About Us

Cheryl L. Fracasso, Ph.D., serves as a Psychologist 3 at the State of Washington, Division of Developmental Disabilities at Rainier School. She recently obtained her doctoral degree from Saybrook University and completed her dissertation titled "Near-Death Experiences and the Electromagnetic Aftereffects: An Exploratory Study." She serves as Faculty at University of Phoenix, past Research Assistant for Stanley Krippner at Saybrook University, and is an Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Editorial/Advisory Board Member with the NeuroQuantology journal, Associate Managing Editor with the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, and is an Advisory Board Member with the American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences. She has published two continuing education training modules with co-author, Harris Friedman, PhD., with HealthForumOnline, and several articles in the field of near-death experiences. Below is an overview of some of her work.

Books in Progress

Krippner, S., Rock, A., Beischel, J., Friedman, H., & Fracasso, C. L. (in press). Advances in Parapsychological Research, Volume 9. McFarland Publishing Company.

Krippner, S., Rock, A., Friedman, H., & Fracasso, C. L. (in progress). Advances in Parapsychological Research, Volume 10. McFarland Publishing Company. (projected publication date, 2014)

Continuing Education Training Modules

Fracasso, C. L., & Friedman, H. L. (2011). Energy Psychology: Progression or Retrogression in Understanding and Treating Psychological Disorders. HealthForumOnline Continuing Education Classes. 3 CE credits available online.

Fracasso, C. L., & Friedman, H. L. (2009). Near-Death Experiences: Implications for Clinical Practice. HealthForumOnline Continuing Education Classes. 4 APA CE credits available online.

Editor: Special Editions

Fracasso, C. L., & Krippner, S. (2012) (Eds.). Special section: Methodological pluralism at SaybrookUniversity: Harris Friedman’s research contributions. The Humanistic Psychologist, 40(4), 305-307.

Fracasso, C. L., & Krippner, S. (2011) (Eds.). Pioneers who have changed the face of science and those that have been mentored by them. NeuroQuantology, 9(3), 361-600.

Krippner, S., & Fracasso, C. L. (2011) (Eds.). Special edition on: Dreams, telepathy, and various states of consciousness. NeuroQuantology 9(1), 1-205.

APA Presentation

Fracasso, C. L. (August 2011). Near-Death Experiences: A Challenge to the Medical Model - Are We There Yet? Prepared for the American Psychological Association conference in Washington D.C.

Video 1: Introduction: What is a Near-Death Experience?

Video 2: What is Known

Video 3: Causal Pathways

Video 4: Conclusions: Proposals for a New Paradigm

Book Reviews

Fracasso, C. L. (2012). Book Review: Anita Moorjani’s book: Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near-Death, to True Healing. NeuroQuantology, 10(2), 341-345.

Fracasso, C. L. (2011, June/July). Book Review: Joel Rudinow’s (2010) book: Soul Music: Tracking the spiritual roots of pop from Plato to Motown. The Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP) Perspectives Magazine, 23-26.

Fracasso, C. L. (2011, Dec/Jan). Book Review: Smith-Oreleane & B. Smith's (2010) book: Conversations with Laarkmaa: A Pleidian View of a New Reality. The Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP) Perspectives Magazine.

Fracasso, C. L. (2010, Oct/Nov). Book Review: Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha’s (2010) book: Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Human Sexuality. The Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP) Perspectives Magazine.

Fracasso, C. L., & Krippner, S. (2010, April/May). Book Review: Rivka Meir’s (2010) book: Stop Beliefs That Stop your Life. The Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP) Perspective Magazine.

Fracasso, C. L. (2011). Book Forward: Diego Pignatelli’s (2011) book: Primordial Psyche: A Reliving of the Soul of Ancestors: A Jungian and Transpersonal Worldview. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse.

Fracasso, C. L. (2011, August/September). Book Review: Rebecca Orleane’s (2010) book: The Return of the Feminine: Honoring the Cycles of Nature. The Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP) Perspectives Magazine, 25-27.

