This article explores the return of psychology as an expression of the soul through existential-humanistic psychotherapy by describing the author’s experience of teaching psychotherapy in Russia. The author’s teaching, writing, and practice are interwoven with the central theme of soul unfoldment. This essential dimension—the soul— returns psychotherapy to its original intent: the healing of the soul.
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