... this may have had a lot to with the very vast knowledge; experiences and contacts that Assagioli had that were both from the western and eastern countries. His major western influences were; Carl Jung, William James and Abraham Maslow. His major eastern influences were raja yoga and karma yoga. So, being humanistic like the PCA, psychosynthesis has an optimistic view of human nature, and holds the belief that individuals are unique and have the capacity to self heal and fulfil their potential. I think that it is important to include a definition of the word Psychosynthesis as it aided me in understanding from the offset what the approach was about, it is a combination of the Greek word Psycho, which means Self, Spirit or Soul, and Synthesis which is the combining of ideas or parts to form one complex or connected whole. According to Assagioli, psychosynthesis is an attitude, an approach ...

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