spiritual psychotherapy

spiritual psychotherapy

Spiritual Psychotherapy takes the perspective that clients are capable of achieving extremely deep levels of unconditional love and wisdom–much more than standard approaches to psychotherapy allow for. From this perspective, addressing challenges in our lives not only helps us mature our personalities, but can result in spiritual growth and profound clarity and compassion. This approach to therapy also understands that sometimes healing can only come through spiritual or mystical experience–through transformative moments of insight and interconnection with something greater than ourselves. These experiences can be integrated into therapy, and encouraged through meditation, immersion in nature, and a variety of other practices. Pioneers of Spiritual Psychotherapy include Roberto Assagioli and Frances Vaughn.