Therapists in Austin, TX
Alisa Carr
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78745
For those desiring a deeper dive, I offer an intensive retreat-like experience, virtual and in person, which can include energy work, Contemplative and Esoteric spirituality, Intuitive Tarot readings and ceremony.
As a psychotherapist in the South Austin area, I counsel adults, with a variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, adjustment issues, trauma, and grief and loss. It is my desire to facilitate your transformation, healing, and growth toward wholeness. I will encourage, and often challenge, you to discover and listen to all aspects of yourself, enabling more authentic expression, expanded creativity and intuition, and connection to your life passion. I desire to create a physical and emotional space for you that is warm, accepting, and non-judgmental. I also work with clients as an InterSpiritual Guidess.
For those desiring a deeper dive, I offer an intensive retreat-like experience, virtual and in person, which can include energy work, Contemplative and Esoteric spirituality, Intuitive Tarot readings and ceremony.
As a psychotherapist in the South Austin area, I counsel adults, with a variety of issues, including anxiety, depression, adjustment issues, trauma, and grief and loss. It is my desire to facilitate your transformation, healing, and growth toward wholeness. I will encourage, and often challenge, you to discover and listen to all aspects of yourself, enabling more authentic expression, expanded creativity and intuition, and connection to your life passion. I desire to create a physical and emotional space for you that is warm, accepting, and non-judgmental. I also work with clients as an InterSpiritual Guidess.
Lara Wulsin
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78746
Are you struggling to feel happy, fulfilled, authentic and/or connected? Do you feel caught in repeating cycles and patterns you would like to move on from? I hear you and I get it. As a therapist, my passion is for supporting you as you engage your own strengths in the process of change and transformation. I work with a variety of issues, including life purpose, transitions, depression, anxiety, relationships, parenting, midlife unravelings, trauma, stress management, grief and loss, high sensitivity and spirituality, among others. I work with individuals and couples, offering a mindfulness-based approach to therapy.
Are you struggling to feel happy, fulfilled, authentic and/or connected? Do you feel caught in repeating cycles and patterns you would like to move on from? I hear you and I get it. As a therapist, my passion is for supporting you as you engage your own strengths in the process of change and transformation. I work with a variety of issues, including life purpose, transitions, depression, anxiety, relationships, parenting, midlife unravelings, trauma, stress management, grief and loss, high sensitivity and spirituality, among others. I work with individuals and couples, offering a mindfulness-based approach to therapy.
Mia Pastel
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78704
My areas of focus include family of origin issues, single incident traumas, and incorporation of religion & spirituality.
I offer support through the combination of evidence-based practices and warm, authentic connection. I use a collaborative and holistic approach to tailor the therapeutic process to your specific needs. Is a recent or past trauma is manifesting in ways that interfere with your ability to live a life of wellness? Are you acting or reacting in ways that are incongruent with your authentic self? Are you having trouble connecting to yourself or others, or struggling to maintain sustainable relationships? Do you simply want a mental health professional to walk with you through life’s many challenges and complexities?
My areas of focus include family of origin issues, single incident traumas, and incorporation of religion & spirituality.
I offer support through the combination of evidence-based practices and warm, authentic connection. I use a collaborative and holistic approach to tailor the therapeutic process to your specific needs. Is a recent or past trauma is manifesting in ways that interfere with your ability to live a life of wellness? Are you acting or reacting in ways that are incongruent with your authentic self? Are you having trouble connecting to yourself or others, or struggling to maintain sustainable relationships? Do you simply want a mental health professional to walk with you through life’s many challenges and complexities?
Richard John Rathbun
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LPC, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78759 (Online Only)
I would describe my practice as helping people work through life issues in ways that promote relational, emotional and spiritual growth. My clinical areas of interest include spirituality, depression, anxiety, and relationship problems. I also specialize in working with men's issues. I apply a Christian/faith-based approach to counseling and am trained in both theology and professional counseling. I am an ordained minister and pastoral counselor. I don't impose my beliefs on clients, and respect all faith/spiritual traditions as valuable resources for healing. Areas of expertise include depression, anxiety, childhood abuse, personality disorders, faith crisis, marriage, family, adolescent, and relationship issues.
