Wisdom of Psychosis: Navigating the Intelligence of Altered States - Softcover

Sips, Anneke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9083655903 ISBN 13: 9789083655901

Verlag: TerrapyPress, 2026

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Wisdom of Psychosis meets a growing need among readers questioning psychiatric reductionism and seeking integrative, humane approaches to mental health crisis. With endorsements from Stephen Porges (Polyvagal Theory) and Kelly Brogan (NYT bestselling author), this title carries strong credibility across both clinical and general readership markets.
Ideal for readers navigating altered states, spiritual emergence, or trauma ― and for the professionals, families, and supporters beside them. Appeals to the growing crossover audience between mental health, spirituality, and embodied healing.
Author Anneke Sips brings twenty-eight years of psychiatric nursing and yoga therapy experience, with an established international following through her podcast, Substack, and website annekesips.com.

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Anneke Sips, RN, is a community psychiatric nurse, yoga therapist, and integrative trauma therapist with twenty-eight years of experience in crisis care and mental health. Trained in the Krishnamacharya yoga lineage, she pioneered the integration of yoga into psychiatric settings and has designed research interventions within clinical care. She has authored several articles and contributed book chapters on trauma, consciousness, and mental health; Wisdom of Psychosis is her first full-length book. Her work bridges psychiatry and embodied healing, exploring the deeper layers of human consciousness through an integrative and relational lens. Known for her grounded presence and clarity, Anneke supports individuals, families, and professionals worldwide in learning to meet altered states and lived experience with steadiness, dignity, and discernment. She lives on the Dutch coast with her daughter and two cats.

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'A timely, compassionate perspective on stabilization, healing, and rehabilitation.' ― Stephen Porges PhD, originator of Polyvagal Theory

What if the experiences psychiatry calls 'psychosis' carry intelligence?
When consciousness shifts through trauma, spiritual crisis, or states that move beyond diagnosis, many encounter fear, medication, and control. They're told their brain is broken, their perceptions cannot be trusted, and they need to be fixed.
This book offers a different lens: altered states are intelligible human responses to trauma and profound shifts in consciousness, calling for discernment and gentle care rather than suppression.
Wisdom of Psychosis weaves modern science with ancient maps of the mind to make complex experiences understandable and workable. Through clinical insight, embodied practices, and illuminating case studies, it offers orientation when inner worlds become overwhelming ― holding sensitivity with depth, discernment, and dignity.
Steady, practical guidance through three essential lenses: trauma recognition, spiritual honoring, and embodied integration ― revealing the universal human layers beneath diagnosis.
For those navigating thresholds where worlds dissolve and remake themselves, and for those who walk beside them ― this is a companion for the journey.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: TerrapyPress
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9083655903
• ISBN 13: 9789083655901
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: Žemlja Maruša
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg