A spiritual strategy for counseling and psychotherapy / P. Scott Richards and Allen E. Bergin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richards, P. Scott, author.

Contributor:

Bergin, Allen E., 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy--Religious aspects.

Psychotherapy.

Mental health counseling--Religious aspects.

Mental health counseling.

Psychotherapy patients--Religious life.

Psychotherapy patients.

Spirituality.

Religion.

Psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Religion.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Assoc., 2005.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"In this second edition we concentrate on clearly and thoroughly laying out the foundations, rationale, and methods for a new psychotherapy strategy we call theistic psychotherapy. We invite mental health professionals who believe in God and spiritual realities to join with us in bringing this therapeutic tradition into the professional and academic mainstreams. In this edition we also provide an extensive update of the burgeoning empirical and clinical literature on spiritually oriented psychotherapies and treatment methods. We expand our discussions of the philosophical and theoretical foundations of our theistic spiritual strategy. We more fully describe a theistic view of science and scholarship. We also discuss progress that has been made in this domain during the past decade and discuss tasks that lie ahead in the quest to bring theistic perspectives and approaches more fully into the mainstream of mental health professions. This edition also constitutes a continuing effort to link advances in scholarship with recommendations for practice among clients who need interventions adapted to their beliefs and lifestyles"--Preface.

"The purpose of this volume is to describe concepts and interventions that will help mental health professionals implement a theistic psychotherapy approach in their practices. We also hope that the book will help psychotherapists, regardless of their theoretical orientations and personal religious backgrounds, to become more attuned to the spiritual issues in the lives of their clients so that they can assist them more effectively. This book is intended for practitioners, graduate students, and academicians in mainstream clinical and counseling psychology, psychiatry, clinical social work, and marriage and family therapy who wish to augment their secular training and skills with a spiritual framework and approach. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)"--Introduction.

Contents:

The need for a spiritual strategy

Historical perspectives

The alienation between religion and psychology

The new zeitgeist

Theological, philosophical, and theoretical

Perspectives

Theological and philosophical foundations of theistic psychotherapy

Theoretical and empirical foundations of theistic psychotherapy

Theistic psychotherapy: process and methods

A theistic, spiritual 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

Research and future directions

A theistic, spiritual view of science and research methods

Directions for the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-398) and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2005 dcunns.

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

1591472547

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