Este estudo teve como objetivos identificar o significado da dimensão espiritual no cuidado para a equipe de Enfermagem da UTI, verificar os meios pelos quais a equipe identifica a dimensão espiritual do cuidado, verificar se existe relação, na percepção dos profissionais de Enfermagem, entre a expressão da comunicação interpessoal e a identificação das necessidades espirituais dos pacientes e verificar se os valores de espiritualidade interferem no processo de cuidar. Foram adotados como referenciais a Teoria do Cuidado Transpessoal e os fundamentos da Comunicação Interpessoal. Tratou-se de um estudo descritivo-exploratório e a coleta de dados se deu a partir de entrevista semi-estruturada, com trinta e quatro profissionais da equipe de Enfermagem de um hospital público de grande porte do município de São Paulo. A análise de conteúdo e a observação de sinais não-verbais foram os referenciais metodológicos utilizados para o tratamento dos dados. Após seguir os passos preconizados pelo método adotado para análise dos discursos, emergiram as seguintes categorias de análise: a dimensão espiritual e seus significados, composta pelas subcategorias: fé e crença religiosa; crença em uma Força/Poder Superior; bem-estar espiritual e atributo do espírito. A segunda categoria foi nomeada: formas de percepção das necessidades espirituais e necessidades religiosas dos pacientes, dividida nas subcategorias: o verbal; o não-verbal; a família e o Histórico de Enfermagem. Uma terceira categoria pôde ser identificada no sentido de expressar a relação entre a comunicação interpessoal e a identificação das necessidades espirituais, cujas subcategorias pertencentes são: relação mecanicista; relação verbal e a relação não-verbal. Por fim, a última categoria emergente foi denominada: entre o vínculo e o conflito: a influência de valores no cuidado ao paciente gravemente enfermo, subdividida em: os valores religiosos e os valores bioéticos. Este estudo concluiu que a multiplicidade de significados fez relação direta com o cuidado prestado ao paciente e são preditivos das condições emocionais dos próprios funcionários, por interferirem nas relações de empatia e em suas questões existenciais. Evidenciou ainda a influência do significado religioso no acesso à dimensão espiritual dos pacientes. Também demonstrou que o mecanicismo cotidiano e as relações verbais podem influenciar negativamente na identificação das necessidades espirituais dos pacientes e que os profissionais pouco ou nada conheciam sobre a influência das expressões não-verbais no acesso à dimensão espiritual dos pacientes. Os valores de espiritualidade pouco apareceram nos discursos dos profissionais, sendo detectadas a influência de valores religiosos e bioéticos, onde estes foram geradores de situações ambíguas de vínculo e conflito. Por fim, o estudo concluiu que a Teoria do Cuidado Transpessoal associada aos pressupostos da comunicação não-verbal aparenta ser um importante veículo orientador para a prática espiritual na Enfermagem / This study aimed to identify the significance of Spiritual Dimension in caring for Intensive Care Unit Nursing staff, check the means by which nursing staff identifies the Spiritual Dimension of care, verify if there is relationship on the perception of professional nursing, between expression of interpersonal communication and identifying the spiritual needs of patients, and verify if the values of spirituality interfere in caring process. Was adopted as references the Transpersonal Care Theory, by Watson, and the foundations of Interpersonal Communication. This was a descriptive- exploratory study, and collecting data occurred by half-structured interviews among thirty-four ICU nursing professionals of a large public hospital from São Paulo city, Brazil. The content analysis and observation of non-verbal signals were the reference methodology used for speeches treatment. Following the steps recommended by the methods adopteds for analysis of speeches, emerged the following categories of analysis: Spiritual Dimension and their meanings, made by subcategories: Faith and religion, belief in a Force/Higher Power; Spiritual Well-being and Spirit\'s attribute. The second category was nominated: Forms of perception of spiritual and religious patients needs, divided into subcategories: the verbal and the non-verbal, the family and Historical of Nursing. A third category could be identified in order to express the relationship between interpersonal communication and the identification fo spiritual needs, which are owned subcategories: mechanistic relationship; verbal and non-verbal relationship. Finally, the last category was denomied: between the bond and conflict: the influence of values in caring to critical patient, subdivided into: the religious values and bioethical values. This study found that multiplicity of