Transpersonal Human Caring and Healing

TRANSPERSONAL
HUMAN CARING AND

HEALING
WAHYU HIDAYATI
TUJUAN
Define transpersonal human caring.
Define healing.
Compare and contrast the processes of healing
and curing.
Discuss the nature of “right relationship” as it
relates to healing.
Transpersonal Psychology
Influences on the Human Caring
Moment
Healing & Caring:
Healing : The emergence of right relationship at one or more
levels of the bodymindspirit system.
Habitats for Healing: Healthcare practice environments that
provide a context of caring, for the purpose of healing, which
may include curing.1
Healing system: A true healthcare system in which people
can receive adequate, nontoxic, and noninvasive assistance
in maintaining wellness and in healing for body, mind, and
spirit, together with the most sophisticated, aggressive curing
technologies available.
 Human caring: The moral ideal of nursing in which the nurse brings
his or her whole self into relationship with the whole self of the patient
or client, to protect the vulnerability and preserve the humanity and
dignity of the one caring and the one cared for.
 Right relationship: A process of connection among or between parts
of the whole that increases energy, coherence, and creativity in the
bodymindspirit system.
 Transpersonal: That which transcends the limits and boundaries of
individual ego identities and possibilities to include acknowledgment
and appreciation of something greater.
Transpersonal may refer to consciousness, intrapersonal
dynamics, interpersonal relationships, and lived experiences of
connection, unity, and oneness with the larger environment, cosmos, or
Spirit.
 transpersonal human caring is most often
associated with Jean Watson’s theory of
nursing as the art and science of human
caring.
TRANSPERSONAL
“Transpersonal refers to values of deep

connectedness, of relationship, subjective meaning,
and shared humanity . . . Transpersonal conveys a
connection beyond the ego, capturing, spiritual
dimensions all humans share with a deeper self,
others, nature, and the universe.”
(Jean Watson)
Watson developed her theory of human caring, one of her
original definitions of transpersonal was as follows:
“Transpersonal refers to an inter-subjective human-human

relationship in which the person of the nurse affects and is
affected by the person of the other. Both are fully present in the
moment and feel a union with the other. They share a phenomenal
field, which becomes the life history of both and are co-
participants in becoming the now and the future. Such an ideal of
caring entails an ideal of intersubjectivity, in which both persons
are involved”
(Watson) defines
Human caring as the moral ideal of nursing, in which the

relationship between the whole self of the nurse and the whole
self of the patient or client protects the vulnerability and
preserves the humanity and dignity of the patient or client.
This emphasis on the whole self—the whole person of both

nurse and patient—requires the addition of the term
transpersonal in Watson’s framework and in the discussion of
human caring as it relates to holistic nursing practice.
kepedulian manusia sebagai cita-cita moral keperawatan, di
mana hubungan antara seluruh diri perawat dan seluruh diri
pasien atau klien melindungi kerentanan dan menjaga
kemanusiaan dan martabat pasien atau klien.
Penekanan pada seluruh diri ini — seluruh pribadi dari perawat

dan pasien — membutuhkan penambahan istilah transpersonal
dalam kerangka kerja Watson dan dalam diskusi tentang
kepedulian manusia yang berkaitan dengan praktik keperawatan
holistik.
HEALING: THE GOAL OF HOLISTIC
NURSING
 caring is the context for holistic nursing, healing is the goal.
 The origin of the word heal is the Anglo-Saxon word haelan, which means to be or
to become whole
 Defining what it means to be or become whole is a challenging task.
Defining what it means to be or become whole is a
challenging task.
Each holistic nurse should spend some time thinking
about what this means to her or him because a
nurse’s perspective on wholeness will influence
everything that she or he does.
Healing as the Emergence of Right Relationship
 Wholeness is frequently described as harmony of body, mind, and
spirit, while harmony is defined as an ordered or aesthetically pleasing
set of relationships among the elements of the whole.
 simple definition illustrates the implications of associating harmony
with healing
 First, wholeness involves more than the intactness of physical
structure and function, or the status of isolated parts of a person.
 Second, if healing is about harmony, it is necessary to expand the
ways of knowing about healing to include the aesthetic as well as the
scientific.
Healing vs. Curing
Healing and curing are different

processes.
Curing is the elimination of the signs
and symptoms of disease, which may
or may not correspond to the end of the
patient’s disease or distress.
Synonyms for the word harmony include unity, integrity,
connection, reconciliation, congruence, and cohesion.
Taken together, these terms begin to suggest that
wholeness is not necessarily a state of any kind, but a
process that is fundamentally about relationship.
Wholeness is about the relationship of the parts of a
system to one another and to the larger systems of which
they are a part.
Healing, if it is a process of being or becoming whole, must be
an emerging pattern of relationships among the elements of the
whole person that leads to greater integrity, connection, and
cohesion of the whole system.
This pattern of relationships can be called right relationship.
Healing is the emergence of right relationship at or between or
among any and all levels of the human experience. It is a
process rather than a state. It is dynamic, and it always affects
the whole person, no matter at what level the shift actually
occurs. Key to an understanding of the effects of a shift into
right relationship at any level are theories about how systems,
particularly living systems, work.
The World Health Organisation defines health as “the art and science of
preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized
efforts of society” (Acheson, 1988; WHO).
Clinical
Apply the elements of a “caring occasion” to facilitate

healing.
Describe examples of healing at the body, mind, and
spirit levels of human experience that you have
observed in practice.
Begin to imagine how your own clinical practice
setting might evolve to become a “Habitat for
Healing.”
Personal
Imagine what right relationship would look like
and feel like when applied to something you
want to heal in yourself.
Identify ways in which you can create your own
healing environment.

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TRANSPERSONAL

HUMAN CARING AND

“Transpersonal refers to values of deep

“Transpersonal refers to an inter-subjective human-human

Human caring as the moral ideal of nursing, in which the

This emphasis on the whole self—the whole person of both

Penekanan pada seluruh diri ini — seluruh pribadi dari perawat

Healing and curing are different

Apply the elements of a “caring occasion” to facilitate

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