Academicians

External Resources

Alien Encounter Study Guide | Free download
A 3-page overview of the alien encounter subject, prepared for students & teachers, equally useful as a primer for reporters.

Religious & Spiritual Problems | Online Course
CE Course by David Lukoff, Ph.D., Free to preview
Spiritual Emergences are crisis during which the process of growth and change becomes chaotic and overwhelming as individuals enter new realms of spiritual experience. Included in the new DSM-IV category Religious or Spiritual Problem. Spiritual crises can be mistaken for psychiatric disorders, and this can lead to tragically unnecessary hospitalizations and stunting of the growth potential of such experiences.

The Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook | Book
Edited by Sharon G. Mijares, PhD and Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, PhD, LPCC
Featuring chapters by John E Mack, MD and Jeffrey Rediger, MD MDiv, et al
Increasing numbers of people are moving beyond psychological therapy to seek alternative spiritual perspectives to medical and mental health care such as yoga and meditation. The Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook: Alternative Methods for Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders provides the latest theoretical perspectives and practical applications by recognized experts in positive and integrative psychotherapy. Leading clinicians examine and re-examine their therapeutic worldviews and attitudes to focus on the right problems to solve - for the whole person.

Varieties of Anomalous Experience | Book
Etzel Cardena, Steven Jay Lynn, Stanley Krippner, Eds.
This American Psychological Association (APA) publication explores anomalous experiences such as hallucinations, lucid dreams, alien abductions, mysticism, anomalous healings, psi events and past lives. Discusses current research and theories, individual and cultural differences, methodological issues, related psychopathology, aftereffects, and clinical implications. For basic and clinical psychologists.