meanings has direct influence on care provided to patients and are predictive on nursing emotional conditions for interfering in empathy relations in their existential issues. also evidented, the influence of religious is significance in patients spiritual dimension access. also it showed that mechanicism and verbal relationships may adversely affect the identification of patients spiritual needs and the professionals little or nothing knew about the influence of non-verbal expressions in access to patients spiritual dimension. The values of spirituality little appeared in professionals speeches, and was detected the influence of religious and bioethical values, where they were generators of ambiguous situations of bond and conflict. Finally, the study concluded that Transpersonal Care Theory associated with the assumptions of non-verbal communication appears like an important guide spiritual practice in nursing

This research provides in depth analysis of how qualified and experienced doctoral therapists and graduates of the professional doctorate counselling programmes, understood and made sense of their experiences in working at a depth of engagement in therapy. A qualitative approach of interpretative phenomenological analysis is the methodology used. This provides rich, detailed analysis of individuals' accounts where idiographic focus and participants' lived experiences remain central. Six Doctoral counselling therapists were individually interviewed via a semi-structured interview schedule. Participants' counselling orientations varied, with most describing themselves as integrative practitioners. Six accounts were examined separately and then analysed. Clusters and themes developed. Themes were also analysed to ascertain convergence and divergence in participants' accounts. Implications are discussed with data rooted in verbatim extracts and embedded within relevant literature. The study presents super-ordinate themes of, 'the indefinable', 'spiritual in nature', 'levels of encounter', 'dissolution of boundaries', 'personally challenging', 'nourishing of the self' and 'professional questioning'. Findings show how participants called upon phenomenological perspectives, epistemological lenses, spiritual and neurobiological discourses and counselling theory, used interchangeably, to try and understand their experiences. The study also points to practitioners crossing interpersonal boundaries, their fear of being judged by the counselling community and their reluctance to take certain aspects of the phenomenon to supervision. The implications of the research highlight whole areas of experiencing that are not being supervised and show challenges on many levels for the counselling community. Such an IPA study also highlights divisions and commonalities in how participants make sense of the phenomenon and a contribution is offered indicating where further research would be helpful. Overall this research study invites a greater awareness and greater openness to understand the ripples and challenges practitioners face from working at a depth of engagement.

A solution is needed to counteract violent news, Internet, and other negative media images and management behaviors in the workplace, in order to boost engagement and prosocial behaviors at work. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the attitudes of working professionals toward prosocial behaviors and employee engagement in the workplace as affected by transpersonal Hollywood films. An organization's ability to survive is directly related to empowerment and innovation. Classic films provide a gateway for transpersonal experiences that could change behavior and thoughts. Peterson and Seligman's transformational typology involving 6 character virtues and 24 strengths was the basis for coding 8 positive films that were viewed by participants. Data collection consisted of 2 in-depth interviews, 8 written film questionnaires, and an exit interview from a criterion-based, purposeful sample of 10 adult working nonmanagerial professionals living in Los Angeles, employed in any industry except the entertainment industry. Six to 10 participants, according to researchers, are an appropriate number for saturation. The most prevalent strengths mentioned were social intelligence and perspective, followed by integrity, hope and open-mindedness. Frequent phrases that corresponded to the 6 virtue categories were wisdom/knowledge and humanity. The results revealed that positive films could be a boon for industrial/organizational issues involving recruitment, training, motivation, and prosocial behaviors. The use of positive transpersonal Hollywood films in human capital development could lead to positive social change in the workplace by reducing worker sick days and promoting a happier workforce with increased innovation and productivity.

