Christian Meditation in Clinical Practice : A Four-Step Model and Workbook for Therapists and Clients.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knabb, Joshua J.

Series:

Christian association for psychological studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Religious aspects.

Mental illness.

Psychiatry and religion.

Meditation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 pages) ; illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Westmont : InterVarsity Press, 2021.

Summary:

"What would it look like to turn to the Christian faith to cultivate meditation practices? Presenting Christian meditation as an alternative to Buddhist-informed mindfulness, this workbook from Dr. Joshua Knabb offers a Christian-sensitive approach to meditation in clinical practice, focusing on both building theory and providing replicable practices for Christian clients and their therapists"-- Publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Transdiagnostic processes: A new approach to understanding mental disorders

2. Transdiagnostic interventions: Buddhist, Christian, and secularized meditation

3. Christian meditation for targeting transdiagnostic processes

4. Targeting problems with cognition: Christian meditation for repetitive negative thinking

5. Targeting problems with affect: Christian meditation for impaired emotional clarity and distress intolerance

6. Targeting problems with behavior: Christian meditation for behavioral avoidance

7. Targeting problems with the self: Christian meditation for perfectionism

8. Targeting problems with relationships: Christian meditation for impaired mentalization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781514000250

1514000253

OCLC:

1281989770