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2023

Costa, M. d. A, Russell, T. A., Gosmann, N. P., Gonçalves, F., Tatton-Ramos, T., de Oliveira, F. B., & Manfro, G. G. (2023). Mechanisms of improvement in generalized anxiety disorder: A mediation and moderated mediation analysis from a randomized controlled trial. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(1), 196-208. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12402

Dängeli, J. (2023). Transpersonal Coaching Psychology: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice. Current Research in Psychology and Behavioral Science, 4(1), 1083. https://doi.org/10.54026/CRPBS/1083 

Dumontheil, I., Lyons, K. E., Russell, T. A., & Zelazo, P. D. (2023). A preliminary neuroimaging investigation of the effects of mindfulness training on attention reorienting and amygdala reactivity to emotional faces in adolescent and adult females. Journal of Adolescence, 95(1), 181-189. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12107   

Fernandez-Borsot, G. (2023). Spirituality and technology: A threefold philosophical reflection. Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, 58(1), 6-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12835 

Forstmann, M., Kettner, H. S., Sagioglou, C., Irvine., A., Gandy, S., Carhart-Harris, R., & Luke, D. (2023). Among psychedelic-experienced users, only past use of psilocybin reliably predicts nature relatedness. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 37(1), 93-106. https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811221146356  

Hartelius, G. (2023). Discussion of background reality assumptions differs from insertion of foreground metaphysical explanations. Transpersonal Psychology Review, 24(2), 34–36. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpstran.2022.24.2.34  

Hunter, J. (2023). Deep Weird: The Varieties of High Strangeness Experience. August Night Press. 

Hunter, J. (2023). Ecology and Spirituality: A Brief Introduction. Sophia Centre Press.

Hunter, J. (2023). Through a Crystal Darkly: Cultural, Experiential and Ontological Reflections on Faery. In J. Cutchin (Ed.), Fairy Films: Wee Folk on the Big Screen. Educated Dragon Publishing.

Irvine, A., Luke, D., Harrild, F., Gandy, S., & Watts, R. (2023). Transpersonal ecodelia: Surveying psychedelically induced biophilia. Psychoactives, 2, 174-193. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychoactives2020012  

Lancaster, B. L. (2023). Velmans and the transpersonal: Reflexivity at the core. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 30(1-2), 43-64.

Michael, P., Luke, D., & Robinson, O. (2023). An encounter with the self: A thematic and content analysis of the DMT experiences from a naturalistic field study. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1083356. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1083356    

Michael, P., Luke, D., & Robinson, O. (2023). This is your brain on death: A comparative analysis of a near-death experience and subsequent 5-Methoxy-DMT experience. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1083361. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1083361  

Shaw, J., Gandy, S., & Stumbrys, T. (2023). Transformative effects of spontaneous out of body experiences in healthy individuals: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000324 

Stumbrys, T. (2023). Dispelling the shadows of the lucid night: An exploration of potential adverse effects of lucid dreaming. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 10(2), 152-163. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000288  

Taylor, S. (2023). DisConnected: The Roots of Human Cruelty and How Connection Can Heal the World. Iff Books.  

Taylor, S. (2023). Toward a Utopian Society: From Disconnection and Disorder to Empathy and Harmony. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 63(4), 537–560. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678211025341  

Walton, J., & Darkes-Sutcliffe, J. (2023). Re-imagining education: Cultivating a Triangle of Trust and Relational Pedagogy within a Participatory Paradigm. Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2023.2186978   

Walton, J., Darkes-Sutcliffe, J., Charura, D., Mason, G., Bradshaw, E., & McGeown, E. (2023). Learning from COVID: recognising the centrality of the relational in early years practice and research. Early Years. https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2023.2212330   

Walz, L., Lyon, C. H., Bright, G., Walton, J., & Reid, K. (2023). Unlocking education through relationship building: Identity and agency in English educational institutions during Covid‐19. British Educational Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3865  

Yount, G., Stumbrys, T., Koos, K., Hamilton, D., & Wahbeh, H. (2023). Decreased post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following lucid dream healing workshop. Traumatology. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000456   

2022

Bockler, J. (2022). Group Coherence: Its Shadow and Its Generative Potential. Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change, 2(2), 173–182. https://doi.org/10.47061/jasc.v2i2.5059   

Bockler, J. & Hector, F. (2022). Nurturing the fields of change: An inquiry into the living dynamics of holistic change facilitation. Alef Trust.

