This stage is typified by the states of consciousness obtained by advanced meditators. Transpersonal psychology is an approach to the whole person. It seeks a balanced development of the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical, social, and creative expression aspects of a person's life. Thus, all six areas are addressed scholastically and therapeutically, and integration or balance is sought. This is the ITP educational model.
Transpersonal psychology is a psychology that goes through the personal to the transpersonal.
Far from just transcending our humanity, it is a process of working through our humanity, in an inclusive way, to reach the recognition of divinity within. Thus, transpersonal psychology emerges out of personal psychology, as a result of the individual's growth and maturation. Transpersonal psychology is the future norm in psychology, as yet unrecognized by the mainstream. It provides both an extension of and a different perspective from these previous psychologies. It in no way is a denial of the validity of their theories and techniques.