Papers by Kenneth Bradford
Existential Analysis, 2023
Informed by Nietzsche's notion of amor fati, Heidegger and Buddhism, Rollo May's understanding of... more Informed by Nietzsche's notion of amor fati, Heidegger and Buddhism, Rollo May's understanding of 'essential' as distinct from 'existential' freedom is critiqued and found wanting. The essence of freedom is explicated as unconditional openness: love as our innate capacity for all-inclusive, non-dualistic attunement. The essential, innermost freedom of being transcends both outer, existential, and inner, psychological, freedoms of doing.
The Wiley World Handbook of Existential Therapy
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The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, 1993
The Psychotherapy Patient, 1993
The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, 1996
The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, 1993
The Psychotherapy Patient, 1993
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The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, 1996
The Humanistic Psychologist, 1989
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Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 2010
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of mental disorders is evaluated according to the emp... more The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of mental disorders is evaluated according to the empirical scientific criteria of validity and reliability, and it is found to be fundamentally flawed on both counts. Additionally, any diagnostic approach based on the objectivizing principles of empirical science is found to be both ontologically and epistemologically unable to account for the complexity of human subjectivity/intersubjectivity. A revisioning of psychological diagnosis according to specifically human scientific criteria is called for; and an outline of criteria to serve as fundamental guidelines for the development of phenomenological and holistic approaches to diagnosis is presented.
Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 2009
A founder and exemplar of Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy, James Bugental left a rich legacy... more A founder and exemplar of Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy, James Bugental left a rich legacy in his many publications. But more importantly, it was his unwavering dedication to the search for authenticity that attests to the fertile depth of his life. Drawing upon his personal presence, his final words, and his pith instructions in teaching the art of psychotherapy, this article honors the heart of his work. Above all, he emphasized the practice of presence: daring to be open and responsive to an Other, and the willingness to trust in the mystery of being. While much therapy seeks answers or insights, for Jim, the discovery of vital meaning was less important than the experiential process of searching for it. As he said, “life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived.” How to more fully live the mystery of our lives is his remarkable legacy.
Existential Analysis, 2019
Authenticity: a guiding principle of Existential Philosophy and Psychology, is discussed drawing ... more Authenticity: a guiding principle of Existential Philosophy and Psychology, is discussed drawing upon the thought of Heidegger, early and later, and Buddhism, Sutra and Tantra. A distinction is made between psychological authenticity, involving a resolute process of inward searching, and ontological, or radical authenticity, an effortless process of natural release.
Books by Kenneth Bradford
Opening Yourself: The Psychology and Yoga of Self-liberation, 2021
Drafts by Kenneth Bradford
Existential and Buddhist views on the core human predicament. And a direct approach of applying t... more Existential and Buddhist views on the core human predicament. And a direct approach of applying that view as path.
To let go and become groundless is to realize that that hole [of feeling incomplete] is what grounds me: because it allows me to be grounded in the totality of interdependent relations.
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To let go and become groundless is to realize that that hole [of feeling incomplete] is what grounds me: because it allows me to be grounded in the totality of interdependent relations.
To let go and become groundless is to realize that that hole [of feeling incomplete] is what grounds me: because it allows me to be grounded in the totality of interdependent relations.