Psychology of Altered and Transformational States of Consciousness
Dr Alexander De Foe PhD MCouns
Researcher, counsellor and educator exploring how altered states shape meaning, health and human development across the lifespan.
How do altered states intersect with human development across the lifespan?
Dr Alexander De Foe is a Melbourne-based researcher, educator, and author specialising in altered states of consciousness, embodied cognition, and transpersonal psychology. With over 30 published refereed research papers and extensive background in tertiary education, Alex works at the intersection of neuroscience and human flourishing.
About
Alex De Foe
Dr Alexander De Foe is a Melbourne-based researcher, educator and author whose work sits where consciousness science meets lived human experience. He is a Lecturer in Counselling at Monash University, where he teaches into the Master of Counselling and supervises PhD, masters and honours research.
His PhD (Monash, 2016) examined embodied cognition and the principles of human perception. Since then his research has widened to altered and transformational states, including ASMR, psychedelic and meditative states, and psycho-spiritual development, studied across cultural and developmental contexts. He has published [30+ refereed papers – confirm count] and holds a Master of Counselling, which keeps his research anchored in practice.
Alex also serves as a Board Director of [ACCS full name – confirm], advising on counselling approaches where altered states and mental health overlap.
Selected research
Upcoming book: Transformative consciousness experiences and selfhood
Services
Supervision and teaching
Alex teaches predominantly into Monash’s Master of Counselling, with a focus on [your teaching emphasis, e.g. counsellor skill development, working with altered and spiritual experiences]. He has supervised PhD, masters and honours projects on expanded states of consciousness, meaning-making and existential factors in human development.
