Spiritual Psychology – Basic Steps Mental Health

Relapse, The Honest Truth

Scott Alpert — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:20:28 +0000

The elite recovery facilities often boast of having a 97% success rates or higher. How can this be verified? If I advertised that we had such a high success rate, it would be a lie. Nationwide people new to recovery have a 60% relapse rate in the first year. What is important is for these […]

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Teaching New Therapists

BasicStepsAdmin — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:08:17 +0000

Since 2008, I have enjoyed teaching new therapists how to do therapy. In this article, I will share information on how to get over the initial hurdles in this industry to create the proper atmosphere to not only survive but thrive as a counselor. The elements of therapy I’ve found to be the most effective […]

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Relationship 101

Scott Alpert — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:46:13 +0000

To be blunt, our relationships are in chaos because we’re in chaos. Since mental health has not been a priority in school, this is probably the reason so many relationships are suffering. Until people are taught the tools to keep their emotions in check, relationships will suffer. Not knowing the proper tools, instead of focusing […]

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The Big Issue

BasicStepsAdmin — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:18:02 +0000

Visiting my best friend, he asked what the biggest issue in my life was. Not being used to taking on the role of the client was refreshing, and my answer surprised him – fear, I told him. Fear of my body, the pains, would I get over ailments, would I die. The other was fear […]

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Creating a Strong Inner Foundation

Scott Alpert — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:00:34 +0000

We are only as strong as our emotional make-up. If it crumbles, we go into a crisis. For eleven years I worked at the first Mental Health Urgent Care Center, seeing over 7,000 people there, before moving up to this area to run a clinic. At the crisis center, problems, too difficult to deal with, […]

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A Few Basic Steps

Scott Alpert — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:43:28 +0000

Often, people enter treatment looking for quick results. Yes, there is medication that takes the edge off; however, the problem can still remain. This is because there are reasons for depression, anxiety, mood swings, or anything else. According to Spiritual Psychology, your ailments have educational value for the soul. If we process through these issues, […]

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Enhanced Healing

Scott Alpert — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:31:38 +0000

I believe one of the benefits of running your own counseling center is the freedom to adjust your approach and emphasize what is the most effective way of obtaining the proper results you would like to see in the clients. One way I do this is by applying the approaches to myself. A recent health […]

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Holistic Treatment

Scott Alpert — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:33:06 +0000

If you’ve tried counseling before, gotten nowhere, and feel nothing out there works, let me introduce you to something different called Spiritual Psychology. I had gone through many different types of counseling, as well as seminars and lectures, to improve myself, but when I studied this approach in school, I was amazed with the results. […]

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Freeing Your Mind

Scott Alpert — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:03:49 +0000

I realized I have been trying to spread the news of Spiritual Psychology for 32 years. For the past 10 years, I have been writing these articles, now numbering in the hundreds. It is exciting to share something that drastically impacted my life, and because of it, I transformed from a drug addict to owning […]

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How Did This Happen?

Scott Alpert — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:30:09 +0000

You’ve heard the statement, “What’s the worst thing that can happen?” Instead, why not focus on the best thing that can happen? You see, when we focus on the worst things, we create the worst things. The flip side can bring to you your dreams — and it sure did for me. At Basic Steps […]

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