integrative mental health

Book Review: Our Woes are Not Signs of Mental Illness

Abolishing the Concept of Mental Illness: Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes by Richard Hallam, PhD Rethinking Woes In this timely publication (2018), Richard Hallam – a British clinical psychologist – questions the main tenets
Collaborative Mental Health Therapy

Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy: A Book Review

  Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy- Tataihono-Stories of Maori Healing and Psychiatry This book explores a living collaboration between a traditional Mãori healer in New Zealand and a clinical psychiatrist. Mãori healer, Wiremu NiaNia
Ayahuasca

Is Ayahuasca a Shortcut to Spiritual Awakening?

Ayahuasca: Is It a Viable Shortcut? Ayahuasca is a brew made from plants that grow in the rainforest.  It has been used in ceremonies by indigenous peoples in Central and South America to expand consciousness
spiritual healing methods

How to Manage Spiritual Crisis

Spiritual Crisis and Spiritual Emergency Since psychic and spiritual experiences have been pooh-poohed in our culture—to the point we have considered talking to God as a sign of psychosis?-most people are scared of them. But