I understand practicing spirituality involves application of higher spiritual insights.  But I've observed that core psychological concepts such as personality disorders, narcissism and related human psyche patterns and behaviors are looked down on and even dismissed in most spiritual societies and circles.  I'll give you an example to illustrate this.  ☛  let's see that I'm facing an issue with someone who suffers bipolar disorder or NPD and if I talk about it to a spiritualist, trying to find a solution, first off the language of the spiritualist is generally very wishy washy and the answer would be along the lines of something like "this is ☛ your ego, it's creating these labels. There is no narcissist. Your ego created it for separation. Love the narcissist. Embrace them. Don't label. There are no labels. " Do you see the problem here? I don't consider this as an evolved matured perspective. If it all it looks bland,  lacking in subtlety and comprehension of deeper elements at play. You see that psychologists have worked hard for centuries and developed many tests to understand and differentiate functional and destructive behaviors. They weren't crazy. This is objective science based on observable characteristics and such definitions and labels help in finding appropriate ways of tackling complex problems.  So for example for the above scenario, if I were to approach a psychologist, they would carefully study the case, might even employ certain tests to arrive at conclusions and diagnoses and recommend appropriate and time tested solutions to deal with the problem.    Isn't psychology a vital part of understanding human behavior?this is especially observed in Eastern spirituality where even a mention of core of psychology concepts doesn't exist. Every problem is only looked at from a spiritual angle and psychological understanding is completely missing   On the other hand, a similar phenomenon is observed with psychologists who fail to grasp spiritual issues and concepts and operate primarily from a regurgitated psychological standpoint, they get too clinical about things and completely misread cues that might indicate signs of spiritual void or spiritual struggle in the client.  I don't think that spirituality and psychology at their base are in any way in conflict with each other and as such in my opinion, all differences and conflicts are merely perceived to exist.  If I had to choose a therapist it would have to be someone who at least has a cursory understanding of key spiritual insights and concepts and ties them into their subject of psychological study and inference and not only helps diagnose psychological conditions but also offers spiritual advice as a side therapy. I would consider it more wholesome and call it holistic psychology.  Now look above at Leo's logo bar and you see actualization, philosophy, psychology and spirituality all put together.  I believe that true actualization can only happen when you integrate all schools of thought.