<p>Bakgrund: Psykiska sjukdomar beräknas drabba var fjärde person i världen. Patienter med psykisk sjukdom drabbas i högre grad av somatiska sjukdomar och vårdas då inom somatisk vård. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva faktorer som påverkar attityder till patienter med psykisk sjukdom hos vårdpersonal inom somatisk vård. Metod: Allmän litteraturstudie med kvalitativ ansats bestående av systematisk granskning av fjorton kvalitativa och kvantitativa artiklar. Resultat: Resultatet visade på att vårdpersonalens attityder påverkades av deras upplevelse av brist på kunskap om att vårda psykiskt sjuka. Attityderna påverkades även av brist på stöd från organisationen, negativa känslor inför patienterna som exempelvis rädsla och upplevelser och föreställningar om hur patienterna var. Diskussion: De centrala fynden som framkom var: vårdpersonalens negativa attityder till patienternas tillfrisknande och framtidsutsikter, vårdpersonalens upplevelse av brist på kunskap som gjorde att de undvek patienterna och vårdpersonalens rädsla för att de psykiskt sjuka patienterna skulle bli aggressiva och våldsamma. Dessa fynd diskuterades utifrån Watsons teori om transpersonell omsorg. Slutsatser: Sjuksköterskor måste bli bättre på att tillfredsställa psykologiska, sociala och andliga behov samt uppmuntra och stödja hopp om framtiden hos patienten.</p> / <p>Background: Approximately one out of four people in the world are afflicted by mental illness. These patients suffer from somatic diseases to a higher degree and will then require non-psychiatric specialized care. Aim: The aim was to describe factors that affect health professionals' attitudes to patients with mental illness within somatic care. Method: Literature review with a qualitative approach consisting of systematic review of fourteen qualitative and quantitative articles. Results: The results showed that the health professionals experience of lack of knowledge in caring for mentally ill patients which affected their attitudes towards them. Their attitudes were also affected by the lack of support from the organisation, their negative feelings towards the patients as fear and experiences and preconceptions of how the patients are. Discussion: The main findings were: the health professionals' negative attitudes towards the patients' recovery and future, the health professionals' experience of lack of knowledge which made them avoid their patients and the health professionals' fear of aggression and violence from the patients. These findings were discussed against Watson’s theory of transpersonal caring. Conclusions: Nurses needs to improve their ability to satisfy psychological, social and spiritual needs as well as encourage and support hope for the future within the patient.</p>

Bakgrund: Psykiska sjukdomar beräknas drabba var fjärde person i världen. Patienter med psykisk sjukdom drabbas i högre grad av somatiska sjukdomar och vårdas då inom somatisk vård. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva faktorer som påverkar attityder till patienter med psykisk sjukdom hos vårdpersonal inom somatisk vård. Metod: Allmän litteraturstudie med kvalitativ ansats bestående av systematisk granskning av fjorton kvalitativa och kvantitativa artiklar. Resultat: Resultatet visade på att vårdpersonalens attityder påverkades av deras upplevelse av brist på kunskap om att vårda psykiskt sjuka. Attityderna påverkades även av brist på stöd från organisationen, negativa känslor inför patienterna som exempelvis rädsla och upplevelser och föreställningar om hur patienterna var. Diskussion: De centrala fynden som framkom var: vårdpersonalens negativa attityder till patienternas tillfrisknande och framtidsutsikter, vårdpersonalens upplevelse av brist på kunskap som gjorde att de undvek patienterna och vårdpersonalens rädsla för att de psykiskt sjuka patienterna skulle bli aggressiva och våldsamma. Dessa fynd diskuterades utifrån Watsons teori om transpersonell omsorg. Slutsatser: Sjuksköterskor måste bli bättre på att tillfredsställa psykologiska, sociala och andliga behov samt uppmuntra och stödja hopp om framtiden hos patienten. / Background: Approximately one out of four people in the world are afflicted by mental illness. These patients suffer from somatic diseases to a higher degree and will then require non-psychiatric specialized care. Aim: The aim was to describe factors that affect health professionals' attitudes to patients with mental illness within somatic care. Method: Literature review with a qualitative approach consisting of systematic review of fourteen qualitative and quantitative articles. Results: The results showed that the health professionals experience of lack of knowledge in caring for mentally ill patients which affected their attitudes towards them. Their attitudes were also affected by the lack of support from the organisation, their negative feelings towards the patients as fear and experiences and preconceptions of how the patients are. Discussion: The main findings were: the health professionals' negative attitudes towards the patients' recovery and future, the health professionals' experience of lack of knowledge which made them avoid their patients and the health professionals' fear of aggression and violence from the patients. These findings were discussed against Watson’s theory of transpersonal caring. Conclusions: Nurses needs to improve their ability to satisfy psychological, social and spiritual needs as well as encourage and support hope for the future within the patient.

