Description
Book SynopsisA 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.
Table of ContentsPreface
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
