When the patient dreads failure more than the illness itself, paradoxical intention reverses the grip: stop fighting the symptom, laugh at the risk, and the locked door swings open Roberto Assagioli 1888-1974 Training seminars led by Roberto AssagioliWith doctors, psychologists, and educatorsFlorence, May 1963Original title: Meeting with DoctorsAssagioli Archives – FlorenceTranslated from Italian by Gordon […]

Every doctor is a vet who ignores the psyche: bio-psychosynthesis puts flesh, feeling and spirit back together so that no wound is treated as merely physical Assagioli with students, not necessarily part of the discussion in this debate Professional meetings with Roberto AssagioliDialogue with physicians and participantsFlorence, April 1964Original title: Riunione dei Medici – Aprile […]

One part of you wants the cure while another clings to the illness: ambivalence runs through every wound, every bond and every choice we refuse to own Debate with Roberto AssagioliWith students and participantsAssagioli Archives – FlorenceOriginal title: DebateTranslated from Italian by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThis text is a transcript of a debate between Roberto […]

Nothing in us is fixed: the flow of life reshapes every model, loosens every rigid mask and asks only that we meet what comes with an honest voice Debate following a lecture by Roberto AssagioliWith students and participants March 9, 1974 Original title: Dibattito – 9 marzo 1974Assagioli Archives – Florence Translated from Italian by […]

Freud explained your wounds and impulses brilliantly, but said nothing about your longing for meaning, purpose, and spiritual life. Psychoanalysis to psychosynthesis: what Assagioli adds. By Roberto AssagioliInterview by Lilian Gibson, The Occult Review, Vol. 59, April 1934Assagioli Archive in FlorenceTranslated from Italian by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThis text is an interview published in The Occult […]

In the taxi on our way to his home on the Via Domenico to interview Dottore Roberto Assagioli, we wonder what he will be like; feeling like intruders even though he has been so graciously helpful in our contacts through correspondence and in yesterday’s telephone call confirming our coming.

Discussion between: DR. Roberto Assagioli (R.A.), DR. Graham C. Taylor (G.C.F.), Martha Lazura Crampton (ML)
May, 1966

In this article, the world-famous astrologer, Dane Rudhyar gives a short astrological interpretation of the horoscope of Roberto Assagioli and offers also some of his thoughts on psychosynthesis.

Sam Keen, from Psychology Today investigate in this excellent interview Roberto Assagioli and psychosynthesis. This interview really brings out a lot of Assagiolis visdom.

In this interview the process of “dis- identification” is discussed, and issues such as “will”, “height psychology”, “psychological functions” and personal “identity” are considered.