Oscar Bekoff (1917 - 2007)
It is with a heavy heart that I write to tell you that Oscar passed away peacefully, at his home in Tamarac, Florida, on the evening of September 12 after a brief illness. He had just turned 90 years young on August 27.
I am sure that his family would appreciate it if you could pass on this news, sad though it is, to anyone else who might have known and loved Oscar.
Intra Persona Therapy:
The Whole Person Approach
Emerging From the Shadows
"It's Yours for the Asking" :: Dr. Bekoff's Intra Persona Therapy Handbook
Allow me to introduce you to Intra Persona Therapy, which I have developed and which has proven to be successful. I believe that if I can help people to accept and respect themselves then they will be able to discover the resources within themselves -- their internal physicians.
Through Intra Persona Therapy, you will come to understand the five kinds of wellness that make up the Whole Person Approach. Through this understanding, you will learn to take control of your inner self, and destroy the barriers that cause emotional pain and inhibit your personal growth. With this discovery you can continue to grow independently, in health and well-being, for all your days.
Intra Persona Therapy is simply your personal application of a variety of proven and accepted approaches, "prescriptions," and remedies to the experiences, situations, relationships, and personality characteristics that may be preventing you from attaining ultimate personal fulfillment. My experience in my own life as well as in my helping profession has shown me that just about any person is capable of reaching his or her highest level of achievement. I strongly believe that if you really want to achieve a superior state of living each and every day, a high level of mental and physical health is available fo everyone who wishes to go after it.
You can go after what you want for yourself by deciding to work, one day at a time, on adopting a philosophy of life that is going to bring you the greatest amount of happiness, regardless of the circumstances that you have encountered until today. Often without realizing it, many people have successfully applied particular elements of Intra Persona Therapy (the whole person approach, one that does not view individuals as a collection of parts) to achieve new levels of awareness, serenity, peace of mind, and continuing happiness.
Wellness is the unity of the mind, body, and spirit. In order to achieve greater mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health, one must begin with a personal commitment to wellness, a commitment that is possible regardless of circumstances, resources, and/or personal history. We can achieve this state of being at any point in our lives by making choices which enhance our individual functioning, development and self respect. Thus, through these conscious, deliberate, voluntary, and positive lifestyle choices, we can discover greater overall health.
