The Heart and Soul of Psychotherapy

<p align=left>This book offers an innovative approach to healing</p><p align=left>and transformation through application of the</p><p align=left>12 transpersonal drama therapy principles. It</p><p align=left>demonstrates a host of therapeutic techniques</p><p align=left>integrating the arts with meditation as clients</p><p align=left>heal traumatic memories and shift their identities</p><p align=left>from a conditioned limited sense of self to the</p><p align=left>essential Self or soul Self. Thirty-nine of Ms.</p><p align=left>Linden’s students and colleagues demonstrate</p><p align=left>how they have applied the 12 principles to a wide</p><p align=left>array of populations in need. Collectively they</p><p align=left>have reached all ages many diverse backgrounds</p><p align=left>and a range of life circumstances and health</p><p align=left>conditions— in private practice community-based</p><p align=left>organizations institutions events disaster relief</p><p align=left>and international venues.</p><p align=left>Throughout the 30 years of the formal life of</p><p align=left>the dramatherapy profession Saphira and her</p><p align=left>colleagues have been gradually building and</p><p align=left>developing an integrated profound joyous and</p><p align=left>generative practice through Omega Theater’s</p><p align=left>Drama Therapy Training Institute and this book</p><p align=left>is a culminating demonstration of this amazing</p><p align=left>work and these amazing people. Their work is</p><p align=left>built on strong foundations represented by the</p><p align=left>wonderful forwards by Zerka Moreno Ellen</p><p align=left>Burstyn and Pir Zia Inayat Khan. They are the</p><p align=left>roots…Saphira is the trunk… and the chapters</p><p align=left>are the bloom of the transpersonal approach to</p><p align=left>psychotherapy integrating the arts. It has been</p><p align=left>a privilege for me to witness this process unfold</p><p align=left>and now to benefit from the remarkable work</p><p align=left>described in this book.</p><p align=left>David Read Johnson: Co-founder of Drama</p><p align=left>Therapy and North American Drama Therapy</p><p align=left>Association</p><p>978-1-</p>