{"id":5688,"date":"2013-11-04T10:49:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T17:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/?p=5688"},"modified":"2015-02-25T12:17:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:17:13","slug":"interview-with-stan-grof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/04\/interview-with-stan-grof\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Stan Grof: The Potential of Holotropic States for Emotional Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Stanislav Grof<\/a> is a psychiatrist,\u00a0chief theoretician of Transpersonal Psychology and pioneering researcher into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of exploring, healing, and obtaining insights into the human psyche.<\/p>\n

Stan makes the point that western culture is very outwardly oriented toward the acquisition of material goods and status.\u00a0 When ones outer world is threatened or begins to fall apart the person is forced to focus on their inner world and may undergo a psychological crisis. He says that these crises are becoming more frequent as our economy and environment become less secure.<\/p>\n