Spiritual Psychology and Counseling
October 3, 2026
Gülvade Köroğlu, Saffet Kartopu
Contemplation is considered a fundamental consciousness practice that supports spiritual development in both classical Islamic thought and modern spiritual approaches. This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable scale to measure individuals’ contemplation-based spiritual development levels. Following a literature review and conceptual framework establishment an initial item pool was...
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling
June 30, 2026
Samuel Bendeck Sotillos
The idea of a psychology of mysticism is thought provoking, but it is often carried out by reducing spiritual realities to the level of the psyche and the psychological order, which radically compromises the scope of this endeavor. It needs to be clearly stated that the bringing together of mysticism with psychology is not a novel initiative; this integration is, in fact, embodied in the...
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling
June 30, 2026
Filiz Kunuroglu, Elif Şeker, Dilara Turgut
This study sets out to examine the mediating roles of self-compassion and mindfulness in the link between perceived maternal attitudes and test anxiety among a Turkish group of emerging adults. The study included 368 university students (18–25 years) who completed self-report measures on test anxiety, mindfulness, self-compassion, and parental attitudes. Mediation analysis showed that...
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling
June 1, 2025
Neil Dagnall, Kenneth Drinkwater, Giovanni Caputo et al.
1 citation
Haunted People Syndrome (HP-S) characterizes recurrent ‘ghostly episodes’ as an interactionist phenomenon emerging from people with heightened somatic-sensory sensitivities that are stirred by dis-ease states, contextualized with paranormal belief, and reinforced via perceptual contagion and threat-agency detection. We tested the applicability of this psychological model via a three-part,...
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling
June 1, 2025
Azeem Dana, Pandıamanı Sıvam, Jabarali Abdul Kani et al.
Recent developments in positive psychology and spiritual practices suggest a nuanced pathway to enhancing psychological well-being through the cultivation of mindfulness, interoception, and balanced dual emotions. This article explores the conceptual progression from mindfulness to interoception, further leading to an understanding of internal values and the strategic balancing of the dual...
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling
June 2, 2024
Melisa Sevi Koç
4 citations
This article delves into the deep connection between spirituality and psychology, meticulously analyzing how the definitions of spirituality have changed over time in the realm of psychology. It draws attention to the key differences between spirituality and organized religion, highlighting how spirituality is deeply personal and goes beyond the confines of religious institutions. Furthermore,...
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling
June 15, 2023
Samuel Bendeck Sotillos
The quest for more holistic forms of treatment and healing in modern psychology has been provoked by its sole focus on the management of symptoms. This has led to an alarming rise in the use of psychedelic substances. Yet the true cause behind these maladies of the mind is the burgeoning ‘crisis of meaning’ that we find in the world today. This largely undiagnosed predicament has led to...
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling
March 19, 2021
Peter M. Forster
This article addresses the little-studied area of the subjective experience of meditation through the analysis of the daily meditation diary of an experienced meditator over 2 months during the covid-19 lockdown in England in early 2020. The participant, who began meditating over 40 years ago, practised an open monitoring style of meditation for 90 minutes every day followed by 30-minutes of...
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling
February 15, 2019
Gökhan Özcan
5 citations
Psychodrama is a set of widely-used philosophy, theories, and techniques on which J. L. Moreno laid the foundations. Moreno built his philosophy and practice on spiritual grounds from existential thought, theology, and texts about the relationship between God and man. This article aims to summarize the definition, basic process, and techniques of psychodrama, a group of psychotherapy methods,...
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling
August 15, 2018
Selami Kardaş
1 citation
Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari was a Shadhili Sufi known for his work, al-Hikam al-‘Ata’iyya. Ibn Ata Allah, known for his influential oratorical style, sermons, and conversations, which deeply impacted the masses during his time, reflected these qualities in all his works, especially al-Hikam al-‘Ata’iyya. Along with this, finding information on the deepest topics of mysticism is possible in his...