Bosch, M., Fernandez-Borsot, G., Miró I. Comas, A., & Figa Vaello, J. (2022). Evolving friendship? Essential changes, from social networks to artificial companions. Social Network Analysis and Mining, 12, 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13278-022-00864-1   

Brusewitz, G., Luke, D., Parker, A., & Puhle, A. (2022). Three studies of the relationship amongst twins between physiological connectedness and attachment. Journal of Parapsychology, 86(1), 25-26.

Burza, L., Bloom, T., Trindale, P, Friedman, H., & Otta, E. (2022). Reading emotions in dogs’eyes and dogs’ faces. Behavioural Processes, 202, 104752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2022.104752  

Chiodelli, R., Jesus, S. N. de, Mello, L. T. N. de, Andretta, I., Oliveira, D. F., Costa, M. E. S., & Russell, T. (2022). Effects of the Interculturality and Mindfulness Program (PIM) on University Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 12(10), 1500–1515. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12100104  

Erlacher, D., Fujii, M., Tazuke, S., Sugiyama, T., Ganzert, F., Stumbrys, T., & Schredl, M. (2022). Lucid dream sport practice in Japanese college athletes: A questionnaire study. International Journal of Sport and Health Science, 20, 117-122. https://doi.org/10.5432/ijshs.202056  

Family, N., Hendricks, P., Williams, L. T J., Luke, D., Krediet, E., Maillet, E. & Raz, S. (2022). Safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and subjective effects of 50 μg, 75 μg, and 100 μg LSD in healthy participants within a novel intervention paradigm: A proof-of-concept study. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 36(3), 321-336. https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811211069103  

Gandy, S., Bonnelle, V., Jacobs, E., & Luke, D. (2022). Psychedelics as potential catalysts of scientific creativity and insight. Drug Science, Policy and Law, 8, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/20503245221097649   

Haldeman, D., & Hartelius, G. (2022). Differentiating third-wave cognitive-behavioral mindfulness from meditative mindfulness using a Gurdjieffian phenomenology of awareness. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678221075868  

Hartelius, G. (2022). What is transpersonal psychology? A concise definition based on 20 years of research (Editors’ introduction). International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 41(1), 5-19.  https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2022.41.1.5

Hartelius, G., Likova, L., & Tyler, C. (2022). Self-regulation of seat of attention into various attentional stances facilitates access to cognitive and emotional resources. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 810780. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.810780  

Hendricks, P., Copes, H., Family, N., Williams, L. T. J., Luke, D., & Raz, S. (2022). Perceptions of safety, subjective effects, and beliefs about the clinical utility of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in healthy participants within a novel intervention paradigm: Qualitative results from a proof-of-concept study. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 36(3) 337-347. https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811211055855   

Hunter, J. (2022). Gardens and Gnomes: Statues, Extraordinary Experiences and Subtle Ecologies” in S. Young (Ed.), The Wollaton Gnomes: A Nottingham Fairy Mystery. Pwca Press.

Hunter, J. (2022). Parapsychology and The Varieties of High Strangeness Experience. Mindfield: Bulletin of the Parapsychological Association, 13(3), 7-11.

Hunter, J. (2022). Review: Eco-Vampires: The Undead and the Environment. Gothic Nature Journal: Haunted Shores, 3, 285-290.

Irvine, A., & Luke, D. (2022). Apophenia, absorption and anxiety: Evidence for individual differences in positive and negative experiences of Hallucinogen Persisting Perceptual Disorder. Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 6(2), 88-103. https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2022.00195  

Ken Tanaka, G., Russell, T. A., Bittencourt, J., Marinho, V., Teixeira, S., Hugo Bastos, V., Gongora, M., Ramim, M., Budde, H., Aprigio, D., Fernando Basile, L., Cagy, M., Ribeiro, P., Gupta, D. S., & Velasques, B. (2022). Open monitoring meditation alters the EEG gamma coherence in experts meditators: The expert practice exhibit greater right intra-hemispheric functional coupling. Consciousness and Cognition, 102, 103354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103354  

Lancaster, B. L. (2022). Review of The mystical Exodus in Jungian perspective: Transforming trauma and the wellsprings of renewal, by Shoshona Fershtman. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 41(1). https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2022.41.1.131

Legrand, T., Jervoise, A., Wamsler, C., Dufour, C., Bristow, J., Bockler, J., Cooper, K., Corção, T., Negowetti, N., Oliver, T., Schwartz, A., Søvold, L., Steidle, G., Taggart, S., Wright, J., (2022). Cultivating Inner Capacities for Regenerative Food Systems: Rationale for Action. United Nations Development Programme UNDP.

