Introducing Spirituality into Counseling and Therapy

Teachings of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan focusing on topics typical of the therapeutic setting.

Insightful discourses offer Pir Vilayat’s wisdom and experience in the practical application of spiritual principles within everyday life situations, personal growth, and problem-solving. Topics include emotion, improving self-image, working with energy, relationship, creativity, and awakening to the cause and purpose in life. Detailed instructions for meditation practices that can be used to bring fresh insights to everyday problems. 

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (1916 -2004) was the eldest son of Sufi Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan and Ora Ray Baker. As his father’s successor, Pir Vilayat served as head of the Sufi Order International for fifty years. Born in London, England, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan was educated at the Sorbonne, Oxford, and L’École Normale de Musique de Paris. During World War II he served in the British Royal Navy on a minesweeper and participated in the invasion at Normandy. His sister, Noor-un-nisa Inayat Khan served in the French Resistance as a radio operator and was executed at Dachau. After the war, Pir Vilayat pursued his spiritual training by studying with masters of many different religious traditions throughout India and the Middle East. While honoring the initiatic tradition of his Sufi predecessors, Pir Vilayat continually adapted traditional Eastern spiritual practices in keeping with the evolution of Western consciousness, psychology, and science. He initiated and participated in many international and interfaith conferences promoting understanding and world peace.