Abstract
This article offers a personal documentation of the contributions of James F. T. Bugental to the author's personal and professional development. Bugental's authenticity and presence, in both his writings and clinical work, are discussed in terms of their reflection of a compassionate wisdom regarding a process-focused approach to experiencing and to psychological services. Drawing on the Bugentalian metaphor of life and psychotherapy as journeying, the article concludes with a poem that speaks to the dynamics and depths of all personal pilgrimages. I am not the person who began to practice counseling or psychotherapy more than 30 years ago in an army hospital. And the changes in me are not solely those worked by time, education, and the life circumstances shared by most of my generation. A powerful force affecting me has been my participation in so many lives. A psychotherapist had best recognize that the profession will continually press on her or him to change and evolve. -Jim Bugental Psychotherapy and Process: The Fundamentals of an Existential-Humanistic Approach
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