Thèse (M.Ed.) -- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 2006. / La p. de t. porte en outre: Mémoire présenté à l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi comme exigence partielle de la maîtrise en éducation (M.A.). CaQCU Bibliogr.: f. [121]-127. Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-84).

Este estudo teve como objetivos identificar o significado da dimensão espiritual no cuidado para a equipe de Enfermagem da UTI, verificar os meios pelos quais a equipe identifica a dimensão espiritual do cuidado, verificar se existe relação, na percepção dos profissionais de Enfermagem, entre a expressão da comunicação interpessoal e a identificação das necessidades espirituais dos pacientes e verificar se os valores de espiritualidade interferem no processo de cuidar. Foram adotados como referenciais a Teoria do Cuidado Transpessoal e os fundamentos da Comunicação Interpessoal. Tratou-se de um estudo descritivo-exploratório e a coleta de dados se deu a partir de entrevista semi-estruturada, com trinta e quatro profissionais da equipe de Enfermagem de um hospital público de grande porte do município de São Paulo. A análise de conteúdo e a observação de sinais não-verbais foram os referenciais metodológicos utilizados para o tratamento dos dados. Após seguir os passos preconizados pelo método adotado para análise dos discursos, emergiram as seguintes categorias de análise: a dimensão espiritual e seus significados, composta pelas subcategorias: fé e crença religiosa; crença em uma Força/Poder Superior; bem-estar espiritual e atributo do espírito. A segunda categoria foi nomeada: formas de percepção das necessidades espirituais e necessidades religiosas dos pacientes, dividida nas subcategorias: o verbal; o não-verbal; a família e o Histórico de Enfermagem. Uma terceira categoria pôde ser identificada no sentido de expressar a relação entre a comunicação interpessoal e a identificação das necessidades espirituais, cujas subcategorias pertencentes são: relação mecanicista; relação verbal e a relação não-verbal. Por fim, a última categoria emergente foi denominada: entre o vínculo e o conflito: a influência de valores no cuidado ao paciente gravemente enfermo, subdividida em: os valores religiosos e os valores bioéticos. Este estudo concluiu que a multiplicidade de significados fez relação direta com o cuidado prestado ao paciente e são preditivos das condições emocionais dos próprios funcionários, por interferirem nas relações de empatia e em suas questões existenciais. Evidenciou ainda a influência do significado religioso no acesso à dimensão espiritual dos pacientes. Também demonstrou que o mecanicismo cotidiano e as relações verbais podem influenciar negativamente na identificação das necessidades espirituais dos pacientes e que os profissionais pouco ou nada conheciam sobre a influência das expressões não-verbais no acesso à dimensão espiritual dos pacientes. Os valores de espiritualidade pouco apareceram nos discursos dos profissionais, sendo detectadas a influência de valores religiosos e bioéticos, onde estes foram geradores de situações ambíguas de vínculo e conflito. Por fim, o estudo concluiu que a Teoria do Cuidado Transpessoal associada aos pressupostos da comunicação não-verbal aparenta ser um importante veículo orientador para a prática espiritual na Enfermagem / This study aimed to identify the significance of Spiritual Dimension in caring for Intensive Care Unit Nursing staff, check the means by which nursing staff identifies the Spiritual Dimension of care, verify if there is relationship on the perception of professional nursing, between expression of interpersonal communication and identifying the spiritual needs of patients, and verify if the values of spirituality interfere in caring process. Was adopted as references the Transpersonal Care Theory, by Watson, and the foundations of Interpersonal Communication. This was a descriptive- exploratory study, and collecting data occurred by half-structured interviews among thirty-four ICU nursing professionals of a large public hospital from São Paulo city, Brazil. The content analysis and observation of non-verbal signals were the reference methodology used for speeches treatment. Following the steps recommended by the methods adopteds for analysis of speeches, emerged the following categories of analysis: Spiritual Dimension and their meanings, made by subcategories: Faith and religion, belief in a Force/Higher Power; Spiritual Well-being and Spirit\'s attribute. The second category was nominated: Forms of perception of spiritual and religious patients needs, divided into subcategories: the verbal and the non-verbal, the family and Historical of Nursing. A third category could be identified in order to express the relationship between interpersonal communication and the identification fo spiritual needs, which are owned subcategories: