Description
Book SynopsisDrawing from diverse spiritual and religious backgrounds, this book offers clinical guidance for addressing a vast variety of traditionsand complex diversity considerations in psychotherapy.
Trade ReviewThese chapters on religious and spiritual diversity are by psychotherapists, for psychotherapists. People in the daily practice of helping patients have learned to appreciate each person’s uniqueness. This book mirrors the way we can generalize from unique cases, as each chapter author tells their story. Whether you are training for practice, practicing in your professional prime, or looking for ways to stave off burnout, this collection will stimulate, educate, invigorate, and update you. -- Everett L. Worthington, Jr., PhD, Commonwealth Professor Emeritus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
This groundbreaking book not only adds to the knowledge of diversity-related issues—both religious/spiritual and cultural—in psychotherapy, it accomplishes this goal in a most creative and engaging way: by blending scholarship, clinical case examples, and fascinating personal background stories of the therapists themselves.
-- Julie J. Exline, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
This is a particularly important book at a critical juncture in the development of spiritually-integrated psychotherapy (SIP). While other books have addressed diversity in SIP, Steve Sandage, Brad Strawn, and the chapter contributors have elevated the theory and practice of it to the next level. An amazing accomplishment!
-- Len Sperry, MD, PhD, Professor, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; author of Spirituality in Clinical Practice: Theory and Practice of Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy, Second Edition
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction: Spiritual Diversity in Psychotherapy
Part 1: Spiritually Integrated Approaches to Psychology Chapter 1. Hindu Spirituality and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Pratyusha Tummala-Narra Chapter 2. Harvesting Religious Fruits in Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Personal Reflections of a Jewish Psychologist of Religion
Kenneth I. Pargament Chapter 3. The Healing Truth of Emptiness: Tibetan Buddhism in the Clinical Space
Pilar Jennings Chapter 4. Navigating Deep Waters: Spirituality and Religion in the Womanist Psychodynamic Space
Phillis Isabella Sheppard Chapter 5. A Sufi Muslim Model of Spiritually Integrative Psychotherapy
Shamaila Khan Chapter 6. Christian Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: A Wesleyan Model
Brad D. Strawn Chapter 7. Raising the Sparks: Psychotherapeutic Process as
Tikkun OlamKaren E. Starr Chapter 8. The Name of God is Mercy: Reflections on Suffering, Healing, and Growth from a Roman Catholic, contemplative, mystic, psychoanalyst
Theresa Clement Tisdale Part 2: Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy with Specific Diversity Dynamics Chapter 9. Approaching Intersections of Spirituality, Religion, and Non-Traditional Gender Identities in Psychotherapy
Ruben A. Hopwood Chapter 10. Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy with LGBQ Individuals
Sarah H. Moon Chapter 11. Religious Differences in Spiritually Integrated Couple Therapy
Steven J. Sandage Chapter 12. An Intercultural Approach to Spiritually Oriented Therapy of Military Moral Injury
Katy Barrs & Carrie Doehring Chapter 13. Spirituality, Selfhood, and Social Class in Psychotherapy
Neil Altman Chapter 14. Conclusion: Summary and Future Directions
About the Editors
