Spiritual Psychotherapy: The New Fusion in Psychology

David H. Rosmarin, PhD, is the director of the Spirituality and Mental Health Program at McLean Hospital and an associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rosmarin studies the relevance of spirituality to mental health, and he innovates methods for clinicians to address this area of life. He has published over 100 manuscripts, editorials, and chapters, and served as co-editor of the Handbook of Spirituality, Religion and Mental Health.

02:02 What if someone doesn’t believe in a soul?
03:29 Do you specifically offer your patients spiritual
therapy?
04:52 Do you think spiritual therapy is a better option?
07:06 Has materialism stunted psychology?
08:53 Do the practitioners need to believe it?
12:53 Is Psychology only about the brain and its neurons?
17:50 Do you believe that the body and soul actually communicate?
24:45 Should we ever drive the body towards obedience?
31:53 Does the soul have imperfections?
34:51 Is the body responsible for our emotional state?
36:30 How are these ideas being received in academia?
37:51 What is the most dramatic change that you’ve seen in someone?
40:40 Is this the future of psychology?