Full Description
A Spiritual Strategy for Counseling and Psychotherapy, Second Edition shows mental health professionals how to deal sensitively with clients whose spirituality or religion is an important part of their lives. It highlights the therapeutic possibilities religion and spirituality can offer. Building on the success of the first edition, the new edition provides timely updates and additional theoretical grounding for integrating a theistic, spiritual strategy into mainstream psychology.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
Prologue
The Need for a Theistic Spiritual Strategy (PDF, 395KB)
II. Historical Perspectives
The Alienation Between Religion and Psychology
The New Zeitgeist
III. Theological, Philosophical, and Theoretical Perspectives
Theological and Philosophical Assumptions of Theistic Psychotherapy
Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Theistic Psychotherapy
IV. Theistic Psychotherapy: Process and Methods
A Theistic View of Psychotherapy
Ethical and Process Issues and Guidelines
Religious and Spiritual Assessment
Religious and Spiritual Practices as Therapeutic Interventions
Spiritual Interventions Used by Contemporary Psychotherapists
V. Research and Future Directions
A Theistic, Spiritual View of Science and Research Methods
Directions for the Future
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Authors
