Over what is now my almost 30-year career, I have witnessed the coming and going of many trends in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. Like every generation of graduate students, I was exposed to the prevailing schools of thought regarding what makes us “tick” properly, what causes us to “tick” improperly, and how to restore our “ticking” to its originally intended state.

Now 30 years later, I am observing a new trend in the gradual movement away from separating the human person into distinct realms of physical, spiritual, and mental/emotional functioning and toward viewing the human person as an intricate integration of the mind, body and spirit.