Luke, D. (2022). Anomalous psychedelic experiences: At the neurochemical juncture of the humanistic and parapsychological. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 62(2), 257-297. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167820917767   

Luke, D., Lungu, L., Friday, R., & Terhune, D., (2022). The chemical induction of synaesthesia. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical & Experimental, 37(4), e2832. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2832  

Michael, P. (2022). Thanatotherapy: How psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and the near-death experience can mutually benefit one another. Psychotherapy Section Review, British Psychological Association, 67, 99–108.

Michael, P. (2022). The Death-Trip: A Case Study of Psilocybin’s Simulation of the Phenomenology and Long-term changes of the Near-death Experience. In A. Tollen, D. King, & D. Luke (Eds.), Breaking Convention: A seismic shift in psychedelia. Strange Attractor Press

Moore, L. (2022). Space-age goddess: The overview effect as a feminine archetype, evolving myth and participatory transpersonal practice. S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies, 1(2), 96-129.

Moore, L., Burello, A., & Boyce-Tillman, J. (2022). Studying spirituality and the arts: A transdisciplinary and multimedia approach. Journal for the Study of Spirituality, 12(2), 171-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2022.2130696  

Muscat, S.-A., Hartelius, G., Crouch, C., & Morin, K. (2022). Optimized clinical strategies for treatment-resistant depression: Integrating ketamine protocols with trauma- and attachment-informed psychotherapy. Psych, 4(1), 119–141. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych4010012  

Taylor, S. (2022). Beyond Separation: Transpersonal and Spiritual Approaches to Well-Being. In S. Aris, H. Garraway & H. Gilbert. H. (Eds.), Mental Health, Spirituality and Well-Being: A Practical Handbook for Those Providing and Using Health, Social Care, Education and Allied Support. Pavilion. 

Taylor, S. (2022). When Seconds Turn Into Minutes: Time Expansion Experiences in Altered States of Consciousness. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 62(2), 208–232. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167820917484  

Tollan, A., Wyrd, N., Wells, H., Beiner, A., Luke, D., & Adams, C. (2022). Breaking Convention: A Seismic Shift in Psychedelia. Strange Attractor / MIT Press.

Walton, J. (2022) Politics of Knowledge. Paradigm Explorer, 138(2022/1), 3-6.

Walton, J. (2022). International Journal for Transformative Research – Foreword. International Journal for Transformative Research, 9(1), I-III. https://doi.org/10.2478/ijtr-2022-0007  

Walton, J. (2022). The study of spirituality and consciousness through Bohm Dialogue. Journal for the Study of Spirituality, 12(1), 86-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2022.2050982  

Wamsler C., Bristow J., Cooper K., Steidle G., Taggart S., Søvold L., Bockler J., Oliver T.H., Legrand T. (2022). Theoretical foundations report: Research and evidence for the potential of consciousness approaches and practices to unlock sustainability and systems transformation. Report written for the UNDP Conscious Food Systems Alliance (CoFSA), United Nations Development Programme UNDP.

2021

Bloom, T., Trevathan-Minnis, M., Atlas, N., MacDonald, D., & Friedman, H. (2021). Identifying facial expressions in dogs: A replication and extension study. Behavioural Processes, 186, 104371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2021.104371  

Bockler, J. (2021). Presencing with Soul: Transpersonal Perspectives on Awareness-Based Social Change Practice. Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change, 1(1), 15–33. https://doi.org/10.47061/jabsc.v1i1.471  

Boeving, N. G. (2021). Book review: Decoding Jung’s metaphysics: The archetypal semantics of an experiential universe. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 40(2), 121-128. https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2021.40.2.121 

Butzer, B. (2021). A consideration of transpersonal research methods for studying yoga and mindfulness in schools. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 40(2), 31-49. https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2021.40.2.31  

Butzer, B. (2021). Does synchronicity point us toward the fundamental nature of consciousness? An exploration of psychology, ontology, and research prospects. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 28(3-4), 29-54.

