Vipassana Esbjörn-Hargens, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist (PSY 20879) in Sebastopol, CA and the founder of The Center for Integral Human Being. Currently in private practice, her clinical work is largely informed by contemporary psychoanalysis and Integral Theory as well as by her longtime spiritual practice. Vipassana spent a decade immersed in the field of death and dying and hospice work, and she has served as adjunct faculty at various graduate schools in the San Francisco, Bay Area. Vipassana received her Ph.D. from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. Her articles have appeared in the Humanistic Psychologist and Somatics Journal. She is a contributor to the book, Radical Spirit and co-editor for Ken Wilber’s book, The Simple Feeling of Being. She has developed the Integral Psychograph Assessment™. Vipassana lives in Sebastopol with her husband and their daughter.
"To live! To live! So natural and so hard."
~James Schuyler, "Hymn to Life"
Dr. Esbjörn-Hargens has expertise in the following areas:
Psychological
Relationship Issues
Anxiety or Fears
Panic Disorder
Depression
Bipolar Disorder
Grief and Loss
Personality Disorders
Existential Issues
Bi-cultural Families
Adolescents
Eating Disorders/Body Image
Infertility
Divorce
Parenting
Spiritual
Buddhism
Diamond Approach
Meditation
Enneagram
Women's Embodiment
Clinical Theory and Application
Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Object Relations Theory
Integral Theory
Integral Psychograph Assessment™
Publications
Esbjörn, V. (2002). The sweet perfume of decaying flesh. In S. Dinan (Ed.), Radical spirit: Spiritual writings from the voices of tomorrow (pp. 85-94). Novato, CA: New World Library.
Esbjörn, V. C. (2003). Spirited flesh: An intuitive inquiry exploring the body in contemporary female mystics. Dissertation Abstracts International, 64 (06), 2899B. (UMI No. 3095409)
Esbjörn-Hargens, V. (2004). The union of flesh and spirit in women mystics. The Humanistic Psychologist, 32(4).
Esbjörn-Hargens, V. (2004). Divinely human: Inhabiting flesh and light. Somatics Magazine/Journal. Novato, CA: Somatics.
Esbjörn-Hargens, V. & Anderson, R. (2006). Intuitive inquiry: An exploration of embodiment among contemporary female mystics. In C.T. Fischer (Ed.), Qualitative research methods for psychology: Instructive case studies. Philadelphia: Academic Press.
Palmer, M., Hargens, S., Esbjörn, V., & Leonard, A. (Eds.) (2004). The simple feeling of being: Embracing your true nature. Ken Wilber. Boston, MA: Shambhala.