I would describe my practice as helping people work through life issues in ways that promote relational, emotional and spiritual growth. My clinical areas of interest include spirituality, depression, anxiety, and relationship problems. I also specialize in working with men's issues. I apply a Christian/faith-based approach to counseling and am trained in both theology and professional counseling. I am an ordained minister and pastoral counselor. I don't impose my beliefs on clients, and respect all faith/spiritual traditions as valuable resources for healing. Areas of expertise include depression, anxiety, childhood abuse, personality disorders, faith crisis, marriage, family, adolescent, and relationship issues.
Emily Keefer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, ADS
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78746
I specialize in substance use, co-occurring disorders, and spirituality and do both individual and group work with adults.
I believe that all individuals have the capacity to self-heal. A supportive and respectful therapeutic relationship can be the perfect catalyst for growth and change. Through a guided and collaborative approach, we can discover why we fall into the same patterns, often reliving past hurts, and develop practical strategies for choosing to live life differently. By exploring vulnerability and tapping in to our creative, authentic selves, lasting change can occur.
I specialize in substance use, co-occurring disorders, and spirituality and do both individual and group work with adults.
I believe that all individuals have the capacity to self-heal. A supportive and respectful therapeutic relationship can be the perfect catalyst for growth and change. Through a guided and collaborative approach, we can discover why we fall into the same patterns, often reliving past hurts, and develop practical strategies for choosing to live life differently. By exploring vulnerability and tapping in to our creative, authentic selves, lasting change can occur.
Najeeha Khan
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78759
I am passionate about integrating Health at Every Size with concerns about body image, self-esteem, disordered eating, spirituality, depression, anxiety, and more.
You might be hoping to improve your relationship with food, or to heal from the societal messages you've absorbed about your body, or to simply understand yourself better. I believe that revitalizing our relationship with our bodies and with food is not just a deeply personal and individual journey, but it is also a matter of societal reclamation and community-inspired advocacy. Messages we hear from our families, communities, and media can make us feel disconnected from our physical experience, and in therapy you can work towards regenerating that bond in a way that is empowering and life-changing.
I am passionate about integrating Health at Every Size with concerns about body image, self-esteem, disordered eating, spirituality, depression, anxiety, and more.
You might be hoping to improve your relationship with food, or to heal from the societal messages you've absorbed about your body, or to simply understand yourself better. I believe that revitalizing our relationship with our bodies and with food is not just a deeply personal and individual journey, but it is also a matter of societal reclamation and community-inspired advocacy. Messages we hear from our families, communities, and media can make us feel disconnected from our physical experience, and in therapy you can work towards regenerating that bond in a way that is empowering and life-changing.
Kathryn Whistler Austin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78746
Mindfulness and Spirituality are two areas I explore with most of my clients, working to help support individuals committed to living their best lives.
ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS - My ideal client is someone who is feeling stagnant in their life and longing for more, more meaning, more joy, more balance. I also specialize in working with adults who have experienced childhood trauma that currently effects their ability to build healthy relationships, maintain emotional balance, and/or pursue their goals. I enjoy working with people as they move through life transitions, anything from the loss of a loved one to identity milestones. Additionally, I offer a number of spiritual and energy services that support a holistic approach to healing.
Mindfulness and Spirituality are two areas I explore with most of my clients, working to help support individuals committed to living their best lives.
ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS - My ideal client is someone who is feeling stagnant in their life and longing for more, more meaning, more joy, more balance. I also specialize in working with adults who have experienced childhood trauma that currently effects their ability to build healthy relationships, maintain emotional balance, and/or pursue their goals. I enjoy working with people as they move through life transitions, anything from the loss of a loved one to identity milestones. Additionally, I offer a number of spiritual and energy services that support a holistic approach to healing.
