RICHARD HARVEY
Personal Change and Spiritual Growth
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You may be seeking clarity and healing through counseling, transformation through depth psychotherapy, or spiritual growth and guidance. Whether you are new to this or have tried it before, here you can discover new ideas and practices, get help and encouragement, and find inspiration.
About Richard Harvey
I am a psycho-spiritual psychotherapist, author and spiritual teacher. In my early twenties I became part of the Human Potential Movement and studied with some of the leading figures of Western psychology and meditation masters.
After years of study and inward searching, I had a personal breakthrough which I experienced as a transformation into authenticity. I worked hard to integrate these new insights and stabilize in the deeper understanding that I received from my years of personal work. Out of this rich experience my practice developed and I began working with individuals, couples and groups. Since 2002 I have lived in Andalucia, southern Spain.
Biography
My work spans nearly 50 years. During that time I have worked with individuals, couples, groups and communities, both psychologically and spiritually. I have helped hundreds of people to find greater peace and fulfillment in their lives. My approach is to encourage, empower and enable people to clarify, heal, and liberate themselves from the restrictive conditioning that compromises their relationships, family and working lives.
I have led groups, workshops, seminars and training courses throughout Europe, as well as maintaining a private practice. I have acted as a consultant to training courses, worked with staff groups and communities, run supervision groups and acted as a supervisor to psychotherapists, counsellors and other healing practitioners.
At the heart of my work is the awakening of individual consciousness, within the wider context of collective spiritual awakening, through a threefold process of work on the personality, the transformation into authenticity, and the realization of our true nature.
My Approach to Therapy
My approach to therapy is based on an authentic meeting. The central characteristics of this meeting are mutual respect, openness and empathy. My work is founded on the essential practice of awareness and my style is receptive and client-led, intuitive and responsive.
I intend to provide an environment of safety and support in which you can share your inner and outer experience with me without judgment or interpretation.
Therapeutic Relationship
The therapy relationship is a deep alliance of trust and shared intention. Support for the inner journey may be psychological counseling, guidance in exploring the deep unconscious, or spiritual teaching. The effective therapy relationship challenges your self-restricting patterns and supports your inner development.
The process has the capacity to lead to insight, understanding and a true connection to essence. The therapy relationship is inherently natural and alive, often vibrant, spontaneous and unpredictable, and always healing.
Shared Aims
The shared aims of therapy are to encourage and empower you to release restrictive emotional-behavioral patterns by shedding your habitual character defenses, and embrace the challenges of life as positive opportunities for growth and change.
Through dialog and shared reflection, we reveal the unconscious self-contraction created by fear and conflict, anger and frustration, pain and hurt, grief, sadness and shame.
My Belief
I believe in the integrity, innate wisdom and natural self-healing ability of human beings. We can overcome our limitations, fulfill our innate longing to be authentic and realize our unique individuality through self-honesty, strong intention and courage.
Therapy succeeds through persistent, gentle consideration and exploration of the inner realms of the body-mind, soul and spirit expressed in thought, emotion, feeling, awareness and the sense of self.
Through empathy and acceptance we experience the deep healing that leads to happiness, joy, satisfaction, and the fulfillment of your true and complete potential.
Sacred Attention Therapy (SAT) Online Training
The Sacred Attention Therapy (SAT) Online Training Course is a psycho-spiritual psychotherapy training that is progressive, radical, and innovative. The SAT training consists of four levels of teaching. Each of Levels 1-3 consists of twelve modules and the recommended time for completing each level of the training is between six months and two years. Level 4 is an inspired specialist manual in practicing as an advanced SAT therapist, capable of facilitating and guiding through the First and Second Stages of Awakening.
Who is this training for?
Therapists—psychotherapists, counselors, and other healing practitioners
People who want to train to become SAT therapists
Seekers who wish to practice SAT for their own personal growth and spiritual development
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Individual Psychotherapy Retreats
Healing Retreats in Southern Spain — Space for Real Transformation
Step away from daily life and take a full week to reconnect with yourself in the serene beauty of the Alpujarras, southern Spain. This retreat offers a peaceful, natural setting where we slow down, listen deeply, and gently explore what lies beneath the surface.
Through guided therapeutic sessions, presence, and stillness, you'll have the space to support your emotional healing, deepen your self-awareness, and nurture your inner growth.
A rare opportunity to rest, reflect, and return to what truly matters.
Individual Psychotherapy Retreats take place with Agnès in Órgiva, Alpujarras, Andalusia.
You can get more information, book and contact her directly via her website in the link below.
Group Retreats in Southern Spain
A Sacred Space for Inner Transformation
Join Richard Harvey and Agnès for a powerful group retreat in the Alpujarras, southern Spain. These week-long retreats offer a rare opportunity to engage in deep inner work within a safe and supportive group setting.
Rooted in the principles of Sacred Attention Therapy, our retreats guide participants through three essential stages: healing the past, self-discovery, and awakening to the present moment.
Through shared exploration, therapeutic dialogue, and time in nature, you are invited to reconnect with your inner truth, release old patterns, and step into a more conscious, authentic way of being.
No prior experience is necessary—only a sincere willingness to grow.
The Center for Human Awakening
Our mission is to awaken individual consciousness, further global healing and the collective awakening of humanity, in order to establish the spiritual-sacred foundation for a new era of awareness, compassion and peace.