Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Understanding and Addressing the Sacred

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-57230-844-2
Verlag: GUILFORD PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 661 g

From a leading researcher and practitioner, this volume provides an innovative framework for understanding the role of spirituality in people's lives and its relevance to the work done in psychotherapy. It offers fresh, practical ideas for creating a spiritual dialogue with clients, assessing spirituality as a part of their problems and solutions, and helping them draw on spiritual resources in times of stress. Written from a nonsectarian perspective, the book encompasses both traditional and nontraditional forms of spirituality. It is grounded in current findings from psychotherapy research and the psychology of religion, and includes a wealth of evocative case material.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pargament, Kenneth I.

Miller, William R.

Meichenbaum, Donald

Worthington, Everett L.

Germer, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Introduction1. A Rationale for a Spiritually Integrated PsychotherapyII. Understanding the Sacred2. Spirituality: The Sacred Domain3. Discovering the Sacred4. Holding On to the Sacred5. In Times of Stress: Spiritual Coping to Conserve the Sacred6. In Times of Stress: Spiritual Coping to Transform the Sacred7. Problems of Spiritual Destinations8. Problems of Spiritual PathwaysIII. Addressing the Sacred9. An Orientation to Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy10. Initial and Implicit Spiritual Assessment11. Explicit Spiritual Assessment12. Drawing on Spiritual Strivings, Knowledge, and Experience13. Drawing on Spiritual Practices, Relationships, and Coping Methods14. Addressing Problems of Spiritual Destinations15. Addressing Problems of Spiritual PathwaysIV. Conclusions16. Steps toward a More Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy

Über Autor(innen)

Kenneth I. Pargament, PhD,is Professor of Psychology at Bowling Green State University, where he has been on the faculty since 1979. He has published extensively on the vital role of religion and spirituality in coping with stress and trauma. Dr. Pargament has been a leading figure in the effort to bring a balanced view of religion and spirituality to the attention of scientists and professionals. He is a recipient of the William James Award for excellence in research in the psychology of religion, the Virginia Staudt Sexton Mentoring Award for guiding and encouraging others in the field, and the Oskar Pfister Award for his research and practice in religion and mental health. Dr. Pargament is a practicing clinical psychologist who has worked with people from diverse spiritual backgrounds. In 2011-2012, he will serve as Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Institute for Spirituality and Health of the Texas Medical Center in Houston.