Michael L. Free

CBT and Christianity

Strategies and Resources for Reconciling Faith in Therapy

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Produktbeschreibung

CBT and Christianity offers CT therapists an authoritative, practical, and comprehensive resource for counseling clients with an allegiance to the Christian faith.
* Offers an enhancement of mainstream cognitive therapy techniques for therapists working with thoughtful people with an allegiance to the Christian faith
* Represents a novel approach to CBT through the use of the teachings of Jesus
* Features an innovative model for assessment and the adaptations of schema-focused approaches
* Presents resources that are ready-to-use and easily adapted by practicing therapists

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While Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an empirically-supported treatment, many behavioral and analytical psychotherapists also recognize the healing potential of religious belief. CBT and Christianity offers CBT therapists an authoritative, practical, and comprehensive resource for counseling clients with an allegiance to the Christian faith. This innovative new treatment approach compares the teachings of Jesus to contemporary cognitive therapies, describing a variety of successful assessment and treatment approaches with Christian clients by incorporating the teachings of Jesus into logical thinking, schema modification, and committed behavior change. Clarity is further enhanced through a variety of specific examples, descriptions of generic methods, and supplemental resources provided by the author. By combining effective treatments with sensitivity to religious convictions, CBT and Christianity offers innovative insights into the spiritual and psychological well-being of clients with Christian beliefs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780470683248
• ISBN-10: 0470683244
• Artikelnr.: 41845693

Autorenporträt

Michael L. Free is a clinical psychologist working with adults and adolescents in individual and couples therapy. He is a former lecturer in clinical psychology at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He is the author of Cognitive Therapy in Groups (Wiley Blackwell, 2nd edition, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures xii List of Boxes xiii List of Tables xiv About the Author
xvi Author's Preface xvii Part 1 Rationale for the Use of the Teachings of
Jesus in CBT 1 1 Introduction 3 Topics in Chapter 1 3 A historical view of
spirituality, religion and psychotherapy 3 The development and dominance of
cognitive therapy as a psychotherapy 4 The importance of Christianity in
the West 6 The appreciation of the role of non?]specific factors in
psychotherapy 6 Interest in the Buddhist technique of 'mindfulness' 7
Findings relating religious adherence to positive mental and physical
health 8 The growing respect for cultural and individual differences 9 The
decline of logical positivism and the rise of postmodernism and social
constructionist theory 9 The question of a logical connection between
cognitive therapy and the teachings of Jesus 10 A general outline of the
book 11 2 Introduction to Cognitive Therapy 12 Topics in Chapter 2 12
General aspects of psychotherapy 12 The basis of cognitive therapy 13
Beck's cognitive therapy 14 Rational emotive (behaviour) therapy 16 Schema
therapy 21 Similarities amongst the three main schools of cognitive therapy
26 3 The Context of the Teachings of Jesus 27 Topics in Chapter 3 27 Why we
should consider the teachings of Jesus 28 The records of Jesus the person
29 The location of the teachings of Jesus 30 The approach taken in this
book towards the teachings of Jesus 31 The historical context of the New
Testament 32 The social context of the New Testament 40 Stages in the early
dissemination of the teachings of Jesus 47 Jesus' own context 56 The
written Gospels 56 Conclusion 59 4 What Did Jesus Teach: A Biblical
Scholarship Approach 60 Topics in Chapter 4 60 The purpose of the chapter
60 Problems with direct use of the Gospels 61 Summary of factors
influencing the content of the Gospels 65 The historical Jesus and the
Jesus of faith (and the inerrancy of scripture) 66 Biblical scholarship:
Tracking the words and deeds of Jesus 68 Conclusions about Jesus' life,
circumstances and characteristic behaviour 73 Jesus' teachings as conveyed
in words 75 The proverbial sayings (apophthegms/aphorisms) 79 Other kinds
of sayings 82 Conclusion 82 5 Comparison of Jesus' Teaching with Cognitive
Therapy: Part I: Logic 84 Topics in Chapter 5 84 Content and process of
thinking 84 The nature of logic 85 Logic in cognitive therapy 88 Logic in
the teaching of Jesus 89 A method for comparing cognitive therapy with the
teachings of Jesus 89 Jesus' references to the use of logic 90 Conclusions
124 Comparison of Jesus' logic with cognitive therapy 125 6 Comparison of
Jesus' Teaching with Cognitive Therapy: Part II: Content 127 Topics in
Chapter 6 127 The content of cognitive therapy 127 The content of Jesus'
deeds 132 The content of Jesus' teachings as reported by experts 135 The
implicational content in Jesus' teachings 147 Relationship of themes
identified in the teachings of Jesus to cognitive therapy 169 Part 2
Approach to Using the Teachings of Jesus in CBT with Christians 177 7 A
Schema?]Centred Model of Psychological Dysfunction 179 Topics in Chapter 7
179 A schema?]centred model of psychological dysfunction 179 Assessment 189
Assessment as therapy 194 Choosing the intervention 196 Using the results
of assessment in conjunction with the rest of this book 198 8 New Life in
Cognitive Therapy 200 Topics in Chapter 8 200 Reasons for seeking therapy
200 Ways of doing therapy 201 The need to address Christian issues in
therapy 202 Preliminary considerations for doing cognitive therapy with
Christians 203 Use of the scriptures in cognitive therapy 204 Ways of using
scripture in cognitive therapy 206 Making choices 207 Commitment 209 Is it
appropriate for a Christian to use logic? 212 Using logic like Jesus 216
Jesus' view of logical errors 218 Values 223 Conclusion 224 9 Introduction
to Content Interventions 226 Topics in Chapter 9 226 Overview of content
intervention 226 Working with propositional content 227 Working with
implicational content 234 Part 3 Resources for Using the Teachings of Jesus
in CBT with Christians 239 10 Jesus and the Value of People 241 Topics in
Chapter 10 241 Teachings relevant to the value of people 241 Social
inclusion 242 Implicational work 247 Interpersonal considerations 250 The
value of people 257 Loving 264 Conclusions 270 11 Relationship to God, the
World and the Future 271 Topics in Chapter 11 271 God, the world and the
future 271 Acceptance and trust versus fear and anxiety 272 Knowing the
future 281 Spiritual versus material concerns 283 The relationship of
Jesus' teachings to the Jewish Law: Principle versus literal/old versus new
289 The inconsequential becomes greatly valuable 295 12 The Christian's
Behaviour 297 Topics in Chapter 12 297 The relevance of Jesus' teaching to
the Christian's behaviour 297 Commitment, allegiance, readiness 298 What is
important versus what is not important 304 Assumption of status 311 Asking
for desires/praying 312 Prophecy, signs, logic 314 The relationships
amongst intention, fantasy, action and responsibility 321 Conclusions 339
13 Following Jesus: The Ongoing Dialectic 341 Topics in Chapter 13 341
Dialectics in clinical psychology 341 Consistency between cognitive therapy
and the teaching of Jesus 342 Assessment for treatment 343 Commitment to
therapy 344 Using logic like Jesus 345 Values 346 Content interventions 347
Tensions in the content of Jesus' teaching 350 Resolution 351 Appendix 1:
Life History Questionnaire 352 Appendix 2: Christian Values Rating Scale
357 Appendix 3: Some Useful Sets of Commentaries 358 References 360 Index
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Rezensionen

"A surprisingly satisfying read that refreshed my perspective on, and deepened my understanding of, two topics that have long seemed overly-familiar. This work underscores how much of contemporary thinking has been anticipated by the ancients or just how much 'new thinking' is a recapitulation of the old, but does so in a thoroughly original way."

Murray J. Dyck, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Griffith University