Embodied Enquiry: Phenomenological Touchstones for Research, Psychotherapy and Spirituality

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction: An Embodied Path at Beginning and End....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-6
The Qualitative Description of Human Experience: The Aesthetic Dimension....Pages 7-13
The Meaning of Understanding and the Open Body: Some Implications for Qualitative Research....Pages 14-29
The Bodily Complexity of Truth-Telling in Qualitative Research....Pages 30-43
Writing Phenomenological-Psychological Descriptions: An Illustration Attempting to Balance Texture and Structure....Pages 44-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-61
Humanising Forces: Phenomenology in Science; Psychotherapy in Technological Culture....Pages 63-75
The Rhythm of Psychotherapeutic Attention: A Training Model....Pages 76-90
The Primacy of Phenomenological Process and Sequence in Psychotherapy: A Case Study....Pages 91-102
Globalisation and the Complexity of Self: The Relevance of Psychotherapy....Pages 103-109
Freedom-Wound: Towards the Embodiment of Human Openness in Psychotherapy....Pages 110-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-127
Psychological and Spiritual Freedoms: Reflections Inspired by Heidegger....Pages 129-140
How Does Liberating Self-Insight Become Tacit Understanding?....Pages 141-149
The Wound that Connects: A Consideration of ‘Narcissism’ and the Creation of Soulful Space....Pages 150-163
Embracing Ambiguity: Transpersonal Development and the Phenomenological Tradition....Pages 164-174
Concluding Thoughts and Touchstones: A Wide Embrace....Pages 175-186
Back Matter....Pages 187-201