The author proposes the practice of spiritual psychotherapy, which transcends but dose not preclude traditional modalities or strategies of treatment.The terms soul and spirit are distinguished as different transpersonal abstractions, yet are inextricably linked. The former aims at revealing the mystery of relatedness and intimacy in everyday life, the latter at finding the divine in universal life. For the spiritual therapist, these concepts are applied to a therapeutic context of care and compassion which means love and belief beyond oneself.More specifically, the way to soulfulness requires Love of Others, Love of Work, a94 Love of Bylonging, whereas, the way to spirituality requires Belief in the Sacred, Belief in Unity, and Belief in Transformation. By cultivating a soulful and spiritual existence, thus conducting one's clinical practice on the basis of these six tenets of transcendence, the therapist can guide the patient to reach his or her own authentic self.

Despite the fact that individuals with mental retardation experience the same type and range of emotional disorders as the nonretarded Population, the choice of counseling or psychotherapy as a viable treatment option is rarely considered with this Population. This is such that even some scholars have identified the emotionally disturbed population of individuals with mental retardation as one of the most undeserved populations in terms of receiving mental health services. Time and time again they have seen that Children and adolescents who also posses less well developed cognitive abilities are readily taken by mental health centers and private practitioners. Yet they also observed the hesitancy, reluctance, and direct opposition, that those same service providers exhibit when faced with client with mental retardation.As a goal this paper tends to attract practitioners attention to better provide for the mental and emotional problems of those retarded. So as our First part we will discuss beneficial features of counseling and psychotherapy and also we will talk about effective elements involved in the treatments, and at the end we will have a summary of what was said plus all the suggestions offered.

Several psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions are available for treatment of depression. Various Tricyclic antidepressants and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors as well as cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal therapy have all demonstrated to be effective to treat depressive disorders. However, complete recovery is not possible in many cases and some levels of social and occupational dysfunction remains after these treatments. Furthermore, chronic depression and persistence of some symptoms between acute episodes are quite common. As a result, some experts a many studies have shown the efficacy of dynamic psychotherapy in the treatment of depression. Its equal effect, also, has been demonstrated in some comparative studies with cognitive-behavioral therapy and some psychopharmacological treatments. Dynamic psychotherapy of depression treats subclinical as well as clinical symptoms by focusing on concepts such as narcissistic injury, self-directed rage, shame, and guilt. In this lecture, we have a brief review on practical aspects of dynamic psychotherapy for depression.

Background: Ethics is considered in detail in medicine, and it is needed to be respected carefully in psychology and psychotherapy. Ethics code provides a common set of principles and standards upon which psychologists build their professional and scientific work. This ethics code is intended to provide specific standards to cover most situations encountered by psychologists. This study aims to consider general principles and specific ethical issues in psychotherapy and consulting. Conclusion: General principles that should be respected by all psychologist and therapist are as followed; beneficence and nonmaleficence, fidelity and responsibility, integrity, justice, respect for people’ s right and dignity. Specific ethical issues in psychotherapy; informed consent in therapy, privacy and confidentiality, avoiding harm, unfair discrimination, sexual harassment.