- Degree Program Quick Links
- Psychology
- MA Psychology
- MA Creativity Studies
- MA Jungian Studies
- MA Marriage & Family Therapy (LIC)
- MA Systems Counseling (Seattle only) (LIC)
- PhD Psychology
- PhD Clinical Psychology (LIC)
- PhD Creativity Studies
- PhD Jungian Studies
- Mind-Body Medicine
- MS Mind-Body Medicine
- PhD Healthcare Systems
- PhD Research
- PhD Practice
- Organizational Systems
- MA Organizational Systems
- MA Leadership and Organization Development (Seattle only)
- PhD Organizational Systems
- Leadership of Sustainable Systems
- Human Science
- MA Human Science
- PhD Human Science
- Donate
- Site Map
Search
CV: Jeanne Achterberg
Curriculum Vitae
Upcoming Presentations and Public Addresses
Cancer After Care Program (for Health Professionals and patients), Kokolulu Retreat and Wellness Center, Big Island, Hawaii. March 11-15 & May 5-9
Degrees, Discipline, Year, Institution
- PhD and M.S,
- Physiological/Experimental Psychology, 1973, Texas Christian University.
- B.S.
- University of Maryland, 1960-1963 and
- Texas A&M University, 1964-1968
- Summa cum laude
- Major: Psychology Minor: English
Current Projects and Professional Activities
I am currently analyzing and finalizing the 6-year research project I conducted on distant healing and prayer, using data from the fMRI and qualitative interviews. My work with cancer patients and health care professionals continues into its third decade. In March, 2008, Sounds True, Inc. released my CD series on intentional healing, and the transcript will become a book within a year. Imagery is the guiding force for many of my professional projects, including research, training, and teaching. My interest in shamanism and cross cultural practices also influences my professional and personal activities.
Current Publications
Achterberg, J. (2008). A shamanic adventure in modern medicine. The Journal of Shamanic Practice: Exploring Traditional and Contemporary Shamanism, 1(1).Achterberg, J., Dombrowe, C., and Krippner, S. (2007). The role of rituals in psychotherapy. In I.Serlin and M. DiCowden (Eds.) The mind/body connection, Vol. 2. New York: Praeger.
Significant Publications
Achterberg, J. (2001). Imagery in healing: Shamanism in modern medicine. Boston: Shambhala.German Edition Scherz/Verlag and Goldmann(Also in Japanese and Spanish)Achterberg, J. (1990). Woman as healer. Boston: Shambhala.
Important Conference Presentations
- Keynote Presentation, The Association of Transpersonal Psychology,Palo Alto, California, September, 2006
- Keynote Presentation, Academy of Guided Imagery, Pacific Grove, California, November, 2005
- Featured speaker, Humanistic Medicine Congress: The Season of the Soul, Garmisch, Germany, October 2007
- Presentation and Panel, University of Minnesota, Conference on Ways of Knowing: Intuition in Health Care, May, 2007
- Training and Presentation, Conference sponsored by University of Hawaii and Cancer as a Turning Point, June 2005
Research Interests
My research interests and activities have been on the cutting edge, and Time Magazine named me one of the six innovators of alternative medicine for the new century. To provide a laundry list of interests, please have a look at the publications I have listed above. The areas include the many dimensions of integrative (or alternative) health, imagery, issues of special concern to women, cancer and other serious or chronic diseases, mind/body/spirit approaches to health, shamanism, transpersonal or spiritual aspects of health and healing, consciousness, and relationships as both a healing element and a spiritual practice.
Research Expertise
My training and early research experience was in statistics and quantitative methodology (I am an experimental/research psychologist by training), and over the past 15 years, the emphasis of my work and teaching gravitated in the direction of qualitative methodology also. I do serve and have served as editor and on the editorial review boards of several journals, and also as a reviewer of articles and research grants for government and foundation agencies. Therefore, I must stay current and informed on acceptable and appropriate research strategies for funding and publication. I believe that the research question one has should drive the methodology, and not vice versa. Any idea, concept, question, no matter how far out of the traditional scientific framework, is an appropriate topic for study if the research method is rigorous. My own specialty in research has been in studying the illusive and unwieldy topics such as consciousness, imagery, healing, prayer, and the mind/body connection.
Expertise Working with Saybrook Students
My expertise in working with students comes from a long love affair with being a researcher in unusual fields of health and healing, and from enjoying the excitement and energy that transpires in learner/mentor activities. I do help students (and faculty) get published, as evidenced by numerous examples in journals that I edit or have edited. Currently, I am a Senior Editor for the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal that welcomes the type of articles that many Saybrook students can produce from their interests and dissertation research. I celebrate creativity and flexibility, and still emphasize far-ranging, but disciplined, thought.
Research Expertise
Research Expertise Rating Guide:
- studied in a class or have read intensively on my own
- special training in the form of a workshop or equivalent
- taught a class in, or supervised research using this method (research practicum, on a dissertation or master's committee
- used in research myself
- published or presented at conferences my research using this method
Methods Traditionally Considered As Quantitative (But Need Not Be)
| Laboratory Research | 5 |
| Field Experiments | 3 |
| Randomized Controlled Clinical | 5 |
| Quasi-experimental methods | 5 |
| Correlational Methods | 5 |
Methods That Could Use Quantitative Or Qualitative Methods
| Action Research | |
| Survey Research | 1 |
| Interview Research | 5 |
| Observational Research | 1 |
| Epidemiological Research | 1 |
| Ethnography | 1 |
| Focus Groups | 1 |
| Self-Observational Methods | 5 |
| Narrative Methods | 4 |
| Feminist Methods | 3 |
| Content Analysis | 1 |
| Discovery-Oriented (psychotherapy) | 1 |
| Events paradigm (psychotherapy) | 1 |
| Archival Research | 5 |
| Case History Methods | 1, 2, 3 |
| Appreciative Inquiry | |
| Multiple Case Depth Research | 4 |
| Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design | |
| Longitudinal research | 1 |
| Cross-sectional research | 1 |
Methods Primarily Associated With Qualitative Research (But May Also Use Quantitative)
| Ethnoautobiographical research | 1 |
| Hermeneutics | 3 |
| Grounded Theory | 4 |
| Phenomenology | 5 |
| Heuristic Research | 4 |
Types of Analysis
| Simple Parametric Statistics (t-test, etc.) | 5 |
| Confidence intervals | 5 |
| Analysis of Variance (including MANOVA) | 5 |
| Analysis of Covariance | 5 |
| Regression (including multiple regression) | 5 |
| Discriminant Function Analysis | 2 |
| Structural Equation Modeling/Path Analysis | 1 |
| Causal Modeling | |
| Cluster Analysis | 4 |
| Survival Analysis | |
| Nonparametrics | 5 |
| Bayesian Analysis | 1 |
| Meta-analysis and effect sizes | 5 |
| Factor Analysis | |
| Time series analysis | 1 |
| Multidimensional scaling | 1 |
