A Spiritual Strategy for Counseling and

A Spiritual Strategy for Counseling and Psychotherapy, Second Edition shows mental health professionals how to deal sensitively with clients whose spirituality or religion is an important part of their lives. It highlights the therapeutic possibilities religion and spirituality can offer. Building on the success of the first edition, the new edition provides timely updates and additional theoretical grounding for integrating a theistic, spiritual strategy into mainstream psychology.

P. Scott Richards currently serves as president of Division 36 (2004-2005). He is also a licensed psychologist and maintains a small private psychotherapy practice at the Center for Change in Orem, Utah Allen E. Bergin is past president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

I. Introduction

1

(26)

Prologue

3

(2)

The Need for a Theistic Spiritual Strategy

5

(22)

II. Historical Perspectives

27

(44)

The Alienation Between Religion and Psychology

29

(20)

The New Zeitgeist

49

(22)

III. Theological, Philosophical, and Theoretical Perspectives

71

(80)

Theological and Philosophical Assumptions of Theistic Psychotherapy

73

(38)

Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Theistic Psychotherapy

111

(40)

IV. Theistic Psychotherapy: Process and Methods

151

(160)

A Theistic View of Psychotherapy

153

(30)

Ethical and Process Issues and Guidelines

183

(36)

Religious and Spiritual Assessment

219

(32)

Religious and Spiritual Practices as Therapeutic Interventions

251

(30)

Spiritual Interventions Used by Contemporary Psychotherapists

281

(30)

V. Research and Future Directions

311

(40)

A Theistic, Spiritual View of Science and Research Methods

313

(24)

Directions for the Future

337

(14)

References

351

(48)

Author Index

399

(12)

Subject Index

411

(10)

About the Authors

421

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A Spiritual Strategy for Counseling and Psychotherapy

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