Corneille, J., & Luke, D. (2021). Spontaneous spiritual awakenings: Phenomenology, altered states, individual differences, and well-being. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 720579. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.720579  

De Vitto, J. (2021). Reiki practitioners’ experiences of self-healing and transformation: An intuitive inquiry. Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology, 2, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.53074/cstp.2021.18  

Friedman, H. (2021). Foreword. In S. Krippner, D. Ellis, D. Paulson, & L. Riebel, Understanding suicide’s allure: Steps to save lives by healing psychological scars. ABC/CLIO.

Friedman, H. (2021). Glenn Hartelius: A leader in second wave transpersonal psychology. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 40(2), iii-viii. https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2021.40.2.iii  

Friedman, H. (2021). Romantic scientism and the potential of fractals for transpersonal psychology: Commentary on Marks-Tarlow’s “A Fractal Epistemology for Transpersonal Psychology.” International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 39(1-2), 162-165. https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2020.39.1-2.162  

Friedman, H. (2021). The Self-Expansiveness Level Form: A measure of a transpersonal construct. In A. L. Ai, K. A. Harris, & P. Wink (Eds.), Assessing spirituality in a diversified world (pp. 189-213). Springer.

Friedman, H. L. (2021). An approach to transpersonal psychology as a science. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 40(1), xvi-xxii. https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2021.40.1.xvi  

Friedman, H. L., & Hartelius, G. (2021). Harris Friedman: Pioneer of transpersonal psychology as a science. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 40(1), iii-xv. https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2021.40.1.iii  

Friedman, H., & Krippner, S. (2021). The future of transpersonal psychology depends on how it is positioned and what contributions it makes. In D. MacDonald & M. Almendro (Eds.), Transpersonal psychology and science: An evaluation of its present status and future directions (pp. 112-117). Cambridge Scholars.

Friedman, H., Bloom, T., & Trevathan-Minnis, M. (2021). Introduction to special issue on human-animal studies: Humanistic psychology contributions of Team Woof. The Humanistic Psychologist, 49(4), 573-576. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000275  

Friedman, H., Radin, D., & Krippner, S. (2021). Parapsychology and transpersonal psychology in dialogue: Exploring ways these two movements could be brought into better alignment. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 40(1), 123-135. https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2021.40.1.123  

Hartelius, G. (2021). The origin (and future) of transpersonal psychology in an open scientific naturalism (Special topic introduction). International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 40(2), 50–63. https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2021.40.2.50  

Hartelius, G. (2021). Transpersonal psychology as an integrative psychology of the whole person. In D. A. MacDonald & M. Almendro (Eds.), Transpersonal psychology and science: An evaluation of its present status and future directions (pp. 98–111). Cambridge Scholars.

Hartelius, G. (2021). Transpersonal psychology: Trends in empirical research and diversity during the first five decades of the field (Special topic introduction). International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 40(1), 39–44. https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2021.40.1.39  

Hartelius, G., Crouch, C. R., Adler, H., Thouin-Savard, M. I., Stamp, G., Harrahy, M., & Pardo, S. (2021). Is transpersonal psychology in its second wave? Evidence from bibliometric and content analyses of two transpersonal journals. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 53(1), 9–30.

Hunter, J. (2021). ‘“…Not the action of mind upon matter, but the action of mind-matter upon matter-mind…”: A World of Many Minds in Archaeology and Ethnography (Editorial). Time and Mind: Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture, 14(4), 481-485. https://doi.org/10.1080/1751696X.2021.2004343 

Hunter, J. (2021). Deep Weird: High Strangeness, Boggle Thresholds and Damned Data in Academic Research on Extraordinary Experience. Journal for the Study of Religious Experience, 7(1), 5-18.

Hunter, J. (2021). MA Ecology and Spirituality: Background and Interview with Dr. Andy Letcher. Journal for the Study of Religious Experience, 7(2), 140-145.

Hunter, J. (2021). Religious Experience and Ecology (Editorial). Journal for the Study of Religious Experience, 7(2), 3-16.

Hunter, J. (2021). Stone, People and Place (Editorial). Time and Mind: Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture, 14(2), 179-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/1751696X.2021.1926776  

Hunter, J. (2021). The Future of Research on Religious and Spiritual Experience (Editorial). Journal for the Study of Religious Experience, 7(1), 2-4.

