In 2012 the Institute of Transpersonal experience Psychology announced that it was changing its name to Sofia University, a change that included a new profile in the academic landscape, with an expanded graduate program featuring computer science and business.
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In 2016, the California Institute of Integral Studies launched an online PhD degree in Integral and Transpersonal experience Psychology, founded and chaired by Glenn Hartelius, including Jorge Ferrer on its faculty, and sponsoring publication of the International Journal of Transpersonal experience Studies.
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The near-death experience is discussed in relation to other transpersonal and spiritual categories.
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Transpersonal experience psychology has brought clinical attention to the topic of spiritual crisis, or spiritual emergency, a category that is not ordinarily recognized by mainstream psychology.
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Transpersonal experience did however remark that such movements might enrich the topics that psychologists study, even though most psychologists choose not to join the movement.
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Transpersonal experience observed its status as a controversial field of study.
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Transpersonal experience did however believe that transpersonal psychology could contribute to the areas of pastoral theology and pastoral counseling.
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Bowers, representing the field of Counselling psychology, suggested that Transpersonal experience Psychology represented an expanded view of Psychotherapy in the direction of spiritual qualities and mature happiness.
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Nardini-Bubols and colleagues, who reviewed 14 studies in the field of Transpersonal experience psychotherapy tecniques, noted that the field was controversial, and that there was a lack of scientific information within the field.
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The researchers concluded by noting that Transpersonal experience psychology represents an opening towards altered states of consciousness and the spiritual dimension of the psyche.
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Transpersonal experience issues are rarely represented in the academic programs of mainstream universities.
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Transpersonal experience doubted that anyone who experienced the transpersonal would be able verify the "attainment of this state of consciousness in themselves or others".
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Transpersonal experience argued that this transpersonal development would be "irrelevant and unnecessary".
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Transpersonal experience psychology has been noted for undervaluing quantitative methods as a tool for improving our knowledge of spiritual and transpersonal categories.
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Transpersonal experience psychology has been criticized for emphasizing oneness and holism at the expense of diversity.
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