Full Description
This interdisciplinary study details spiritual approaches including meditation and yoga shown to be helpful in improving physical and psychological well-being.
Whether a person suffers from a psychological or physical malady, such as depression, addictions, chronic pain, cancer, or complications from pregnancy, the best practice treatments likely include one common thread: spiritual practice. From meditation and yoga to spiritual surrender and religious rituals, spiritual practices are increasingly being recognized as physically and mentally beneficial for recovering from illness and for retaining optimal health.
Healing with Spiritual Practices: Proven Techniques for Disorders from Addictions and Anxiety to Cancer and Chronic Pain, edited by the director of one of the nation's best-known university institutes of spirituality and health, explains current and emerging practices, their benefits, and the growing body of research that proves them effective. Comprising chapters from expert contributors, this book will appeal to students, scholars, and other readers interested in psychology, medicine, nursing, social work, pastoral care, and related disciplines.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Spiritually Formative Practices and Stress-Related Disorders
Everett L. Worthington Jr., Loren L. Toussaint, Brandon J. Griffin, Don E. Davis, and Joshua N. Hook
Chapter 2 Nurturing Hope: Tools for Cultivating Hopeful Thinking and a Meaningful Life
David B. Feldman and Sophie von Garnier
Chapter 3 Mindfulness and Health: Evidence-Based and Clinical Applications
Shauna L. Shapiro and Sophie von Garnier
Chapter 4 Evidence-Based Portable Mindful Strategies for Well-Being
Luc R. Pelletier and Jill E. Bormann
Chapter 5 Spiritual Surrender: A Paradoxical Means of Empowered Coping with Illness while Discovering Transcendent Meaning and Purpose in Life
Kathleen Wall, Sandra Velasco-Scott, and Arielle Warner
Chapter 6 Yoga to Promote Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Well-Being: Self-Regulation on and off the Mat
Crystal L. Park, Sharon Y. Lee, Lucy Finkelstein-Fox, and Kalliope Sanderson
Chapter 7 Yoga: Addressing Physical Functioning and Well-Being in Older Adults
T. Anne Richards and Angela DiMartino
Chapter 8 Spiritual Models: Reflecting on The Way of a Pilgrim with Postsecondary Students at Risk of Stress, Depression, and Anxiety
Suzette Brémault-Phillips, Ashley Pike, and Joanne K. Olson
Chapter 9 Expressive Writing as a Spiritual Practice to Promote Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth among Disaster-Exposed Pregnant Women
Suzette Brémault-Phillips, Ashley Pike, Joanne K. Olson, and David M. Olson
Chapter 10 Mindfulness-Based Parenting Programs: Significance for Young Children Experiencing Adversity and Trauma
Barbara M. Burns
Chapter 11 Promoting Hope, Healing, and Wellness: Catholic Interventions in Behavioral Health Care
Thomas G. Plante and Gerdenio (Sonny) Manuel, S.J.
Chapter 12 Holistic Healing in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
John T. Chirban
Chapter 13 The Effects of Religious and Spiritual Interventions on Pain
Amy Wachholtz and Christina E. Fitch
Chapter 14 Spirituality-Based Interventions for Patients with Cancer
Andrea L. Canada and M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall
Chapter 15 Religious and Spiritual Interventions for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Timothy A. Sisemore
Chapter 16 Spiritual Practices and Interventions in Recovery from Addictions: Implementing Focused Treatment and Growth Strategies in Psychotherapy
Len Sperry and George Stoupas
Chapter 17 Using a Spiritually Sensitive Approach to Treat Problematic Pornography Consumption
Anthony Isacco, Domenick Tirabassi, Kelsey Porada, and Kate A. Meade
About the Editor and Contributors
Index
