A spiritual strategy for counseling and psychotherapy [Elektronisk resurs] / P. Scott Richards and Allen E. Bergin.

• The need for a spiritual strategy -- Historical perspectives -- The alienation between religion and psychology -- The new zeitgeist -- Theological, philosophical, and theoretical -- Perspectives -- Theological and philosophical foundations of theistic psychotherapy -- Theoretical and empirical foundations of theistic psychotherapy -- Theistic psychotherapy: process and methods -- A theistic, spiritual view of psychotherapy -- Ethical and process issues and guidelines -- Religious and spiritual assessment -- Religious and spiritual practices as therapeutic interventions -- Spiritual interventions used by contemporary psychotherapists -- Research and future directions -- A theistic, spiritual view of science and research methods -- Directions for the future.

• "In this second edition we concentrate on clearly and thoroughly laying out the foundations, rationale, and methods for a new psychotherapy strategy we call theistic psychotherapy. We invite mental health professionals who believe in God and spiritual realities to join with us in bringing this therapeutic tradition into the professional and academic mainstreams. In this edition we also provide an extensive update of the burgeoning empirical and clinical literature on spiritually oriented psychotherapies and treatment methods. We expand our discussions of the philosophical and theoretical foundations of our theistic spiritual strategy. We more fully describe a theistic view of science and scholarship. We also discuss progress that has been made in this domain during the past decade and discuss tasks that lie ahead in the quest to bring theistic perspectives and approaches more fully into the mainstream of mental health professions. This edition also constitutes a continuing effort to link advances in scholarship with recommendations for practice among clients who need interventions adapted to their beliefs and lifestyles"--Preface. 
• "The purpose of this volume is to describe concepts and interventions that will help mental health professionals implement a theistic psychotherapy approach in their practices. We also hope that the book will help psychotherapists, regardless of their theoretical orientations and personal religious backgrounds, to become more attuned to the spiritual issues in the lives of their clients so that they can assist them more effectively. This book is intended for practitioners, graduate students, and academicians in mainstream clinical and counseling psychology, psychiatry, clinical social work, and marriage and family therapy who wish to augment their secular training and skills with a spiritual framework and approach. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)"--Introduction. 

Ämnesord

Spirituality.  (LCSH)

Psychotherapy  -- Religious aspects. (LCSH)

Mental health counseling  -- Religious aspects. (LCSH)

Psychotherapy patients  -- Religious life. (LCSH)

Religion.  (MeSH)

Psychology.  (MeSH)

Klassifikation

RC489.S676 (LCC)

616.89 (DDC)

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