Allen Males
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78734
Therapists take on a number of different roles in their work. I predominately view my role as guide. The main focus of my practice is helping clients create a balanced and joyful life. The majority of my sessions are conducted through a virtual platform but I also offer in-person sessions in outdoor settings. I specialize in Life transitions, Anxiety, Eating disorders, Substance/Addiction, Depression, Highly sensitive individuals, Reconnecting with nature, and Spirituality. Through utilizing existing tools, as well as learning new possibilities of living, clients are able to reach their full potential for prolonged success.
Therapists take on a number of different roles in their work. I predominately view my role as guide. The main focus of my practice is helping clients create a balanced and joyful life. The majority of my sessions are conducted through a virtual platform but I also offer in-person sessions in outdoor settings. I specialize in Life transitions, Anxiety, Eating disorders, Substance/Addiction, Depression, Highly sensitive individuals, Reconnecting with nature, and Spirituality. Through utilizing existing tools, as well as learning new possibilities of living, clients are able to reach their full potential for prolonged success.
Coral Gutierrez
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78730 (Online Only)
I am fully bilingual in English and Spanish and my areas of expertise are: childhood trauma, working with survivors of abuse, PTSD, anxiety, depression, confidence issues, grief, eating disorders, weight loss /bariatrics, spirituality, work related issues and more.
Hi, I'm Coral! I am a holistic healer that incorporates both tradition and non-traditional techniques to help treat the individual as a whole. My approach integrates spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional forms of well-being. My goal is to help individuals develop a deeper understanding of themselves on all these levels. I want to help you think bigger than your problems and help you heal the past so that you can break the patterns that are holding you back from your next level. I enjoy working with individuals, including teens and young adults, and I also work with couples and families who want to improve their communication.
I am fully bilingual in English and Spanish and my areas of expertise are: childhood trauma, working with survivors of abuse, PTSD, anxiety, depression, confidence issues, grief, eating disorders, weight loss /bariatrics, spirituality, work related issues and more.
Hi, I'm Coral! I am a holistic healer that incorporates both tradition and non-traditional techniques to help treat the individual as a whole. My approach integrates spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional forms of well-being. My goal is to help individuals develop a deeper understanding of themselves on all these levels. I want to help you think bigger than your problems and help you heal the past so that you can break the patterns that are holding you back from your next level. I enjoy working with individuals, including teens and young adults, and I also work with couples and families who want to improve their communication.
Amberlea Patrick
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78757
Discovering the Wisdom Within: Cultivating consciousness and tuning into presence-- I integrate spirituality into psychotherapy. These two pathways to healing are intimately connected, both offering important and necessary tools for deep healing and awakening. Psychotherapy employs tested processes to understand personality traits, events that create disturbance in our lives, and patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Spirituality offers us the ability to encourage loving kindness with all that we are. It teaches us to nurture and develop the inner observer, present moment awareness, non-judgment, and heart-centered thinking. Cultivating intimacy with all that we are--light and dark, high and low, superficial and deep.
Discovering the Wisdom Within: Cultivating consciousness and tuning into presence-- I integrate spirituality into psychotherapy. These two pathways to healing are intimately connected, both offering important and necessary tools for deep healing and awakening. Psychotherapy employs tested processes to understand personality traits, events that create disturbance in our lives, and patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Spirituality offers us the ability to encourage loving kindness with all that we are. It teaches us to nurture and develop the inner observer, present moment awareness, non-judgment, and heart-centered thinking. Cultivating intimacy with all that we are--light and dark, high and low, superficial and deep.
