transpersonal psychology

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a branch of psychology or psychotherapy that recognizes altered states of consciousness and transcendent experiences as a means to understand the human mind and treat psychological disordrs.

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Origin of transpersonal psychology

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby transpersonal psychology

transparent, transparent context, transpeptidation, trans person, transpersonal, transpersonal psychology, transphobia, transpicuous, transpierce, transpiration, transpire

How to use transpersonal psychology in a sentence

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Muslims made many discoveries in mathematics, chemistry, physics, medicine, astronomy and psychology.
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But a man cannot afford to ponder such problems in feminine psychology too closely if he has anything else to do!
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
The social regulations from the viewpoint of individual psychology.
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