P. Scott Richards, Allen E. Bergin

A Spiritual Strategy for Counseling and Psychotherapy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Shows mental health professionals how to deal sensitively with clients whose spirituality or religion is an important part of their lives, while highlighting the therapeutic possibilities religion and spirituality can offer. The new edition provides timely updates and additional evidence of the benefit of a spiritual strategy to psychology. Ideal for Psychotherapists, counselors, grad students, pastoral counselors. Provides helpful background and insight into the history and philosophy of science and psychology, the world religions, the practice of psychotherapy, and the process of research and scientific discovery.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Second
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 187mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1021g
• ISBN-13: 9781591472544
• ISBN-10: 1591472547
• Artikelnr.: 22078635

Autorenporträt

P. Scott Richards and Allen E. Bergin

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Introduction
Prologue
1. The Need for a Theistic Spiritual Strategy (PDF, 395KB)
II. Historical Perspectives
1. The Alienation Between Religion and Psychology
2. The New Zeitgeist
III. Theological, Philosophical, and Theoretical Perspectives
1. Theological and Philosophical Assumptions of Theistic Psychotherapy
2. Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Theistic Psychotherapy
IV. Theistic Psychotherapy: Process and Methods
1. A Theistic View of Psychotherapy
2. Ethical and Process Issues and Guidelines
3. Religious and Spiritual Assessment
4. Religious and Spiritual Practices as Therapeutic Interventions
5. Spiritual Interventions Used by Contemporary Psychotherapists
V. Research and Future Directions
1. A Theistic, Spiritual View of Science and Research Methods
2. Directions for the Future
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Authors