Lotus Rising ATX, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S, LCDC-I
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78731 (Online Only)
I am a multi-cultural therapist who is passionate about mindfulness and body-centered tools to empower you in your healing journey. I provide virtual Trauma-Informed therapy to adults from diverse backgrounds, cultures, identities, and experiences. My areas of specialty include working with people experiencing and coping with: Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Substance Use Challenges, Trauma/Post-traumatic Stress, Relationship Challenges, Life transitions, and clients exploring spirituality and/or their identity/identities (BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ Affirming).
I am a multi-cultural therapist who is passionate about mindfulness and body-centered tools to empower you in your healing journey. I provide virtual Trauma-Informed therapy to adults from diverse backgrounds, cultures, identities, and experiences. My areas of specialty include working with people experiencing and coping with: Depression, Anxiety, Grief, Substance Use Challenges, Trauma/Post-traumatic Stress, Relationship Challenges, Life transitions, and clients exploring spirituality and/or their identity/identities (BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ Affirming).
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Conscious Grace Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78750
Conscious Grace is about finding a way to let go of the striving and the pressure and to build an identity and spirituality that is aligned with your honest feelings, thoughts and experiences.
At Conscious Grace Therapy, I work with clients to explore their relationship to self and to develop a life that is a more authentic expression of who they are and how they actually experience the world. My clients often identify feeling so overwhelmed by expectations, responsibilities and challenging experiences that being honest with what they feel, need, desire or experience is often not a realistic option. Instead, they live in the tension of striving to be the person they need to be or are supposed to be.
Conscious Grace is about finding a way to let go of the striving and the pressure and to build an identity and spirituality that is aligned with your honest feelings, thoughts and experiences.
At Conscious Grace Therapy, I work with clients to explore their relationship to self and to develop a life that is a more authentic expression of who they are and how they actually experience the world. My clients often identify feeling so overwhelmed by expectations, responsibilities and challenging experiences that being honest with what they feel, need, desire or experience is often not a realistic option. Instead, they live in the tension of striving to be the person they need to be or are supposed to be.
Gena St. David
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LPC-S, LMFT-S
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78702
Waitlist for new clients
I'm an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, LMFT-Supervisor and LPC-Supervisor, Board-Certified Telementalhealth Provider, trained in EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS) and I provide continuing education for clinicians on the Enneagram, spirituality, LGBTQ+ affirmation, faith, spirituality, and multicultural diversity.
You are welcome to reach out to inquire about availability or a warm referral to one of my colleagues.
I'm an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, LMFT-Supervisor and LPC-Supervisor, Board-Certified Telementalhealth Provider, trained in EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS) and I provide continuing education for clinicians on the Enneagram, spirituality, LGBTQ+ affirmation, faith, spirituality, and multicultural diversity.
You are welcome to reach out to inquire about availability or a warm referral to one of my colleagues.
Emily Stone
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT-S
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78701 (Online Only)
I have extensive experience through practice, teaching, and research in life transitions, couples work, sexuality, spirituality, depression, anxiety, anger, trauma, parenting, ADHD, grief, issues of diversity, and LGBTQIA-related issues.
I get what it feels like to feel stuck...seemingly unable to move forward or backward. At my group practice, Unstuck, we are professional therapists and counselors who seek to provide genuine, confidential, safe, and healing space for anyone who feels stuck in life. We focus on individuals and couples working through relationship struggles, symptoms of depression or anxiety, navigating life transitions, coming out trauma, dealing with family dynamics, spiritual questioning, or anything that makes them feel stuck or trapped in their current circumstances.
I have extensive experience through practice, teaching, and research in life transitions, couples work, sexuality, spirituality, depression, anxiety, anger, trauma, parenting, ADHD, grief, issues of diversity, and LGBTQIA-related issues.
I get what it feels like to feel stuck...seemingly unable to move forward or backward. At my group practice, Unstuck, we are professional therapists and counselors who seek to provide genuine, confidential, safe, and healing space for anyone who feels stuck in life. We focus on individuals and couples working through relationship struggles, symptoms of depression or anxiety, navigating life transitions, coming out trauma, dealing with family dynamics, spiritual questioning, or anything that makes them feel stuck or trapped in their current circumstances.