mechanistic relationship; verbal and non-verbal relationship. Finally, the last category was denomied: between the bond and conflict: the influence of values in caring to critical patient, subdivided into: the religious values and bioethical values. This study found that multiplicity of meanings has direct influence on care provided to patients and are predictive on nursing emotional conditions for interfering in empathy relations in their existential issues. also evidented, the influence of religious is significance in patients spiritual dimension access. also it showed that mechanicism and verbal relationships may adversely affect the identification of patients spiritual needs and the professionals little or nothing knew about the influence of non-verbal expressions in access to patients spiritual dimension. The values of spirituality little appeared in professionals speeches, and was detected the influence of religious and bioethical values, where they were generators of ambiguous situations of bond and conflict. Finally, the study concluded that Transpersonal Care Theory associated with the assumptions of non-verbal communication appears like an important guide spiritual practice in nursing

Since the advent of human consciousness all manner of theoreticians from mystics to philosophers, and linguists to scientists have considered why and how it is that an individuated self seems to occupy or indwell a physical body. There is a common experiential sense, in other words, in which personal consciousness and our bodies are felt to be two different things. Two broad areas of opinion attempting to explain this apparent bifurcation are defined for the purpose of addressing this problem: Essentialists who variously maintain that there are non-physical properties inherent to all forms and functions of physicality; and Physicalists who claim that the extant universe as a multiplicity of complex material processes is the only reality. The respective natures of body and mind and the ways in which they relate has yielded an extraordinary variety of hypotheses within and between these two broad categories. In this thesis the dilemma is called the Hard Problem and it focuses particularly on the relationship between consciousness and the brain. Recently, Ken Wilber has constructed an Integral Philosophy which attempts a synergistic gradation of all possible genres of experience and knowledge into one cohesive scheme representing the total Reality. The culminating point of Wilber’s theory claims resolution of the Hard Problem, indeed of all appearances of duality, in the realisation of consummate emptiness in mystical consciousness. Wilber’s proposal therefore tenders a version of Essentialism since it implies that an Absolute principle is inherent to all existence. The problem explored in this study considers whether the epistemological architecture of Wilber’s Philosophy is coherent and consistent. Following a critical appraisal of Wilber’s system it is proposed that epistemological coherence is more likely to be achieved by retaining the ontology of consciousness and matter to only one kind. In this way the scientific protocols which Wilber imports to validate his truth-claims are protected from ontological confusion. Whether this non-dual Physicalism is adequate as a means of explaining consciousness, and particularly mystical consciousness, is moot. Perhaps there remains an inalienable quality in mysticism which will always elude our ability to apprehend it. / Christian Sprituality, Church History & Missiology / D. Th. (Christian Spirituality)

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The mother-daughter relationship and the feminine principle in the process of individuation are explored in this study. The mother-daughter relationship as the focus of the study is presented as the womb where the stories and experiences are in gestation. In presenting this research as a transpersonal exploration, the principles and practices of transpersonal psychology and transpersonal research are used as the lens through which the process of research is viewed. The study tells the stories of adolescent daughters and their menopausal mothers and their lives as girls and women in transitional life cycles. It also tells the stories of the author's mother and of herself, and offers their shared experiences of being daughters, and remembering that they are also the daughters of daughters, the mothers of whom have passed away a long time ago. The stories are presented in the mode of a narrative inquiry, becoming an exploration in itself. The author looks into the stories of what has been written by those who have mapped the territory of the transpersonal and narrative landscapes in psychology, education, research and psychotherapy. A research collage of the mother-daughter relationship, transitional life cycles, and also of aspects of