Spirit in Session

Gratitude

The Thanksgiving Recipe You Just Have to Try

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on November 21, 2022

Want to feel good this Thanksgiving? Take five minutes and follow this recipe for gratitude.

Forgiveness

A Religious Ritual and a Spontaneous Forgiveness

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on April 22, 2022

Personal Perspective: A Good Friday ritual begins in a sanctuary and continues in a grocery store parking lot.

Religion

Transformation and the Symbols of Holy Week

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on April 11, 2022

Religious symbols work beyond the reach of reason and spark transformation we could not create for ourselves. Holy Week is a symbol in which to get lost and be changed.

Types of Therapy

The Most Important Question in Therapy

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on March 30, 2022

Want to get to the heart of the matter? Start with the question, "What do you want?" and follow it all the way down.

Relationships

Love and Courage in Ukraine

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on March 20, 2022

A Personal Perspective: A Ukrainian man runs 25 miles through shelling to reach his in-laws and drive them to safety.

Mindfulness

Ash Wednesday and the Body

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on March 3, 2022

Have you stopped hearing the wisdom of your body? Ash Wednesday reminds you to listen again.

Personality

Passover, Holy Week, and the Psychology of Self-Absorption

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on March 28, 2021

Two of the world's great spiritual traditions have a gift for you this week. It's not what you think.

Sleep

The Opposite of Spiritual

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on March 26, 2021

Is there some essence of what it means to be spiritual, that cuts across diverse spiritual traditions? One way to see "what spiritual is" is through the lens of what it's not.

Spirituality

Spirituality Rarely Wears a Name Tag

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on February 23, 2021

Spirituality is the breath and pulse beneath the surface of things.

Grief

Grief in December 2020

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on December 15, 2020

This was a year of extraordinary loss. Grief is the way we heal.

Types of Therapy

The Divide That Matters More Than Red and Blue

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on November 21, 2020

There's a way across the ideological divide. It starts with you. It starts with your heart.

Types of Therapy

Therapy After the Election

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on October 29, 2020

Here's one sure outcome of next week's election: roughly half the population will feel devastated about it. How will therapists care for them if the therapist feels devastated too?

Spirituality

How Often Is Spirituality a Part of Psychotherapy?

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on September 24, 2020

Can psychotherapy be spiritual even if no explicitly spiritual words are ever spoken?

Stress

Five More Spiritual Practices for Election Season

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on August 27, 2020

Don't let politics get the best of you. Use the stress of this season as a time to strengthen and deepen your spiritual capacity.

Stress

Five Spiritual Practices for Election Season

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on August 24, 2020

Is the political noise around you (and in your own head) stressing you out? Here are five spiritual practices to strengthen your resilience.

Guilt

What Do I Do with My White Guilt?

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on June 26, 2020

More white people are waking up to the realities of racism and showing up as allies for racial justice. What do they do with the guilt they feel for not showing up sooner?

Trauma

Stop Hesitating

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on June 3, 2020

A Black therapist aims to help white and other non-black therapists ask their Black clients directly about the impact of racial trauma. Here's how to begin.

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Spiritual Wisdom in the Time of COVID-19

Russell Siler Jones Th.D., LCMHCS on April 19, 2020

Times like this ask us to call on our deepest spiritual resources. Here's what some of my clients have told me about surprises, intuitions, and service during COVID-19.