Arthur Aguilar
Marriage & Family Therapist, MMFT, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78783 (Online Only)
), depression, spirituality, and sexual addiction.
Wouldn't it be nice to have an eraser for the drawing of life? If it were a map the roads would double back, go in circles for miles, and have multiple dead ends. Most roads would traverse through hills, valleys, caves, and mountain tops. Norman Cousins once said, "Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live". Families and individuals alike can be greatly affected by the transitions of life. Whether it is a deployment, birth, or difficult diagnosis, these are the events that shape us. They make us who we are.
), depression, spirituality, and sexual addiction.
Wouldn't it be nice to have an eraser for the drawing of life? If it were a map the roads would double back, go in circles for miles, and have multiple dead ends. Most roads would traverse through hills, valleys, caves, and mountain tops. Norman Cousins once said, "Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live". Families and individuals alike can be greatly affected by the transitions of life. Whether it is a deployment, birth, or difficult diagnosis, these are the events that shape us. They make us who we are.
Zina Krivoruk
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CHT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 73344 (Online Only)
As a therapist, I specialize in working with highly sensitive individuals, those eager to explore spirituality in depth, teachers, creative minds, and individuals striving to enhance their roles as partners in relationships. My core therapeutic approach is rooted in mindfulness, shaped by my intensive training in a Buddhist Monastery where I honed my meditation skills, and embraced prolonged periods of introspective silence. These experiences have equipped me with the tools to guide others towards a space of joyful self-discovery, facilitating the germination of authentic desires.
As a therapist, I specialize in working with highly sensitive individuals, those eager to explore spirituality in depth, teachers, creative minds, and individuals striving to enhance their roles as partners in relationships. My core therapeutic approach is rooted in mindfulness, shaped by my intensive training in a Buddhist Monastery where I honed my meditation skills, and embraced prolonged periods of introspective silence. These experiences have equipped me with the tools to guide others towards a space of joyful self-discovery, facilitating the germination of authentic desires.
Dr. Runa Korde
Psychologist, PhD, MS, MA
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 73301 (Online Only)
I find the use of humor, art, poetry, music, and spirituality allow me and my clients to get in touch with aspects of ourselves that are beyond our cognitive experience and truly allow us to feel and therefore, heal.
At Human, my focus is to create a space where my clients feel safe and welcome with all their strengths and weakness and all their experiences - a space where they can just 'be'. Life brings us all kinds of experiences and some of those can be hard to cope with as is. My goal is to help you find the strength you already have within to learn and grow from these experiences as you continue to process them.
I find the use of humor, art, poetry, music, and spirituality allow me and my clients to get in touch with aspects of ourselves that are beyond our cognitive experience and truly allow us to feel and therefore, heal.
At Human, my focus is to create a space where my clients feel safe and welcome with all their strengths and weakness and all their experiences - a space where they can just 'be'. Life brings us all kinds of experiences and some of those can be hard to cope with as is. My goal is to help you find the strength you already have within to learn and grow from these experiences as you continue to process them.
Stephanie Garza
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MDiv, LCSW-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78748
Although beautiful, life can bring chaos and moments of pain sometimes creating mental, emotional and spiritual wounds. Therapy can be a space to tend to those wounds finding strength in our adversity. I support clients by exploring their experiences integrating relational healing, spirituality, and grief work with the goal of overcoming hardships making space for more joy, wellness, and love.
Although beautiful, life can bring chaos and moments of pain sometimes creating mental, emotional and spiritual wounds. Therapy can be a space to tend to those wounds finding strength in our adversity. I support clients by exploring their experiences integrating relational healing, spirituality, and grief work with the goal of overcoming hardships making space for more joy, wellness, and love.
Jessica Buss
Psychologist, PhD, BCB
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78738
With a background in health psychology, I view overall wellness and high quality of life as involving health and balance in all areas of living: mind, body, emotion, relationships, and spirituality/religion.
