Relational spirituality in psychotherapy : healing suffering and promoting growth / by Steven J. Sandage, David Rupert, George S. Stavros, Nancy G. Devor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandage, Steven J., author.

Rupert, David (David Alan), author.

Stavros, George, author.

Devor, Nancy G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy--Religious aspects.

Psychotherapy.

Interpersonal relations--Religious aspects.

Interpersonal relations.

Spirituality--Psychology.

Spirituality.

Psychotherapy--methods.

Spiritual Therapies--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Spirituality.

Psychotherapy--methods.

Spiritual Therapies--methods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 334 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Spiritual and existential struggles tell a story about the quality of clients' lives, beyond what clinicians can learn from their mental health symptoms alone. This book presents the Relational Spirituality Model (RSM) of psychotherapy, a creative clinical process that engages existential themes to help people make sense of profound suffering or trauma. To promote healing and growth, practitioners using the RSM provide a secure and challenging therapeutic space, while guiding clients as they explore ways of relating to the sacred in their lives. In this model, therapeutic change is seen as an intense yet safe process of movement and tension between dwelling and seeking, stability and disruption. Assessment and intervention strategies focus on developmental systems-attachment, differentiation, and intersubjectivity-to restructure relationships with the self, others, and the sacred. In depth clinical case examples demonstrate how to respect diverse client perspectives on suffering and trauma, and apply the RSM in individual, couple, family, and group psychotherapy. Readers will find new ways of working within the spiritual, existential, religious, and theological concerns that infuse their clients' struggles and triumphs"-- Provided by publisher.

"Spiritual and existential struggles tell a story about the quality of clients' lives, beyond what clinicians can learn from their mental health symptoms alone. This book presents the relational spirituality model (RSM) of psychotherapy, a creative clinical process that engages existential themes to help people make sense of profound suffering or trauma. To promote healing and growth, practitioners using the RSM provide a secure yet challenging therapeutic space, while guiding clients as they explore ways of relating to the sacred in their lives. In this model, therapeutic change is seen as an intense yet safe process of movement and tension between dwelling and seeking, stability and disruption. Assessment and intervention strategies focus on developmental systems -attachment, differentiation, and intersubjectivity -to restructure relationships with the self, others, and the sacred. In-depth clinical case examples demonstrate how to respect diverse client perspectives on suffering and trauma, and apply the RSM in individual, couple, family, and group psychotherapy. Readers will find new ways of working within the spiritual, existential, religious, and theological concerns that infuse their clients' struggles and triumphs. The book consists of three parts. Part I outlines the RSM contours of our theoretical model of relational spirituality. Part II considers the clinical relevance of the three core relational developmental systems engaged in the RSM. These chapters highlight developmental dynamics that unfold across the life span. Part III applies the RSM to clinical practice by considering assessment, diversity considerations, treatment planning, and clinical intervention strategies."--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Introduction: A relational model of spiritually integrative psychotherapy

Relational spirituality after the medical gaze

Varieties of relational spirituality

Balancing spiritual dwelling and seeking

Anxiety, relational trauma, and suffering

Attachment and relational spirituality

Differentiation and relational spirituality

Intersubjectivity and relational spirituality

Relational spirituality in individual psychotherapy

Relational spirituality in couple therapy

Relational spirituality in group therapy

Relational spiritual and therapist formation

Summary and future research directions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2020.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Relational spirituality in psychotherapy.

ISBN:

9781433831669

143383166x

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.