Full Description
Many religious people distrust the idea of psychotherapy because they fear mental health professionals will misunderstand and pathologize their beliefs. This book provides concrete guidance on how therapists can work effectively with clients from a variety of religious backgrounds.
Each chapter is devoted to a different religious denomination and is written by an author who is both a mental health professional and an expert on the tradition described. The contributors provide information on the central beliefs and practices of the faith, describe how spiritual concerns may emerge in therapy, and offer guidelines for promoting trust and positive outcomes.
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction and Overview
Toward Religious and Spiritual Competency for Mental Health Professionals
P. Scott Richards and Allen E. Bergin
Religious Diversity in North America
Roger R. Keller
II. Christianity
Psychotherapy With Roman Catholics
Edward P. Shafranske
Psychotherapy With Members of Eastern Orthodox Churches
George Morelli
Psychotherapy With Mainline Protestants: Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopal/Anglican, and Methodist
Everett L. Worthington Jr., James T. D. Berry, Joshua N. Hook, Don E. Davis, Jennifer S. Ripley, and Chelsea L. Greer
Psychotherapy for Evangelical and Fundamentalist Protestants
Nancy Stiehler Thurston and Winston Seegobin
Psychotherapy With Pentecostal Protestants
Richard D. Dobbins
Psychotherapy With Latter-Day Saints
Wendy Ulrich, P. Scott Richards, Kristin L. Hansen, and Allen E. Bergin
Psychotherapy With Seventh-Day Adventists
Carole A. Rayburn
III. Judaism
Psychotherapy With Orthodox Jews
Aaron Rabinowitz
Psychotherapy With Conservative and Reform Jews
Lisa Miller, Yakov A. Barton, Marina Mazur, and Robert J. Lovinger
IV. Islam
Psychotherapy With Muslims
Zari Hedayat-Diba
V. Eastern Traditions
Psychotherapy With Hindus
Anu R. Sharma and Pratyusha Tummala-Narra
Psychotherapy With Buddhists
Mark Finn and Jeffrey B. Rubin
VI. Ethnic-Centered Spirituality
Psychotherapy With Members of African American Churches and Spiritual Traditions
Donelda A. Cook and Christine Y. Wiley
Psychotherapy With Members of Latino/Latina Churches and Spiritual Traditions
Fayth M. Parks, Maria Cecilia Zea, and Michael A. Mason
Psychotherapy With Members of Asian American Churches and Spiritual Traditions
Siang-Yang Tan and Natalie J. Dong
North American Indian and Alaska Native Spirituality and Psychotherapy
Jeff King, Joseph E. Trimble, Gayle Skawen:nio Morse, and Lisa Rey Thomas
VII. Afterword
Religious Diversity and Psychotherapy: Conclusions, Recommendations, and Future Directions
P. Scott Richards and Allen E. Bergin
Index
About the Editors
