http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/ http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/richard-harvey-site-intro-320.mp4 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/rh-video-site-intro.jpg An Introduction to Therapy and Spirituality If we are seeking deeper solutions to our personal problems, then spirituality - whatever word we use to describe it - is the kind of depth we have to go to. At their most fundamental, our problems in life are spiritual problems. Through combining psychotherapy and spirituality we have the opportunity to work through unresolved early issues and to confront the human mystery 2010-05-17 Therapy Introduction Spirituality Deeper Solutions Personal Problems yes 53 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/my-therapeutic-approach.html http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/richard-harvey-therapy-spirituality-sm.mp4 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/rh-clip-therapy-spirituality-sm.jpg Therapy and Personal and Spiritual Fulfillment Western psychology and psychotherapy gave rise to the Human Potential Movement in the 1960s, which stressed our personal responsibility for well-being and for fulfilling our human potential. This approach in turn gave rise to psycho-spiritual psychotherapy, which recognises our need for spiritual fulfillment. This need for a transcendent experience is seen in all forms of art and in thousands of years of religious impulse 2010-06-16 Therapy Spirituality Human Potential Psycho-Spiritual Pyschotherapy Spiritual Fulfillment yes 193 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/couples-counseling.html http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/richard-harvey-reasons-therapy-sm.mp4 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/rh-clip-reasons-therapy-sm.jpg Why People Turn to Therapy Relationship difficulties, strong emotions like anger, pain, fear, and spiritual longing - the desire for something deeper than the world of appearances - can be catalysts that stimulate inner life. Therapy at its deepest offers guidance for the inner journey which will lead us to our true nature 2010-06-16 Therapy Psychotherapy Inner Journey Reasons Why Guidance yes 72 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/practitioner-supervision.html http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/richard-harvey-therapeutic-relationship-sm.mp4 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/rh-clip-therapy-relation-sm.jpg How the Therapeutic Relationship Heals The therapist creates a receptive "empty space" and receives the client's inner world of emotions, experiences, thoughts and feelings uncritically. In the process of sharing and listening within this space, healing takes place: these inner experiences are “offered up” to make way for new life 2010-05-17 Therapy Therapeutic Relationship Healing yes 207 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/retreats.html http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/richard-harvey-loneliness-aloneness-sm.mp4 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/rh-clip-loneliness-sm.jpg Therapy, Loneliness and Aloneness Therapy may address loneliness, but aloneness is a part of the human condition. We cannot change this, but therapy can help us to feel easier with being alone with our thoughts, feelings and experiences 2010-06-16 Therapy Aloneness Lonelineness Easier yes 107 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/human-awakening.html http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/richard-harvey-rites-passage-sm.mp4 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/rh-clip-rites-passage-sm.jpg How Therapy can Help with the Stages of Life Unenlightened contemporary culture ignores the rituals of maturation and illumination. In many other cultures, older people shared their wisdom and experience to help younger people through the different stages of their lives. In therapy, we can share and deepen in our understanding of these stages of transition 2010-06-16 Therapy Help Support Stages Life Transition yes 101 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/workshops.html http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/richard-harvey-group-therapy-sm.mp4 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/rh-clip-group-therapy-sm.jpg Group Therapy and Healing Early Relationship Issues In group therapy it is common to project early family relationships on to other group members. The transference is often reciprocal. With the tacit agreement to heal, group work provides a special opportunity to recognize these issues and enable inner healing 2010-06-16 Group Therapy Work Healing Early Relationship Issues Healing yes 92 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/psycho-spiritual-training-group.html http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/richard-harvey-not-on-7th-floor-sm.mp4 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/rh-clip-not-7th-floor-sm.jpg Resolving Personal Issues as Part of Spiritual Development However much we may wish to change spiritually, we cannot have spiritual experiences just because we want to. Very often we may feel we are thwarted by unresolved issues from early life. Exploring personal psychology is therefore often a necessary preparation for the spiritual path 2010-06-16 Personal Unresolved Issues Spiritual Growth Development yes 52 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/questions-answers.php http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/richard-harvey-world-change-sm.mp4 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/rh-clip-world-change-sm.jpg Real Inner Change And Real World Change If we want to bring about real change in the world and take deep responsibility for our influence on the planet, the place to start is within. We usually need help to do this inner work, free from its associations with illness or pathology. Wise mentoring provides such guidance, cultivates our natural inner abilities, and orients us to the inner and outer world 2010-06-16 Real Inner Outer Change Work World Deep Responsibility Influence Planet Start Within yes 134 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/courses.html http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/richard-harvey-personal-change.mp4 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/rh-clip-personal-change.jpg Understanding Personal Change in Therapy and Inner Work Personal change is often misunderstood in inner work. We are always changing. By “getting out of our own way”—being less fixed—we can transform and evolve from moment to moment. Our freedom lies beyond fear, in trusting and surrendering to life 2010-05-17 Personal Change Therapy Inner Work Freedom yes 123 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/individual-therapy.html http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/richard-harvey-who-therapy-sm.mp4 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/rh-clip-who-therapy-sm.jpg Who Can Benefit from Therapy? Those who experience personal disappointment or crisis through the stages of their lives can benefit from counseling and psychotherapy. As can those who wish to address the source of their concerns, or seek an alternative to medication. Therapy can also offer guidance to those who wish to embark on the inner journey to realize their true selves 2010-05-17 Therapy Psychotherapy Counseling Benefits Who Alternative Medication yes 118 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/calendar-workshops-courses.html http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/richard-harvey-inner-work.mp4 http://www.therapyandspirituality.com/media/rh-clip-inner-work.jpg What We Need for Inner Work to Flower Inner work requires outer support and skilfull guidance. By breaking old habits we are able to relate authentically to others and to the outer world. By shedding the confines of our personalities we become our authentic selves - this is the flowering of inner work 2010-05-17 Inner Work Journey Authentic Self Requirements yes 107