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.

Social context of anomalous experiences in a spiritual support-seeking population

This study, by Charlie Heriot-Maitland, aims to explore relationships between social factors and anomalous experiences, like changes in perception, spiritual-type experiences, hearing voices, or extrasensory communications.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY?

Many people describe having anomalous experiences. For some these experiences have a negative impact on their life and result in input from mental health services. For others, these experiences have a positive impact and can be life-enriching. This research aims to explore the protective social factors that might enable people to integrate their experiences in a helpful way. We would like to recruit people who have recently accessed a support network for spiritual crisis/emergence. For this study, it is not important how you describe or explain your own experiences, but if you have look for support through a spiritual network, then we would love to hear from you.

WHAT IS INVOLVED?

Taking part will involve meeting with the researcher, either in person or via Skype, to discuss your experiences. This will last about 1 hour, including a short interview about your experiences and some questionnaires about, e.g., how you see yourself in relation to others. We are able to offer you £15 remuneration for your time. If you are eligible to also participate in the online follow-up part of the study, we will be able to offer you a further £10 for each assessment point, so a maximum of £35 for all three assessment points (0, 3, and 6 months).

HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?

Please contact charles.heriot-maitland@kcl.ac.uk or visit
http://research.anomalousexperiences.com/study3

www.talkaboutspiritualcrisis.uk has now been updated with a couple of new features:

Events Page
An events page shows a calendar view of upcoming events and conferences related to spiritual crisis, transpersonal psychology, and clinical parapsychology. Events will be added throughout 2017.

People To Talk To
This page contains contact details for a few 'spirituality-friendly' therapists working in the U.K. I will add more as I get to know about them. Also, included is a list of online therapist directories where you can search for therapists meeting your requirements.

If you have any questions or comments, or want to talk about a spiritual experience that has caused you concern or distress, please get in touch.

Cheers!
Mike
mike@talkaboutspiritualcrisis.uk