Vol 6 No 1 · Winter 1994
Extreme States of Consciousness
Contributors
Leslie Heizer · Kate Jobe · The Journal · Arnold Mindell · Joe Goodbread · Dawn Menken · Moses N. Ikiugu · Janiese Loeken · Arlene · Jean-Claude Audergon · Guruseva Mason · George Mecouch · Jan Dworkin · Maurice Shaw · Julie Diamond · Gemma Summers · Paul Levy · Linda Greischel
Articles in this issue
- 01
Comment
Leslie Heizer, Kate Jobe
The field of psychiatry as we know it is relatively young, and many working in the field could, by default, be considered pioneers…
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An Interview with Arny Mindell on Extreme States
Interview with Arnold Mindell (interviewed by The Journal)
THE JOURNAL: Could you talk about the history of Process Work and the basic approach that you take with extreme states? ARNY: I was always…
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Homage to R.D. Laing: a New Politics of Experience
Joe Goodbread
In 1967, R.D. Laing published his groundbreaking book, The Politics of Experience. In it, Laing expressed the radical view that insanity…
- 04
Madness as Feminism
Dawn Menken
All of the kids knew who Angela was and most of them kept their distance. I was afraid of her too. She was twice my size and the toughest…
- 05
Making Extreme States Meaningful
Moses N. Ikiugu
Introduction This article is based on the author's experiences as a therapist in a psychiatric hospital. Most people who have worked in…
- 06
Being Prozac
Janiese Loeken
I am a psychiatrist working in a health maintenance organization (HMO). I live in a world where Internet has replaced aboriginal mental…
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Looking for Unicorns: Process Work at the Princess Royal Hospital
Arlene, Jean-Claude Audergon
A seminar participant and frequent patient at the hospital asked me (Arlene) to meet someone. We were introduced and sat down for a smoke…
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Hidden Process Work with Adolescents
Guruseva Mason
A teenager experiencing an extreme state of consciousness which a psychiatrist judges "sufficient to render the patient unsafe and/ or…
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Al de Half's Separate Reality
George Mecouch
Last year I was studying for my psychiatric specialty board exams. I felt pretty nervous, so I began reading Freedman and Kaplan's…
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Return to Sender: the Spirit in Abortion
Jan Dworkin
The following article is a personal account of a seven week pregnancy and an abortion. It is the story of the various extreme states which…
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An Attack of the Heart
Maurice Shaw
Introduction In August of 1992 I experienced an "acute dissecting aortic aneurysm"l involving the part of the aorta closest to my heart…
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Facilitation and Multi-leveled Interventions in Community Building
Julie Diamond, Gemma Summers
Introduction Community building is an umbrella term for working with a group of people who hold something in common, whether history…
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About the Artist
Paul Levy, Linda Greischel
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