About the Authors
Preface
Part I- Some Conceptual Foundations
1. The Zulu Conflict
2. Dancing Under the Stars
3. What It Means to Be a Shaman
4. The Psychiatrist and the Shaman
5. Healing Through Touch
6. Circles of Life
Part II- Shamanic Concepts Applied to Helping and Healing
7. Who is Not in the Room?
8. The Value of Play
9. Back to Africa
10. Multiple Modalities
11. Arousal
12. Therapeutic Tasks and Ordeals
13. Paradox and Duality
14. Love Over Power
15. Shamanic Principles Applied to Everyday Life
Epilogue
Books by Bradford Keeney
References
Jeffrey A. Kottler, Ph.D., is Chair of the Counseling Department
at California State University, Fullerton. He has authored a dozen
texts for counselors and therapists that are used in universities
around the world and a dozen books each for practicing therapists
and educators. Dr. Kottler has been an educator for twenty-five
years and has worked as a teacher, counselor, and therapist in
preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center,
university, community college, and private practice settings. He
has served as a Fullbright Scholar and Senior Lecturer in Peru
(1980) and Iceland (2000), as well as worked as a Visiting
Professor in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and
Nepal.
Jon Carlson, Psy.D., Ed.D., is Distinguished Professor of
Psychology and Counseling at Governors State University, University
Park, Illinois and a Psychologist with the Wellness Clinic in Lake
Geneva, Wisconsin. In addition to serving as the long-time Editor
of The Family Journal, he is the author of 25 books in the areas of
family therapy, marital enrichment, consultation, and Adlerian
psychology. Jon has also developed and produced over 100 commercial
videotapes that feature the most prominent leaders in the field
(including the professionals featured in this book) demonstrating
their theories in actions. These videos are used to train the next
generation of practitioners.
"A fascinating account of Keeney's journey into shamanism and
healing practices, as well as an absorbing and expansive view
enriching any reader. Every step is rooted in the familiar and then
grows into intriguing possibilities, probabilities, and
acceptances. We're given a seamless and beautiful blending of
cross-cultural healing practices and Western psychotherapeutic
techniques. This flawless merging, charming in its story, gives us
all courage to step outside our own thinking and develop in ways
we'd not considered before." -- Betty Alice Erickson, M.S., L.P.C.,
(in) private practice, Dallas, Texas
"In telling the story of Keeney, the American Shaman, Kottler and
Carlson have again struck gold by unearthing indigenous healing
practices that have great potential for the work we do in our own
culture. I was thoroughly entertained, even spellbound, by the
stories in this book." -- William Glasser, MD, Author of Psychiatry
Can Be Hazardous to your Health
"Truly a contemporary odyssey- Kottler, Carlson and Keeney discuss
the evolution of modern psychology in the backdrop of traditional
culture and medicine, taking the reader on a once-in-a-lifetime
journey from disillusionment to enlightenment
." -- John Gray, Ph.D., Author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From
Venus
"Brad Keeney emerges as a fascinating and charismatic healer, one
who brings to modern life the powerful wisdom of a traditional
shaman. American Shaman must be read by anyone wanting to
understand the full spectrum of paths to heal the heart, mind, body
and spirit." -- Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., Author of Emotional
Intelligence
"Brad Keeney's Work is a living example of what we need in our
field at this stage of evolution: a synthesis of traditional and
modern, east and west, body and soul. Jon Carlson and Jeffrey
Kottler do a masterful job of bringing out the essence of the work
through their insight and flair for story-telling. A book for both
professional development and stay-up-late adventure reading." --
Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Counseling Psychology,
University of Colorado; Co-Author of Conscious Loving and Lasting
Love
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