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British Journal of Psychotherapy

ISSN 0265-9883

5 papers in the library · 26 citations · publishing 1989-2026

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Meaning emerges: The role of experience in the creation of meaning

British Journal of Psychotherapy August 14, 2026 Mark Winborn

Abstract The paper discusses the centrality of experience to the creation of meaning and the implications of this for analytic therapies, especially Jungian psychotherapy. Analytical Psychology includes a significant focus on the influence of image—through dreams, symbols and archetypal material such as myth, fairytales, religions and alchemy. In this paper, I focus on the areas of somatic...

What is it like to be an infant?

British Journal of Psychotherapy August 1, 2026 Matthew Goldreich

Abstract In the philosophy of mind literature, consciousness is commonly defined not in terms of its physical correlates but rather its subjective character – the ‘something that it is like to be' an organism. In this conceptual article, this formulation is applied to the study of neonate subjectivity, giving rise to the question: what is it like to be an infant? I begin by outlining prevailing...

On Redescribing the Indescribable: Trauma, Psychoanalysis and Psychedelic Therapy

British Journal of Psychotherapy June 30, 2023 Nadav Liam Modlin, Joanne Stubley, Carolina Maggio et al. 11 citations

The psychedelic state can be thought about as an interdependent intrapsychic, somatic, interpersonal and spiritual happening which encourages, perhaps both to the relief and dismay of those participating in the experience, the shocking and impressive emergence of one's unconscious desires and traumata's; a state which may be experienced as cathartic or healing, and as anxiety‐provoking and...

The Origins of Transpersonal Psychology

British Journal of Psychotherapy September 1, 1989 Hazel Guest 15 citations

ABSTRACT. This paper discusses some of the concepts in the theory and practice of transpersonal psychology and the sources from which they have been derived. The basic concept of the ‘self as distinct from the‘ego’is characteristic of most Eastern philosophies. The use of imagery as a means of contacting unconscious material can be traced back through the esoteric practices of both West and...