Connecting with the Inner Self in Psychotherapy - Stephen Gilligan

Stephen Gilligan (2008) demonstrates the induction of a trance with a volunteer who wants to “feel at home” with herself, but often feels disconnected and scattered. He invites intention and uses mindfulness and body movement to release the weight of fear and disconnection. Afterward, the volunteer claims the experience was “intense,” and “beautiful.”

Educational Objectives:

1. To describe how to incorporate sensory, psychological, mythic, spiritual and unitive states to bring potential to social change at a community level.

2. To describe how to incorporate sensory, psychological, mythic, spiritual and unitive states to bring potential to social change at a professional level.