Spiritual psychotherapy

The author proposes the practice of spiritual psychotherapy, which transcen ds but does not preclude traditional modalities or strategies of treatment. The terms soul and spirit are distinguished as different transpersonal abs tractions, yet are inextricably linked. The former aims nt revealing the my stery of relatedness and intimacy in everyday life, the latter at finding t he divine in universal life. For the spiritual therapist, these concepts ar e applied to a therapeutic context of care and compassion-which means love and belief beyond oneself: More specifically, the way to soulfulness requir es Love of Others, Love of Work, and Love of Belonging, whereas the way to spirituality requires Belief in the Sacred, Belief in Unity, and Belief in transformation. By cultivating a soulful and spiritual existence, thus cond ucting one's clinical practice on the basis Of these six tenets of transcen dence, the therapist can guide the patient to reach his or her own authenti c self.