Fracasso, C. L. (2011, August/September). Book Review: Anabela Cardoso’s (2010) book: Electronic Voices. The Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP) Perspectives Magazine, 23-25.

Dissertation
Fracasso, C. L. (2012). Near-death experiences and electromagnetic after-effects: An exploratory study. Ph.D. dissertation, Saybrook University, United States, California. Dissertation International Abstracts. UMI No. 3509447. Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database: (Publication No. AAT 3509447).

Thesis

Fracasso, C. L. (2008). Psychologists' Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards Near-Death Experiences: Implications for Clinical Practice. Unpublished Thesis.

Journal Articles

Fracasso, C. L., Krippner, S.,& Friedman, H. L. (2013). Mind and body approaches to mental health. In M. Shally-Jensen (Ed.). Mental HealthCare Issues in America: An Encyclopedia (pp. 451-459). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Fracasso, C. L., & Friedman, H. L. (2012). Electromagnetic aftereffects of near-death experiences: A preliminary report of a series of studies currently under way. Journal of Transpersonal Research 4(2), 34-55.

Fracasso, C. L.,& Friedman, H. (2012). Therapeutic touch. In S. Zoumbaris(Ed.), Encyclopedia of Wellness, Vol. 3 (pp. 799-802). Santa Barbara,CA: Greenwood Press.

Fracasso, C. L. (2012). Paving a new frontier: Near-death experiences and the unspoken aspect of what researchers have faced and continue to face. NeuroQuantology, 10(2), 210-215.

Fracasso, C. L., Franco, Z., MacDonald, D., & Friedman, H. (2011). Measuring the transpersonal: The research and mentoring contributions of Harris Friedman. NeuroQuantology, 9(3), 499-514.

Fracasso, C. L., & Friedman, H. L. (2011). Near-Death Experiences and the Possibility of Disembodied Consciousness: Challenges to Prevailing Neurobiological and Psychosocial Theories. NeuroQuantology, 9(1), 41-53. .

Fracasso, C. L., Friedman, H. L., & Young M. S. (2010). Psychologists' knowledge and attitudes towards near-death experiences: Change over time and relationship to transpersonal self-concept. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 29(1), 273-281.

Fracasso, C. L., Aleyasin, A., Friedman, H. L., & Young, M. S. (2010). Near-death experiences among a small sample of Iranian Muslims. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 29(1), 265-272.

Fracasso, C. L. (2010). Mentorship: A relationship forgotten? One student’s personal journey and tips for finding a good mentor. American Psychological Association, Division for Humanistic Psychology Newsletter, Spring/Summer edition.

Hoxie, E., & Fracasso, C. L. (2011). Known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns: Processing the research journey. NeuroQuantology, 9(3), 515-517.

Maliszewski, M., Vaughan, B., Krippner, S., Holler, G., & Fracasso, C. L. (2011). Altering consciousness through sexual activity. In E. Cardena and M. Winkleman (Eds.), Altering consciousness, 2 volumes: Multidisciplinary perspectives: History, culture, and the humanities; Biological and psychological perspectives, pp. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC CLIO & Praeger Publishers.

In Press

Fracasso, C. L., Friedman, H. L., & Krippner, S. (in press). Near-death experiences from a Christian vantage.  In. J.H. Ellens (Ed.). Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife: Eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: End Time and Afterlife in
Islam, Volume III. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

Fracasso, C. L., Greyson, B.,& Friedman, H. L. (in press). The various clinical uses of near-death experiences. In. G. Hartelius and H. Friedman (Eds.). Textbook of transpersonal psychology. Wiley & Sons.

Husain, A., Krippner, S., Fracasso, C. L., & Friedman, H. (in press).  Muslim Attitudes toward Near-death experiences, death, and the afterlife (working title).  In. J.H. Ellens (Ed.). Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife: Eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: End Time and Afterlife in Islam, Volume III. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

Lancaster, L., Friedman, H. L., Krippner, S., & Fracasso, C. L. (in press).  Near-death experiences and transcendence in Judaism. In. J.H. Ellens (Ed.). Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife: Eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: End Time and Afterlife in Islam, Volume III. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.