Psychology from the Heart: The Spiritual Depth of Clinical Psychology

by Raymond Lloyd Richmond

. . . Texts that speak to the spiritual depth of life, collected from the writings of Raymond Lloyd Richmond, Ph.D. Psychology has too often been preoccupied with the pursuit of happiness, and it has missed the point about helping individuals understand life and find a personally meaningful—and practical—sense of direction. Psychology itself cannot offer any meaning to life, but it can help individuals disentangle themselves from the snare of illusory social identifications that keep us trapped in spiritual blindness and pull us backwards into self-destruction. I can offer no “proof” of God, nor can I prove that spirituality is anything more than a figment of our imaginations. But look at it this If you value spirituality, what do you have to lose? Mediocrity. What do you have to gain? Everything. . Includes chapters Anger | Competition | Culture | Depression | Despair | Evil | Family | Fear | Forgiveness | Guilt | Hate | Healing | Honesty | Hope | Humility | Identity | Love | Mercy | Peace | Prayer | Pride | Romance and Eroticism | Self-sabotage | Sin | Sorrow | Spirituality | Spiritual Growth | Suffering | Suicide | Trauma | Trust | The Unconscious | Victimization

Genres: Psychology, Faith, Catholic

270 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 18, 2011

Reviews

[J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This author again does a good job, I read his book on "Healing" and found it helpful, not sure if this book should be read first as the primer to the other book, or if it should be read last to get a concentrated drop of what is in the other book. Either way, the author does a great job organizing his thoughts and lets each paragraph act as a stand-alone or be read together all at once. For those who are really lead by this book from insight to insight, they'll finish this book pretty quickly. Again, I am happy to know that a devout Catholic was able to bridge the otherwise secular-laden realm of psychodynamic therapy.