Simply put, psychosynthesis is a framework for transpersonal psychology which can help clients to integrate more and more of their experience into an ever-more-fully conscious Self. Have you ever found yourself saying, “Well, one part of me wants _____, but another part of me wants [just the opposite]”?

Psychosynthesis works well with dilemmas like that because it gives voice to the different parts of ourselves (sometimes called subpersonalities). When we find out what the needs of our “parts” are, we get important information about where our will is.

Psychosynthesis founder Roberto Assagioli believed that will is what integrates all the rest of the functions of the Self. So a byline for psychosynthesis practitioners could be, "We track will." We help you find out where your will is (it's always present somewhere!), and how it may be operating to keep you from getting what you consciously say you want. Psychosynthesis takes the view that your conscious mind is only a tiny part of your total consciousness. There's also your large basic unconscious and the vast arena of the superconscious.

An example of how this works could be the person who says that they want an intimate relationship. Their conscious mind may want a relationship so badly they can taste it, but their basic unconscious may be busily making sure that close relationships don't work. Why? This part of the unconscious may be working hard to protect the person from being hurt (or perhaps, hurt again?) as a result of getting too close to someone.

So in psychosynthesis counselling, we might work with both the protecting part and the part that wants to get close, and help them to exist harmoniously within the same core personality: you! People often think about will as being merely strong will, but there are other aspects as well. When we organise to work smarter rather than harder or show effectiveness in our endeavours, we are using elements of skillful will. Then there is good will. Clients often express a feeling of overwhelm in their lives because they show a great amount of good will for others, but not for themselves. Thus, their work in therapy is about opening to a sense of deserving good will and loving attention--and learning to give it to themselves!

Psychosynthesis has a rich store of maps and models to aid the change towards greater consciousness. We work with many levels—body, feelings, and mind—and also help you assess whether your general response to life is more like a “monk”, a “victim”, or a hardcore “executive”. Because it embraces all of you, psychosynthesis is a gentle, heartful way to choose personal change.

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