Therapy As A Personal and Transpersonal Evolutionary Process. The Experience Of Four Patients, Treated According To The BTE Method, Within A Research Developed Following The Narrative Method
Integral Transpersonal Journal December 1, 2015 DOI: 10.32031/itibte_itj_7-rg3 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Qualitative study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 4 |
| Population | Patients undergoing BTE psychotherapy |
| Intervention | BTE psychotherapy |
| Key findings | Patients undergoing BTE psychotherapy report both personal transformation (remission of symptoms) and transpersonal transformation (progressive openness of consciousness and discovery of the true Self). |
Abstract
This research was conducted with a narrative method on a sample of four patients under-going BTE psychotherapy. It stems from the author’s love of “people’s stories”, in other words, clinical cases, which, according to the author, represent better testimonies than purely theoretical speculation and investigation. The survey is developed as a research starting from one question: what is the experience of patients undergoing a BTE transpersonal therapeutic process? Through a semi-structured interview, the testimonies of the patients have been collected, then analyzed and observed. The paper describes how starting from the perspective that the transpersonal paradigm and the BTE method offer, it is possible to underscore that the patient’s experiences talk about a transformative process that is both personal and transpersonal. In summary, it is possible to notice that the four individuals not only experienced transfor-mations on a personal level – remission of the symptoms and disorders – but also report a progressive openness of consciousness and an evolutionary journey that would seem to go towards the discovery of the True nature of one’s Self. KEYWORDS Psychotherapy, Biotransenergetics, narrative method