Spiritual Psychotherapy - Counseling For Mental Health

Learn principles and practices of spiritual liberation to use in counseling and psychotherapy for mental health

What you'll learn
Psychology of Yoga: Nothing to do with postures
Psychology of everyday conduct, devotion, and mental health
Vedanta Meditations for Promoting mental wellbeing
Understanding Suffering and Emotional Freedom
Requirements
No
Description
This course is useful for Counselors & Therapists who would like to integrate Spirituality into their practiceYoga is not only physical exercise or posture. There is a whole psychological basis to it. This course is not about learning how to do different poses of yoga. This course is about learning how to take care of your mental health and live an emotionally charged life. If you are unfamiliar with the concept of yoga or assume it is about physical exercise please know it is more than that. This is a course on psychology.In this course, you will learn three yoga paths that are Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga. Everything from basic understanding, core principles, and methods of practice will be included in this course. Along with the videos you will be able to do download mp3 files of all lectures. Below is the basic understanding of what these three yoga paths are. 1. Karma Counseling – the yoga/psychology of action and selfless serviceClients having problems of depression, anxiety, etc with regards to the Work and Career area can benefit tremendously from this skill. This resonates most with those who are community-based and of an outgoing nature. Karma yoga purifies the heart and burns away selfish tendencies by encouraging a detachment from the fruits of actions. In this way, there is no expectation of personal gain or recognition. All actions are done with a focus on Oneness, therefore establishing a connection with the True Self. Mother Theresa is an example of a well-known karma yogi.2. Bhakti Counseling – the yoga/psychology of devotion and loveClients having problems of depression, anxiety, etc with regards to managing emotions, self-image and relationships area can benefit tremendously from this skill. According to this path, a lack of faith in the Divine or Sacred Essence has caused us to lose connection to our Divine Self. The solution, therefore, is love, surrender, and devotion to the Divine qualities in everything. Bhakti Yoga asks us to purify and transform our egotistic self-love by focusing the mind on sacred thoughts and transferring all our love and emotions into the Divine essence that permeates all. Examples of Bhakti Yoga are chanting and devotional rituals. This path resonates most with those of an emotional nature.3. Rāja Counseling – the practice of meditationClients having problems that arise due to agitation of mind, stressful lifestyle and more complex problems such as PTSD, Suicidal Thinking, ADHD, etc can benefit tremendously from this skill. The restlessness of the mind has caused our attention to become carried away in stories and disconnected from our True Essence, according to this path. The solution, then, is to calm the mind through meditation in order to reveal the Oneness that we are in our truest essence. This is done via the Ashtanga (8 limbs) system, as outlined by Patañjali in the Raja Yoga Sutras. Most yoga classes in today’s society are steeped in the Raja Yoga path. This path is most suited for those with a nature that resonates with method-based practice.4. Spirituality for Emotional FreedomIn this section, you will learn the core spiritual teachings that will help you overcome your problems in life. This course is divided into 4 lectures 1: Root of all sufferings2: The ultimate solution to eradicate all suffering 3: Troubleshooting problems on the path 4: Desirelessness In each lecture, we will look at the scientific reasons for our problems and scientific solutions to overcome our sufferings. "Suffering" is an umbrella term for all pains we experience because of our mind, body and world. The suffering includes common problems such as anger, jealousy, low self-esteem to major problems such as depression, suicidal tendencies, anxiety and other kinds.There are many practices and principles that you will learn in this course, which covers a significant amount of teachings from Vedanta, Swami Vivekananda and Bhagavad Gita. All the yoga paths are based on Hinduism, however, these principles are more about love, mindset and humanity rather than religion. Therefore, they can be practised by anyone regardless of their age, gender, experience, and religious choice. Counsellors and Mental Health professionals can use these philosophies and practices for their clients along with the regular counselling of CBT or any other therapy.Course created by Vyas Psychology Training Centre.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to Basic Concepts

Lecture 1 Introduction and Course Overview

Lecture 2 What is Yoga?

Lecture 3 Four Paradigms of Spiritual Problem

Lecture 4 What is Spiritual Enlightenment?

Section 2: Karma Counseling – the yoga/psychology of action and selfless service

Lecture 5 What is Karma Yoga?

Lecture 6 Problem of Impure Mind

Lecture 7 7 Conditions to qualify as Karma

Lecture 8 Ideal of Karma Yoga

Lecture 9 3 Levels of Karma Yoga

Lecture 10 Part 1 - Art of Work Karma Yoga

Lecture 11 Part 2 - Art of Work Karma Yoga

Lecture 12 Part 3 - Art of Work Karma Yoga

Lecture 13 Part 4 - Art of Work Karma Yoga

Lecture 14 Karma Yoga Conlusion

Section 3: Bhakti Counseling – the yoga/psychology of devotion and love

Lecture 15 Part 1 - Bhakti Yoga

Lecture 16 Part 2 - Bhakti Yoga

Lecture 17 Qualifications of the Aspirant (Bhakta)

Lecture 18 The Method of Bhakti Yoga

Lecture 19 Realization 01

Section 4: Rāja Counseling – the practice of meditation

Lecture 20 What is Raja Yoga?

Lecture 21 Ashtanga 8 Limbs of Raja Yoga

Lecture 22 Yama, Niyama and Asana

Lecture 23 Pranayama - Breath Control

Lecture 24 The Psychic Prana - Kundalini Awakening

Lecture 25 Energy Centers - Chakras

Lecture 26 Benefits of Kundalini Awakening

Lecture 27 Signs of Awakening

Lecture 28 Meditation 01

Lecture 29 Meditation 02

Lecture 30 Meditation 03

Lecture 31 Meditation 04

Lecture 32 Meditation 05

Lecture 33 Pratyahara & Dharana

Lecture 34 Dhyana & Samadhi

Section 5: Spirituality for Emotional Freedom

Lecture 35 Law of Karma - Root of all human suffering

Lecture 36 Four Yoga Paths - Solutions

Lecture 37 Trouble Shooting

Lecture 38 Realization 02

Lecture 40 Course Completion

Counselor & Therapists who would like to integrate Spirituality into their practice,People wanting to learn true yoga which is beyond postures and breath work