Part 1: https://youtu.be/sH3CMgRI5xo

Ep 29 | UTOKing with Gregg | iQuad Coin Edition | with Bruce Alderman Part 2: https://youtu.be/qo9eym_m-z4

 

- - - ℹ️ Find out more about Gregg Henriques ℹ️ - - -

Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/gregg-henriques-phd

Medium: https://gregghenriques.medium.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/henriqgx

 

- - - 🌳 The Unified Theory of Knowledge 🌳 - - -

Homepage: https://www.unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org/

Medium: https://medium.com/unified-theory-of-knowledge

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_knowledge_system

 

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:16 Bruce’s background and approach to psychology
00:06:18 Bruce describes transpersonal psychology
00:12:25 Links between transpersonal psychology, UTOK, and John Vervaeke
00:14:48 Historical antecedents of transpersonal psychology
00:20:59 Bruce talks about Wilber and integration efforts within transpersonal psychology
00:24:42 Gregg summarizes Wilber’s approach to transpersonal psychology and links it to UTOK
00:26:42 The proper relationship between integral theory and transpersonal psychology
00:28:19 Bruce on teaching transpersonal psychology
00:30:51 Gregg on his personal experience of transpersonal growth
00:35:16 Bruce links a transpersonal view to everyday psychological functioning
00:46:20 Connections between Bruce’s approach to transpersonal psychology and UTOK
00:53:53 On applying integral and transpersonal psychology
01:07:38 Active intervention in the application of integral psychology
01:13:08 The prepersonal, personality disorders, and the DSM
01:17:28 Spiritual emergency