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EARS Website Updates

16/7/2020

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Books by ResearchersI have added some new content to my EARS wbesite!

Under Spiritual Crisis there are now sections on Books by Experiencers, Books by Therapists, and Books by Researchers. Newly added books include Breaking Open by Jules Evans and Tim Read, and Helping with Spiritual Emergencies by Robert Nelson.

I have also updated the Organisations page. It lists organisations who specialise in spiritual crisis and the various types of spiritual emergency. In addition, I have begun to list mental health organisations and to rate them on their inclusion of spirituality on their websites.

Finally, I have updated the page about my research into What Helps People Who Experience Spiritual Crisis/Emergency? The first project will be an evaluation of the services provided by the Spritual Crisis Network (SCN).
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Research Update

16/7/2020

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Research Question: What Helps People Who Experience Spiritual Crisis/Emergency?

Project One: An Evaluation of the Services Proivded by the Spiritual Crisis Network (SCN).

The outputs I have achieved so far are:

1st Year Annual Review passed.
1st Full Draft of the Literature Review completed.
SCN Privacy Policy completed.
SCN Non-Disclosure Agreement form completed.
Research page of the SCN website updated.
Project Proposal outlining my methodology & ethical considerations for the project drafted.

I am now awaiting approval by the PDF and CCCU Ethics Committees to proceed with the research project...

For more info see: www.talkaboutspiritualcrisis.uk/spiritual-emergency.html
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Mental Health Awareness Week

14/5/2019

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13th-19th May 2019 is Mental Health Awareness Week
Here are a few things I have been doing.
If you have any thoughts or comments I would love to hear your feedback!
You can contact me by email, by the contact form on my website, or using the feedback forms at the bottom of my individual webpages.
Emma Bragdon & Mike Rush
Emma Bragdon & Mike Rush
Something to Watch

Interested in spirituality and mental health or spiritual emergency in particular?

I was recently interviewed by Emma Bragdon of IMHU about the Spiritual Crisis Network (SCN) in the UK, how I have benefited from Emma's Spiritual Emergence Coach training, and the PhD research that I have just begun.

You can watch the short 6 minute video here.
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Something to Do

Look after your mental and physical health, take good self-care, and stay grounded!

My new tips and advice page on grounding can be found here.
Myers-Briggs
Something to Read

Interested in the work of C.G. Jung or personality types and how they relate to mental health?

My latest article has just been published in the BPS Psychotherapy Section Review and can be downloaded for free here.
Pocket Watch
Something to Help

Reduce Anxiety, De-Stress, Build Confidence!

Are you are taking tests or exams, speaking in public, suffering from a phobia, struggling with work-life issues, or preparing for an interview?

I have updated my website page on hypnotherapy to clarify what I offer and how I can help.
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EARS Website Updated!

7/2/2019

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The entire EARS website has had a bit of a face-lift to make it easier to read and more accessible on mobile devices. I have also included some new additions to the site...
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Resources: The EARS Library
I now welcome visitors who may be interested in browsing the EARS library. Items include over 2000 books, journals, and DVDs, on spiritual topics. Items are not for loan but visitors are welcome to visit by appointment and enjoy a browse, a chat, and a cuppa!

EARS Library
Resources: Stuff To Watch
I have added an excellent video of William Bloom presenting on practical techniques for psychic protection. William says, 'This Psychic Protection class (based on the bestselling book 'Psychic Protection') is for experienced practitioners and beginners. Filled with practical exercises and great insights, it will help you maintain your strength and centre in disturbing vibrations'.
Stuff To Watch
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Spiritual Crisis
A new page providing a summary of spiritual crisis or spiritual emergency. Spiritual crisis is often also referred to as ‘spiritual emergency’, ‘spiritual emergence’, ‘Kundalini awakening’ , or ‘spiritual awakening’. In the U.S. spiritual crisis is provided for by the inclusion of ‘spiritual or religious problem’ in the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual 5 (DSM-5) used by American psychiatrists.

I am a registered Spiritual Emergence Coach with the IMHU and one of the Directors of the Spiritual Crisis Network (SCN) in the UK. I assist the SCN by responding to people going through spiritual emergency, co-facilitating the SCN Sheffield peer-support group, and providing training and awareness sessions.

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Hypnotherapy
Another new page explaining a bit about hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy can be used to treat a wide range of issues and ailments including: anxiety, depression, bad habits, pain and discomfort, enhancing athletic or academic performance, and psychological disorders.

I have a Diploma in Hypno-psychotherapy from the National College of Hypnosis & Psychotherapy (NCHP). I am a registered hypnotherapist with the National Society for Hypnosis, Psychotherapy & Mindfulness, the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), and a Trainee member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).

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The latest updates on the EARS Website

2/12/2018

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Stuff To Watch

A new video trailer for Monica Deme's documentary MEDIUM.
A few years ago, mediumship was considered a mental illness. That means, any report of hearing voices or seeing things that most people couldn't, was considered a symptom of madness by psychiatry. Over the years this has changed, and mediumistic sessions besides being studied at major universities in the world, began to be used by certain schools of psychiatry as a complementary therapy to combat mental illness.

