DR. JUDY MARSHALL INTRODUCES “SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY”

Clinical Psychologist Has Found That Having A Spiritual World View Enhances
Mental Health, Relationships, Business And More

Beverly Hills, CA (April 15, 2004)—Can spirituality play a role in your mental health, your relationships, your career and your overall well-being? Absolutely, says Dr. Judy Marshall, a practicing clinical psychologist for 20 years. On her newly launched website, psychmaster.com, Dr. Marshall offers a variety of tapes, CDs and e-books that help people understand how spirituality and psychology interact, as well as how a spiritual world view helps people cope with challenges and tragedies, and improve their day-to-day lives.

Dr. Marshall’s viewpoint is controversial in the world of psychology. “With traditional psychology, the attitude is that there’s a problem to solve,” says Dr. Marshall. “Traditional psychology looks at: What damage do you have? And how do you fix the damage?”

In studying the psychology of spirituality—and making the transition from being a traditional psychologist to what she calls a spiritual psychologist—Dr. Marshall has discovered the value of spirituality in people’s daily lives. “It doesn’t matter whether they’re involved in an organized religion or some other sort of spiritual practice,” she says. “What does matter is that they have a spiritual world view.

“For years, psychologists have known that the way you view the world affects the way you experience the world,” she adds. “When people become spiritual, they begin to see themselves as part of something greater. They experience an increased sense of worth, meaning and purpose, as well as better relationships. Spirituality affects how they behave with others, what they seek and what their motivation is.”

Opening Up A Dialogue
Dr. Marshall’s goal is to create a bridge between psychology and spirituality. She has begun to open up a dialogue—in seminars, workshops and other settings—so that people can learn how to use spirituality to make positive changes in their lives.

“A lot of people want to know what spirituality is and how to take it from an intellectual level to an experiential level,” she says. “They want to know what the effect is on someone’s life or on psychology. And many of the people I speak to feel there’s been a real change in their lives since they embraced a spiritual outlook.”

Dr. Marshall does not preach to her patients, nor endorse any particular religion or spiritual practice. Instead, she encourages people to find some form of spirituality that feels comfortable to them.

About Dr. Judy Marshall
As a spiritual psychologist, Dr. Judy Marshall seeks to bridge the gap between spiritual and psychological understanding. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1983. In two decades of clinical practice, she has worked with many different groups, from children to the frail elderly, with particular interests in self-esteem, depression, creativity and aging. Her newly launched website, Psychmaster.com, provides basic, understandable information about psychology and spirituality. Psychmaster tapes, CDs and e-books—all written and narrated by Dr. Judy Marshall—seek to answer fundamental questions about how spirituality and psychology interact, the reality of mental health and illness, coping with the challenges and tragedies inherent in human existence and achieving actualization and fulfillment. For more information, contact Dr. Judy Marshall, Psychmaster, P.O. Box 401, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, 310-286-0443, www.psychmaster.com .