Transforming Self and Others Through Research ─ Transpersonal Research Methods and Skills for the Human Sciences and Humanities

Not only can research have a transformative effect on self and others, but transpersonal methods can also transform research. Anderson and Braud (both affiliated with the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA; coauthors, Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences, 1998) describe intuitive inquiry, integral inquiry, organic inquiry, intentionality, embodied writing, and other techniques and an expanded concept of validity, that complement familiar methods that can lead to a researcher's personal growth and expanded research skills. The book includes experiential exercises. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rosemarie Anderson is Professor of Transpersonal Psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. She is the author of Celtic Oracles: A New System for Spiritual Growth and the coauthor of Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis: Phenomenological Psychology, Grounded Theory, Discourse Analysis, Narrative Research, and Intuitive Inquiry.

William Braud is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and the author of Distant Mental Influence: Its Contributions to Science, Healing, and Human Interactions. Anderson and Braud are the coauthors of Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences: Honoring Human Experience.