Overview
Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy is the first book to critically and coherently survey how spirituality can be incorporated into a range of psychotherapeutic approaches, including psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral humanistic, interpersonal, transpersonal, and others. This volume demonstrates the utility and accessibility of examining the spiritual dimension in therapy. It is likely to become a vital resource for the experienced clinician and the standard text for graduate programs in clinical, counseling, and consulting psychology and clinical social work.Synopsis
Sperry (psychiatry, Florida Atlantic U.), Shafranske (psychiatry, Pepperdine U.) and contributors examine how people analyze the sacred and apply it to their lives. Acknowledging that everybody has a spiritual component, they examine the theoretical foundations of spiritually oriented psychotherapy and some contemporary thought on cognitive-behavioral, psychoanalytic, humanistic, transpersonal- integrative, forgiveness-reconciliation, and theistic approaches to spirituality within the framework of therapy. They also provide a general commentary on the place of the sacred in therapy, critical reactions to spirituality becoming more integral to therapy, and some suppositions about innovations or changes in approach. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR