Spirituality has arisen as a major item on the agenda of the therapy and healing professions not because university professors have had conversion experiences, but because suffering clients want to bring this important but often vaguely defined concept into the therapeutic situation. Today we can speak of a client-led or grassroots recovery of the spiritual.

The International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) is a leading, pioneering international organisation and community of interest that is focused on the personal exploration, scientific study and dissemination of knowledge about dreams.

That envy is primarily a defence against the love itself has not been given sufficient consideration. This paper proposes that envy is in fact the reaction against the danger that love will cause one to merge with another that is unable to love (keep one in mind) resulting in the annihilation of the self.

How Buddhist teachings and meditative practices can be incorporated into psychotherapeutic sessions is illustrated. In the speaker’s practice of Meditative Psychotherapy the session begins and ends with brief meditations. It includes discussions on how therapists can better manage their countertransference using mindfulness.

The perinatal period offers an opportunity to provide care for parents with perinatal Anxiety and/or Depression. There is significant evidence that the partner's risk for developing a related Anxiety or Depression, is increased from 4.8% to 36% at 6 weeks postnatally.This can add additional stresses to their relationship that then compounds the individuals existing difficulties.

A single clinical vignette in some detail in order to illustrate the concept of caring in psychotherapeutic practice. Is caring for someone in therapy different from caring for someone outside therapy? Should being a good psychotherapist preclude one from being a good human being?

Within the clinical setting, shame can manifest as a central self-conscious emotion in the aetiology and maintencance of psychological problems. In chronic manifestations, typically present in dissociative and traumatised clients, shame motivates a range of behaviours designed to protect the sense of self from further psycholgical damage.

Our current research, which involves repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), indicates that non-invasive brain stimulation in ASD can lead to significant improvements in both neurophysiological indicators and clinical presentation.

The Black Dog Institute is a centre for education and research in Mood Disorders. Its educational programs place human distress and human adversity at the centre of the learning experience. This includes defining the boundaries between distress and illness as well as understanding their coexistence and the often circular nature of the relationship between the two.