Psychotherapy and Spiritual Direction : Two Languages, One Voice? / by Lynette Harborne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harborne, Lynette, author.

Series:

UKCP Karnac series.

UKCP Karnac series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy--Religious aspects.

Psychotherapy.

Counseling--Religious aspects.

Counseling.

Spirituality--Psychology.

Spirituality.

Spiritual direction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the similarities and differences between the practice of psychotherapy and spiritual direction and suggests that, whilst there may be distinctions between the two activities, the process is essentially the same. The purpose of the book is to improve the understanding between therapists and spiritual directors, to encourage dialogue and discussion between them, as well as to offer challenges and learning to both. In the process of exploring the interface between the practice of therapy and the practice of spiritual direction, questions arise about how to address issues of spirituality in a psychological context and psychological issues in a spiritual context. A brief overview of the historical background to spiritual direction is given, and attention drawn to the links between this tradition and the development of psychotherapy. Spiritual issues that may arise in therapy together with psychological issues that occur during spiritual direction are discussed, leading on to a comparison between 'dark night of the soul' experiences and clinical depression.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Setting the scene

chapter 2 A common heritage?

chapter 3 Spiritual issues in therapy: the hidden ingredient?

chapter 4 Psychological issues in spiritual direction

chapter 5 Depression or Dark Night of the Soul?

chapter 6 Ethical and boundary issues

chapter 7 Power in the encounter

chapter 8 Spirituality in the therapy room?is it OK to pray?

chapter 9 Training: or should it be formation?

chapter 10 My heretical question: can spiritual direction be considered a modality of psychotherapy?

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91826-7

0-429-90403-7

0-429-47926-3

1-280-49518-9

9786613590411

1-84940-979-X

9780429479267

OCLC:

793166643