Krippner, S., Rock, A., Friedman, H. L., , & Zingrone, N. L. (Eds.). (2021). Advances in parapsychological research, Volume 10. McFarland.

Lancaster, B. L. (2021). The faces of God: A kabbalistic “myth” and its implications for consciousness. In P. Dennison (Ed.), Perspectives on consciousness (pp. 277-317). Nova Science.

Lancaster, B. L. (2021). Transpersonal psychology: Mysticism and the science of mind. In D. A. MacDonald and M. Almendro (Eds.), Transpersonal psychology and science: An evaluation of its present status and future directions (pp. 33-42). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.  

Leavitt, C. E., Butzer, B., Clarke, R. W., & Dvorakova, K. (2021). Intentional solitude and mindfulness: The benefits of being alone. In R. J. Coplan, J. C. Bowker, & L. J. Nelson (Eds.), The handbook of solitude: Psychological perspectives on social isolation, social withdrawal, and being alone (2nd ed., pp. 340-350). John Wiley & Sons. 

Luke, D., & Spowers, R. (Eds.) (2021). DMT entity encounters: Dialogues on the spirit molecule. Park Street Press.

MacDonald, D., & Friedman, H. (2021). A conversation with Ken Wilber about the past, present, and future of transpersonal psychology. In D. MacDonald & M. Almendro (Eds.), Transpersonal psychology and science: An evaluation of its present status and future directions (pp. 60-78). Cambridge Scholars.

Michael, P. (2021). Commentary on After: A doctor explores what near-death experiences mean for life and beyond. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 39(3), 161-183. https://doi.org/10.17514/JNDS-2021-39-3-p161-183. 

Michael, P. (2021). Rejoinder to Bruce Greyson’s “Response to Pascal Michael’s ‘Commentary on After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond’”. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 39(3), 195-211. https://doi.org/10.17514/JNDS-2021-39-3-p195-211. 

Michael, P., Luke, D., & Robinson, O. (2021). An encounter with the other: A thematic and content analysis of DMT experiences from a naturalistic field study. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 720717. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.720717  

Moore, L. (2021). Magickal visions of the ultra-modern woman: Reconsidering the feminine aesthetics of Moina Mathers and Maya Deren. In S. Terry & E. Barthold (Eds.), Making magic happen: Selected essays from the inaugural magickal women conference, 2019 (pp. 205-226). Magickal Women & Company Publications. 

Moore, L. & Fender, O. (2021). Sentient: A social media environment as a conscious living system. In J. Weinel, P. J. Bowen, G. Diprose, & N. Lambert (Eds.), Proceedings of EVA London 2021 (pp.247-253). https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/EVA2021.42  

Muscat, S.-A., Hartelius, G., Crouch, C. R., & Morin, K. W. (2021). An integrative approach to ketamine therapy may enhance multiple dimensions of efficacy: Improving therapeutic outcomes with treatment resistant depression. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 710338. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.710338 

Muscat, S.-A., Wright, G. D., Bergeron, K., Morin, K. W., Crouch, C. R., & Hartelius, G. (2021). Ketamine-Assisted and Culturally Attuned Trauma Informed Psychotherapy as Adjunct to Traditional Indigenous Healing: Effecting Cultural Collaboration in Canadian Mental Health Care. Behavioral Sciences, 11(9), 118. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11090118  

Rock, A., Friedman, H. L., Storm, L., Jinks, T., & Harris, K. (2021). Transliminality and transpersonal self-expansiveness predict paranormal belief. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000281  

Sackwild, L., & Stumbrys, T. (2021). The healing and transformative potential of lucid dreaming for treating clinical depression. International Journal of Dream Research, 14(2), 296-308. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2021.2.81533  

Schlitz, M., Bem, D., Marcusson-Clavertz, D., Cardeña, E., Lyke, J., Grover, R., Blackmore, S., Tressoldi, P., Roney-Dougal, S., Bierman, D., Jolij, J., Lobach, E., Hartelius, G., & Delorme, A. (2021). Two replication studies of a time-reversed (psi) priming task and the role of expectancy in reaction times. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 35(1), 65-90. 

Stumbrys, T. (2021). The luminous night of the soul: The relationship between lucid dreaming and spirituality. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 40(2), 64-74. https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2021.40.2.64  

Taylor, S. (2021). Book review: Consciousness Unbound and the Question of Metaphysics in Transpersonal Psychology, Edward F. Kelly and Paul Marshall. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 53(2), 229-239. 