Peer-Support

A link to the new page for the SCN Sheffield Group
The Sheffield Spiritual Crisis to Emergence Group is a small peer-support group associated with the Spiritual Crisis Network (SCN).

Spiritual crisis is also referred to as: spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, kundalini, spiritual awakening, and spiritual psychosis.

The group provides a safe and supportive environment for open discussion about the experience of spiritual crisis. 

A new link to Katie Mottram's Emerging Kind groups
The Emerging Kind (tEK) Peer Support Groups are for people who view their mental health crisis as part of a spiritual transformation process, and would like to be part of a group where they are validated and supported to find meaning in their experience.

tEK groups aim to provide safe spaces where experiencers feel empowered to speak openly without fear of judgement or pathologisation of their experience.

tEK support groups are facilitated by a trained peer supporter; someone who has emerged through their own crisis and now feels inspired to help others who are going through a similar process.

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EARS Mission Statement

12/6/2018

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To support people concerned about, or distressed by, anomalous, religious, or spiritual experiences by:

  • Providing advice, information, and therapeutic support where required.
  • Undertaking and reporting on high quality academic research.
  • Delivering education and training about these kinds of experiences and beliefs.
  • Raising awareness and bridging the worlds of spirituality and mental well being.
  • Depathologising and normalising these kinds of experiences in contemporary society.
Principles
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Sex with a Ghost?

27/5/2018

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I think this is fascinating as it shows the continuity of one type of anomalous or spiritual experience from at least the early Mediaeval period up to the present day. The following interview is from TV show This Morning and aired on 7th December 2017.
And the following quote is from Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th century book the History of the Kings of Britain:
“In the books of our wise men and in many histories have I found that many men have been born into the world on this wise. For, as Apuleius in writing as touching the god of Socrates doth make report, certain spirits there be betwixt the moon and the earth, the which we do call incubus daemons. These have a nature that doth partake both of men and angels, and whensoever they will they do take upon them the shape of men, and do hold converse with mortal women. Haply one of these hath appeared unto this lady, and is the father of the youth.”
It should be noted that the understanding of daemons here is not the same as the Christian conception of demons that are subject to the Devil. Daemons were not considered to be servants of evil but rather spiritual beings that could act as guides or mediators between the gods and mortals.
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The Narative Experiences Online (NEON) Study

7/4/2018

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Participants needed for new study on the effects of sharing one's personal story of recovery.

The NEON publicity material states:

'The NEON study seeks to understand how access to stories of personal journeys through mental health challenges can benefit others.  

Have you had experience of what can be called “psychosis”, or have experiences that others see as unusual (e.g. hearing voices, seeing or believing things that others do not)?

Are you living without NHS support (other than your GP)?

Taking part would involve:

  • You would take part in an interview, and be asked to share your story with us.
  • You would be paid £20 in recognition of your time and expertise.

This research is being undertaken at sites in Nottingham, East London and South London. Members of the research team have lived experience of mental health challenges.

For further information see: www.researchintorecovery.com/NEON
contact Rose at rose.mcgranahan@qmul.ac.uk
or call Rose on 020 7540 4380 ext 2309 or text 07901511866.

NEON is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (RP-PG-0615-20016) and approved by the Nottingham 2 Research Ethics Committee (nrescommittee.eastmidlands-nottingham2@nhs.net), by the Health Research Authority, and by the Research and Innovation Team at Nottingham Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, who are sponsoring the project.'
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The Urban Weird Conference

28/3/2018

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Open Grave Open Minds (OGOM) & Supernatural Cities are holding The Urban Weird conference at the University of Hertfordshire on 6-7 April, 2018

The conference website says:

"The OGOM Project is known for its imaginative events and symposia, which are often accompanied by a media frenzy. We were the first to invite vampires into the academy back in 2010. Our most recent endeavour, Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Shapeshifters and Feral Humans enjoyed extensive coverage globally and saw us congratulated in the THES for our ambitious 3 day programme which included actual wolves, ‘a first for a UK academy’. Our fourth conference will be an exciting collaboration with the Supernatural Cities: Narrated Geographies and Spectral Histories project at the University of Portsmouth. Supernatural Cities will enjoy its third regeneration, having previously convened in Portsmouth and Limerick."

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Supernatural in Contemporary Society Conference

18/3/2018

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Robert Gordon University Aberdeen are organising a conference titled Supernatural in Contemporary Society.

The conference will take place on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 August 2018.

Their webpage states:

"The media reports ghostly encounters, supernatural TV and films continue to be popular genres, and professionalised groups and organisations offer commercial experiences of the otherworldly. It seems that regardless of scientific progress and rationale thought, the allure of the extraordinary still prevails.

The Supernatural in Contemporary Society Conference (SCSC) aims to explore the continuing role of the supernatural. SCSC intends to provide an interdisciplinary forum to discuss current and emerging research, and examine these in relation to the impact and value this has on culture, heritage and tourism. In addition, industry professionals are invited to discuss current and emerging issues."

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