the feminine and the process of individuation is created. Images of alchemy, archetypes, mythological figures and archetypal goddesses are added to allow this collage to become its own story. The study combines research methods used in transpersonal research and narrative inquiry. Data were gathered by making use of journal writing, mandala drawings, interviews, visual imagery and photographs, collage, writing letters, personal documentation, dreamwork, working with words and personal mythology. Transpersonal principles such as meditation, reflection, mandala drawings, intuitive listening and so forth were applied in working with the data. The researcher also used principles of narrative inquiry to assist in the process of processing the information and finding the stories. The research findings that emerged indicate that a mother and daughter can hold up a mirror to each other in order to see that there are experiences of abandonment and dependency in their relationship; another mother and daughter pair related to each other from a basis of limiting self-experience; and yet another mother and her daughter were seen to have a relationship that contains powerful potential for individuation through the process of growth and transformation. These findings may be relevant to the therapeutic and educational spheres of psychology, in training and in application. This research journey is an adventure that can be seen as symbolically walking the labyrinth, following the circular path towards the centre, and then back again, out into life. This journey is symbolic of the process of individuation as based on the mythology of the serpent Ouroboros that swallows its tail in order to become whole. The process of alchemy in psychology forms the container for this journey into wholeness. Like Theseus, beloved of Ariadne of antiquity, I took the golden thread in hand and stepped into the labyrinth. The journey could begin … / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie verken die moeder-dogter verhouding en die vroulike beginsel in die individuasieproses. Die moeder-dogterverhouding as die fokus van hierdie studie word voorgestel as 'n houer vir die bewaring van belangrike aspekte van die vroulike beginsel. Die modus van transpersoonlike sielkunde en navorsing is gebruik om as 'n lens te dien waardeur hierdie proses ondersoek is. Die narratiewe navorsingsmetode is gebruik om die stories te vertel wat in hierdie studie aangebied word. Hierdie stories gaan oor die navorsingsreis, die reis van dogter-wees en moeder-wees, die reis van vrou-wording en vrou-wees in die oorgangsfases van vroue se lewens. Dit behels stories van adolessensie en die menopouse. Daarnaas geplaas is die stories van my moeder, van myself, en van ons verhouding. In hierdie vertelling oor die moeder skryf ek dit as die dogter van 'n dogter wie se moeder lank reeds oorlede is. Ek onderneem 'n reis deur die landskap van die literatuur en neem daaruit stories van aspekte van vrou-wees, van die vroulike beginsel, asook van transpersoonlike sielkunde en transpersoonlike navorsing. Dit gaan ook oor die narratiewe wyse van ondersoek en die waarde van stories in narratiewe terapie word bespreek. Hierdie navorsingsreis is 'n speurtog; soos in 'n labirint is dit 'n sirkelvormige reis, wat die mitologiese slang, Ouroboros, wat sy eie stert insluk om heel te word weerspieël. Die labirinte van die mitologie en argetipiese vroubeelde en godinne stem tot nadenke oor die sielkundige ervaring van individuasie. In die nadenke is daar, soos met die alchemiste van weleer, 'n soeke die goud in die lood en die bevindinge wat die navorsingsreis oplewer, word bekendgemaak. In hierdie reis is gebruik gemaak van transpersoonlike en narratiewe navorsingsmetodes en beginsels om die inligting te verkry waarmee die stories vertel kon word. Hierdie metodes maak onder meer gebruik van joernaalskryf, mandalas teken, onderhoude, visuele beelde en foto's, collage, briewe, persoonlike dokumente, droomwerk, woorde en woordassosiasie en persoonlike mitologie. Transpersoonlike werkswyses soos meditasie, refleksie, intuitiewe luister, joernaal skrywe en so meer is gekombineer met narratiewe werkswyses om die inligting te verwerk en die stories te ontgin. Die navorsingsbevindinge dui op ervaringe van afhanklikheid en vrese van verlating; van 'n moeder en dogter wat gebuk gaan onder beperkende ervaringe van selfvertwyfeling en die implikasie wat dit het vir hulle vrou-wees; van 'n moeder en haar dogter wat die potensiaal vir die proses van individuasie in hulle verhoudinge met hul vroueliggame vind. Die implikasies van hierdie bevindinge mag moontlik van belang wees vir sielkundiges en opvoedkundiges wat hulle in hierdie sfere van hulpverlening bevind. Soos Theseus, beminde van Ariadne van ouds, het ek die goue draad ter hand geneem en daarmee die ingang van die labirint betree. Die reis moes begin …