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GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION
Ken Wilber developed an Integral Model called AQAL (pronounced ah-qwul) in 1995 that distilled common elements in cross-cultural research and methodologies from traditional, modern, and postmodern disciplines. Together with multi-disciplinary scholars, he has further refined AQAL for the past thirteen years.
This course presents 6-AQAL, the most comprehensive map available to psychologists and other healthcare professionals today. It offers an expansive, holistic model for diagnosis and treatment based on the six irreducible aspects of human development and therapy: Quadrants (major perspectives), Levels (stages of development), Lines (multiple intelligences), States (waking, dreaming, altered, etc.), Types (Myers-Briggs, Male/Female, etc.), and the Self-System (who navigates and integrates them all). The 6-AQAL Model thus forms the theoretical basis for an emerging Integral Psychology that honors the "true but partial" nature of all existing schools of Psychology and provides a robust methodology to integrate their best practices (Integral Methodological Pluralism). Recognition that psychopathologies can arise within various levels of development, the need for stage-specific treatment, and an Integral Psychology are all reviewed in this course.
This course is comprised of five articles which describe and define the development of Wilber's Integral metatheory, the main aspects of Wilber's Integral Model and its applicability to Psychology, the key terms and definitions used throughout the Integral Model Psychology, and the application of the Integral Methodological Pluralism (IMP) to Cancer Patient Advocacy. A final article provides a comprehensive list of suggested readings for those who wish to further investigate Wilber's Integral Model (6-AQAL map) and Integral Psychology.
Educational Objectives:
This course will teach clinicians, psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, counselors, and other healthcare professionals to:
Identify key relationships among the six core elements of Ken Wilber's Integral Model (6-AQAL map).
Recognize the five main phases in the development of Wilber's Integral Model (6-AQAL map).
Apply an integrally informed approach to their disciplines.
Integrate the core truths from hundreds of other theories into a coherent whole called a metatheory.
Summarize the benefits of an Integral Life Practice with regards to the ability to help, honor, and heal.
Course Syllabus:
Introduction to Ken Wilber and his Integral Model
Historiography - The Five Phases of Wilber's AQAL Metatheory
Spectrum I - Recaptured Goodness
Spectrum II - Growth to Goodness
Spectrum III - Holonic
AQAL-4 - Holarchic
AQAL-5 - Integral Post-Metaphysics
6-AQAL
Four Quadrants (Basic Perspectives)
Stages, Waves, & Levels of Development (Structure-Stages)
Lines & Streams of Development (Multiple Intelligences)
States of Consciousness (State-Stages) Temporary vs. Permanent
Types (Gender, Myers-Briggs, etc.)
Self-System (navigator and integrator of all the above)
Tools used in Integral Psychology
The Psychograph
Wilber-Combs Lattice
The Four Quadrants (Integral Methodological Pluralism)
Psychopathology & Treatment
Benefits of Integral Psychology
An Example of Applying Integral Methodological Pluralism for Cancer Patient Advocacy
This course presents 6-AQAL, the most comprehensive map available to psychologists and other healthcare professionals today. It offers an expansive, holistic model for diagnosis and treatment based on the six irreducible aspects of human development and therapy: Quadrants (major perspectives), Levels (stages of development), Lines (multiple intelligences), States (waking, dreaming, altered, etc.), Types (Myers-Briggs, Male/Female, etc.), and the Self-System (who navigates and integrates them all). The 6-AQAL Model thus forms the theoretical basis for an emerging Integral Psychology that honors the "true but partial" nature of all existing schools of Psychology and provides a robust methodology to integrate their best practices (Integral Methodological Pluralism). Recognition that psychopathologies can arise within various levels of development, the need for stage-specific treatment, and an Integral Psychology are all reviewed in this course.
