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English Italiano Print this page Spiritual Emergency and the politics of Transformation within Mainstream Mental Health Practice

Mick CollinsMainstream mental health care practice could do more to help people who are experiencing spiritual emergencies (Collins, 2007), yet there is a prevailing ‘politics of consciousness’ (Collins and Wells, 2008) which fails to recognise the transformative potential within these extreme states of consciousness. There is a need for more socio-political activism that draws on the transformative narratives of people who have encountered spiritual emergencies. In this working group I will share my own journey of transformation following a profound spiritual emergency, which resulted in my training to become a mental health professional. In sharing my autobiography (Collins, 2008) I will highlight the personal and political edges that often need to be addressed.

Collins M. Spiritual emergency and occupational identity: a transpersonal perspective. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2007, 70(12): 504-512.

Collins M. Spiritual emergency: transpersonal, personal, and political dimensions. Psychotherapy and Politics International, 2008, 6 (1): 3-16.
Collins M., Wells H. The politics of consciousness: illness or individuation? Psychotherapy and Politics International, 2006, 4 (2): 131-141.

 

Mick Collins is a lecturer in occupational therapy at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. He has worked as a psychological therapist in the UK NHS and in private practice. Mick is currently working on a PhD by publication which is focused on the interface between transpersonal states of consciousness and human occupation.

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