Roger Woolger
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| Roger Woolger | |
| Born | December 18, 1944 Crowborough, Sussex, England |
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| Residence | New Paltz, New York, Paris and Salvador, Brazil |
| Citizenship | UK/US |
| Nationality | British  |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Fields | Analytical psychology, Transpersonal psychology, Shamanic healing; Psychology of Mysticism |
| Institutions | Vassar College, University of Vermont, Concordia University |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford, University of London, C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich |
| Known for | Other Lives, Other Selves |
| Influences | Carl Jung, Simone Weil, Jacob L. Moreno, Wilhelm Reich,Sigmund Freud, Rene Guenon |
| Influenced | Carol Bowman |
| Religious stance | Buddhist, Christian, Sufi |
Roger Woolger is a psychotherapist, lecturer and author specializing in past life regression spirit release and shamanic healing.
He was educated at the University of Oxford and University of London, where he gained degrees in psychology, religion and philosophy. He then trained as an analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich. His method is today called Deep Memory Process.
He began his practice with conventional Jungian therapy methods, including dreamwork, but through this began to discover images which seemed to be past life memories. He found a therapeutic and spiritual value in this method, which entails trauma release, psychodrama, deep body therapy, Tibetan "bardo" work and shamanic spirit release. His synthesis is today called Deep Memory Process.[citation needed]
His book on the subject, Other Lives, Other Selves (1987), is recognized as a seminal and definitive work in the field. His second book, The Goddess Within (1989), co-written with Jennifer Barker, examines feminine psychology in terms of Greek goddesses.
He also published Healing Your Past Lives 2004)and Body Psychotherapy and Regression in Tree (ed) Body Psychotherapy (2002). His unpublished M.Phil Thesis was onThe Spiritual Philosophy of Simone Weil (King's College, London University, 1970)
He has lectured widely. Presentations include the International Transpersonal Psychology Conference (1996), Beyond the Brain Conference (co-sponsored by the British Scientific and Medical Network and the Institute of Noetic Sciences, 1997), the First World Congress for Regression Therapy in Holland (2003), Beyond Death (sponsored by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2004, the Conference on Spirituality and Psychotherapy in New York (2006), the College of Psychic Studies in London(2008), the Third World Congress for Regression Therapy in Brazil (2008)
He has been a Professor at Vassar College, the University of Vermont and Concordia University, Montreal, as well as leading workshops at the New York Open Center, Omega Institute and Esalen Institute. He runs training programs in the US, UK, Holland, Portugal, Germany and Brazil.
He is a co-founder of the European Association for Regression Therapy EARThwith Hans Ten Dam and others
He is honorary President of the International Deep Memory Association (IDMA) and directs annual European conferences for IDMA on Spiritual Healing: "Regression and Shamanism" (Portugal, 2006); "War and Human Memory" (Austria, 2006); "Exile and Longing to Return" (Ireland, 2008).
He is Founder and Director of O Instituto para O Psique e as Tradicoes Espirituais in Salvador, Brazil, 2008.
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- Other Lives, Other Selves (1987)
- The Goddess Within (1989)
- Healing Your Past Lives (2004)
- Body Psychotherapy and Regression in Tree (ed) Body Psychotherapy (2002)
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Woolger, Roger |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | English Psychotherapist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944-12-18 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Crowborough, Sussex, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
