May  2008

Transpersonal Psychology & Spiritual Development

Bob Walters, Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Supervisor for the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology

The vital connection between psychological and spiritual development has frequently been obscured by turf battles between psychologists and priests. In attempting to make sense of human experience, clerics have often promoted a point of view that suggests that human well being is achieved first and foremost as a function of a persons relationship with God. Psychologists, on the other hand, have focused primarily on human relationships as the hallmark of well being. When these positions become polarized they tend to veil the more complex and subtle fabric of human experience which may be more like an unending dialectical process in which the psychological and spiritual plains of experience give shape and substance to each other.

Transpersonal psychology represents a point of view which attempts to understand and bring into sharp focus the movement of this dialectic and further to investigate the various ways in which this dialectic serves persons in their efforts to make meaning out of experience.

Bob Walters is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Menlo Park since 1990, and serving as clinical supervisor for the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto and for Christian Counseling Centers in Fremont since 1996. Mr. Walters has a special interest in the relationship between contemplative prayer and Vipassana meditation.
May 18, 2008 

June  2008

Ethical Dilemmas

Dr. Margaret McLean, Markula Center, Santa Clara University

June 1, 2008 

Neuroses

Noreen Miller

Autism, Asperger’s: the range of impact and what to do. Boys vs. girls and other issues.
June 8, 2008 

Site Plan Update

Jennifer Stern, Site Plan Committee

Site plan update
June 15, 2008 

September  2008

Spirituality in Organizations

Professor Andre Delbecq, Santa Clara University

September 28, 2008