Taylor, S. (2021). Extraordinary Awakenings: When Trauma Leads to Transformation. New World Library. 

Taylor, S. (2021). The Problem of Pathocracy. The Psychologist, 34, 40-45. 

Taylor, S. (2021). The Varieties of Temporal Experience: Time Perception in Altered States of Consciousness. In L. Kohn (Ed.), Coming to Terms with Timelessness: Daoist Time in Comparative Perspective. Three Pines Press.

Taylor, S. (2021). Transformation through loss and grief: A study of personal transformation following bereavement. The Humanistic Psychologist, 49(3), 381–399. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000172  

Trevathan-Minnis, M., Bloom, T., Atlas, N., MacDonald, D. A., & Friedman, H. L. (2021). Black Dog Syndrome: Using dog facial-emotion recognizability to explore this putative phenomenon. The Humanistic Psychologist, 49(4), 616-629. https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000252  

Underwood, M. S., Bright, S. J., & Lancaster, B. L. (2021). A narrative review of the pharmacological, cultural and psychological literature on ibogaine. Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 5(1), 44-54. https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2021.00152  

Walton, J. (2021). Social justice and action research: can we collaboratively create a new social movement with social justice at the centre? Educational Action Research, 29(4), 510-525. https://doi.org/10.1080/09650792.2021.1939083   

Walton, J. (2021). The Entanglement of Scientism, Neoliberalism and Materialism. Paradigm Explorer, 135(2021/1), 8-12.

Walton, J., & Darkes-Sutcliffe, Janice (2021). The impact of Covid-19 on the mental health and learning of young children. Project Report. British Educational Research Association.

Joan Walton

Social justice and action research: can we collaboratively create a new social movement with social justice at the centre?

Educational Action Research. pp. 1-16, 2021

Joan Walton

The Entanglement of Scientism, Neoliberalism and Materialism.

Paradigm Explorer (1). pp. 8-12, 2021

Joan Walton

The impact of Covid-19 on the mental health and learning of young children. Project Report.

Funded and published by British Educational Research Association, London, 2021

Joan Walton

The significance of consciousness studies and quantum physics for creating a spiritual research paradigm.

Journal for the Study of Spirituality, 7 (1). pp. 21-34, 2018

Joan Walton

The role of subjectivity: Response to Noriyuki Inoue. 

International Journal for Transformative Research, 3 (1). pp. 24-28, 2016

Joan Walton

Creating a pedagogy of vocational training for young people not in education, employment or training, in Rowell, L. 

Palgrave International Handbook of Action Research, 2015

Joan Walton

Integrating first, second and third person research to lead the creation of a learning organisation, in Pithouse-Morgan, K (ed)

Polyvocal Professional Development: Enacting dialogic professional learning through self-study, 2015

Joan Walton

The role of the transpersonal in transformative research.

International Journal for Transformative Research, 1, 1:25-44, 2014

Joan Walton

Active Participation in Learning: Students Creating their Educational Experience, in Dunne, E & Owen, D.

The Student Engagement Handbook: Practice in Higher Education, Emerald Publications, 2013

Joan Walton

Book Review of Carmichael, P. Networking Research

British Educational Research Journal, Vol 39: 6, 1076-1077, 2013

Joan Walton

Book Review of Farren, M., Whitehead, J. & Bognar, B. (eds) Action Research in the Educational Workplace

British Educational Research Journal. Vol 38, No. 1, pp 178-180, 2012

Joan Walton

Family Literacy Programme in South Africa, in Atkin, C.

Education and Minorities, London: Continuum, 2012

Joan Walton

A Collaborative Inquiry: “How do we improve our practice with children?”

Educational Action Research, 19:3, 297-311, 2011

Joan Walton

A living theory approach to teaching in higher education

Educational Action Research, 19: 4, 567-578, 2011

Joan Walton

How do we, individually and collectively, integrate research and practice to improve the wellbeing of children?  

Action Learning, Action Research Journal,  17:1, 65-91, 2011

Joan Walton

Integrating research and practice to improve the well-being of children

Assessment and Development Matters,  British Psychological Society: Vol 2, No.2, 2010

Joan Walton

Promoting Good Quality Care through Teamwork and Effective Leadership

National Children’s Bureau, 2009

Joan Walton

Team Development Programme

Russell House Publishing, 2009

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