The Association is a 501(C3) membership organization whose primary purpose is educational.

History and Mission
Originally, the Center for Spirituality and Psychotherapy (CSP) was formed in 1997 in response to the rapidly growing interest in the relationship between spirituality and psychotherapy, and held its first conference in 1998. It was the first center of this kind within a major psychotherapy and psychoanalytic training institute, the National Institute for the Psychotherapies.

After three annual conferences on spirituality and psychotherapy, which drew several hundred participants each time, it gave birth to the international membership organization, the Association for Spirituality and Psychotherapy (ASP) in 2001. Both ASP and CSP (now the Institute for Psychotherapy, Science and Spirituality (IPSS)) are committed to the study of how psychotherapy can foster the emergence of the spiritual dimension in our lives, and how spiritual practice may enhance our personal lives and the psycho-therapeutic experience. Drawing from all religious and spiritual traditions, psychological perspectives and scientific theory and research, we emphasize how the individual can awaken to the spiritual traditions and practices. To that end the Association offers:

1. Conferences on various themes related to spirituality and psychotherapy
     (for professionals and the public and co-sponsored by IPSS)
2. Continuing education workshops and courses on spirituality and psychotherapy
    (for professionals and the public)
3. Networking Meetings Monthly in New York City
4. Semi-annual "Day of Conversation"
5. Semi-annual Newsletter

The Institute for Spirituality, Science, and Psychotherapy (former the Center for Spirituality and Psychotherapy) has offered training programs for many years for health, mental health, and religious professionals and is currently reworking its training concept for the 21st century.

The Association is a voluntary organization that grows and is sustained by the freely donated time and efforts of its members and its Board of Directors. If you would like to participate in ASP's future, please contact cspofnip@optonline.net.

Member Benefits include:

A link to your web site

Monthly Network Meetings

10% off on Conferences and Classes

Access to our Members-only Interactive Message Board

A subscription to our semi-annual Newsletter

A listing in our Membership Professional Directory

A semi-annual Day of Conversation with fellow members

Remember, membership is on a calendar year basis. See ASP Membership link above.

Network Meetings
Won't you join us for a PsychoSpiritual Dialogue?

Date	Friday, October 31st, 2008, 7 PM to 9 PM
Place	250 West 57th Street Suite 501, New York, N.Y. 10019
Facilitator	Lynda Klau, Ph.D.
Topic	Conversations that Matter: Integrating and Implementing Spirituality in Mental Health Practice
Contents	At ASP, we are a group of mental health professionals who proceed from the assumption that spirituality can be implemented in the practice of mental health. We often still struggle, however, with many questions about the most effective ways to integrate spirituality into our practice. Therefore, several pragmatic and theoretical questions emerge for exploration and discovery: What role can spirituality play in the therapeutic process? How do we include the body and its language? How can we best integrate the personal and spiritual selves? What is a “spiritual bypass” and how do its ramifications affect us? What does a psycho-spiritual therapeutic practice look like on a daily basis? When is it useful to avoid spirituality and focus on the individual self? This evening we will have a chance to explore these and other questions. Come with your questions, thoughts, beliefs, case studies, stories, openness, and curiosity. We’ll walk away from our exploration with a deeper perspective on our own point of view, while allowing others to have theirs. May this be the first of many “Conversations that Matter” at the Association for Spirituality and Psychotherapy. More Info at Monthly Network Meeting

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