My goal is to help you discover your true self and lead a life worth celebrating. While difficult situations or experiences are an inevitable part of life, you and I can work together to resolve and overcome your challenges. I am committed to creating a safe, welcoming, supportive place where you are treated with kindness, acceptance, and respect. You are given permission to be just as you are, while working toward the growth and happiness. I believe every human being is deserving and capable of self-confidence, inner peace, self-love, and healthy living.
With a background in health psychology, I view overall wellness and high quality of life as involving health and balance in all areas of living: mind, body, emotion, relationships, and spirituality/religion.
My goal is to help you discover your true self and lead a life worth celebrating. While difficult situations or experiences are an inevitable part of life, you and I can work together to resolve and overcome your challenges. I am committed to creating a safe, welcoming, supportive place where you are treated with kindness, acceptance, and respect. You are given permission to be just as you are, while working toward the growth and happiness. I believe every human being is deserving and capable of self-confidence, inner peace, self-love, and healthy living.
Untangled Counseling & Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT, MDiv, LMFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78733 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I have personal experience with special needs, LGBTQI, addiction, and immigrant families; expecting parents; faith/spirituality; and eating disorders.
Waitlist until September - I have over 15 years of very diverse clinical experience in: special siblings, eating disorders (HAES), substance abuse, codependency, pre-marital + couples therapy, infidelity, grief/loss, anxiety, depression, and self/person of the therapist. I have extensive training in areas of faith/spirituality and in issues of transference/countertransference for healthcare professionals, particularly other therapists. My lived experience is as an Asian-American with immigrant parents; with special needs and LGBTQI families; issue with pregnancy and postpartum, as well adjustments to motherhood/parenthood.
I have personal experience with special needs, LGBTQI, addiction, and immigrant families; expecting parents; faith/spirituality; and eating disorders.
Waitlist until September - I have over 15 years of very diverse clinical experience in: special siblings, eating disorders (HAES), substance abuse, codependency, pre-marital + couples therapy, infidelity, grief/loss, anxiety, depression, and self/person of the therapist. I have extensive training in areas of faith/spirituality and in issues of transference/countertransference for healthcare professionals, particularly other therapists. My lived experience is as an Asian-American with immigrant parents; with special needs and LGBTQI families; issue with pregnancy and postpartum, as well adjustments to motherhood/parenthood.
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Spirituality Therapists
What should I expect from therapy that incorporates a focus on spirituality?
Spirituality can mean different things to different individuals, depending on their experiences, beliefs, and life histories. Some individuals focus on strengthening their belief system, while others experience spirituality in secular ways, such as through meditation, yoga, or by spending time in nature. Clients can expect a therapist to help guide and grow their spirituality through any of these techniques, encouraging the individual to cope with the challenges they face and develop strategies to build resilience and purpose to improve their outlook in life.
What are the most common treatments that include spirituality?
There are several treatments that incorporate spirituality. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) helps a person examine and reframe their negative thoughts and behaviors. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) focuses on emotional acceptance and psychological flexibility. Existential therapy is most often used to address anxiety, depression, grief, loneliness, apathy, despair, questions of identity, and feelings of purposelessness and existential dread. Transpersonal therapy focuses on a client’s spirituality and meaning in life and may incorporate techniques including meditation, visualization, hypnotherapy, dream analysis, and or breathwork.
Can therapy incorporating spirituality help atheistic or agnostic individuals?
Yes. For non-believers, spirituality can offer benefits including a greater sense of connection to others and to the natural world. An interest in spirituality may also spur individuals to pursue mindfulness practices, or to contemplate their purpose in life and how to achieve it.
How effective is spirituality as a therapeutic remedy?
Research suggests spirituality is generally beneficial for individuals. It is correlated with better health habits, such as less substance use, and an improved capacity to cope with stress and other mental health challenges. Increased spirituality can lead individuals to become more empathic and less materialistic, as well.