by Maurie D. Pressman, M.D.

Vision from the Soul is the expression of the Dr. Maurie Pressman's life long quest to find emotional and spiritual authenticity within himself, and in his patients. With extensive citations from spiritual teachers and pioneers in transpersonal psychology, we are given a lofty vision of the soul-spiritual essence of the human being. Yet, this work is much more than a theoretical blending of Western psychotherapy and Eastern Metaphysics. Through compelling case studies and personal narrative, the reader enters into the very experience of spiritual psychotherapy as a personal path of transformation.

Dr. Pressman draws upon his considerable knowledge and skill in the psychoanalytic tradition to show how transference and desire can be vehicles for the unfolding of universal love, and how therapists can help patients break through resistance, avoiding repression. This is an important message for spiritual seekers who denigrate human emotion, or who naively ignore the dark side of human nature in their quest for light.

Visions from the Soul also challenges traditional psychotherapists to expand their horizons, to acknowledge the trans-physical dimensions of the human being. For example, Dr. Pressman shows that therapy need not stop at the boundaries of birth and death; pre-birth experiences (past lives) and contact with the dead are legitimate and important domains for therapeutic experience.