The Psychodynamics of Liberation, Part II,withKathleen Speeth (1937 – 2025)

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The late Kathleen Speeth, PhD, was a clinical psychologist and co-editor (with Daniel Goleman) of Essential Psychotherapies. She is author of The Gurdjieff Work and Gurdjieff: Seeker of the Truth. She was a faculty member of the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology in Menlo Park, California.

In this video, Dr. Speeth focuses on our tendency to sabotage ourselves – to act against our own best interests. She maintains that a distinction can be drawn between inner weaknesses for which we may forgive ourselves and those inner criminal impulses toward which we must remain forever vigilant.

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Published on September 5, 2026

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