What is Paranormal?: Some Implications for Psychological Therapies

The paranormal and psychological therapies are discussed in this book,which argues that words are watered-down magic and that the lessening of the paranormal may be what is lost.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 106 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

A layman may find it difficult to comprehend how pathological disorders of the body and mind can be eradicated through 'mere words.' He may feel that he is being asked to believe in magic, and he would not be entirely wrong. The words we use in our everyday speech are merely watered-down versions of magic.

This book offers further elaborations on such concepts, including Freud's uncanny, Jung's synchronicity, Daniel's transpersonal, Clark's mindfulness, and Solod's anomalous experiences. The paranormal could be considered fundamental to psychological therapies. Occasionally, a writer brings this potential to our attention, but questions of science, evidence-based practice, and so on continue to dominate. However, does this continued emphasis on the denial of the paranormal lead to it running even more wild? Furthermore, could the lessening of the paranormal be primarily what is lost, the aura, through the increase in internet therapy?

The question of the paranormal and psychological therapies persists, not only for psychoanalysis but for psychological therapies in general. This book attempts to address that.

The chapters in this book, apart from a new introduction and a new chapter, were originally published in the European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032035666