Psychosynthesis: A Manual of Principles and Techniques - Softcover

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Roberto Assagioli was an Italian psychotherapist who developed his theory in the early 1900s, contemporary with Freud, Reich and Jung. Unlike them, he continued refining and developing it up until his death in 1974.

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Roberto Assagioli is a huge figure in the world of psychoanalysis. In many ways his work has been as influential as that of Freud, Jung and Reich, with whom he was contemporary. The writings in this volume exemplify the ideas and theories he developed, which he termed psychosynthesis.

arguing that psychoanalysis was incomplete, Roberto Assagioli began to formulate psychosynthesis in 1910. Psychology, he said, must embrace the soul as well as the libido, the imagination as well as the complexes, the will as well as the instincts. But psychosynthesis is much more than a theory; it is also a practical method of personal development that can encompass many of the popular approaches to personal growth – such as meditation, visualization, imagework, and others.

"This important book will undoubtedly be a great help to those individuals who are trying to help themselves toward self-growth and consciousness expansion. I recommend it also to psychotherapists who are trying to go beyond the removal of symptoms."
Abraham H. Maslow