Spirituality and Mental Health: Clinical

This thought-provoking guide for mental health professionals and pastoral counselors provides you with a framework to access and incorporate client-based spirituality into your practice. The author's unique understanding of spirituality and its relationship to mental heath makes the book an ideal educational guide for practitioners striving to understand the impact of faith on their clients' mental health. The insights presented in this work will leave you better informed about the complexities of spirituality and make the job of integrating it meaningfully into your practice easy and plausible.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

Chapter 1. Definitions of Spirituality and Religion

1

(12)

Why Spirituality Now?

1

(2)

Definitions

3

(3)

Overlap Between Spirituality and Religion

6

(2)

Transcendence

8

(3)

Conclusion

11

(2)

Chapter 2. Assessment of Spirituality

13

(26)

A Coping Model of Assessment

13

(4)

Application of the Model to Clinical Practice

17

(5)

Positive and Negative Religious Coping

22

(4)

Assessing Values: "Where Am I Going?"

26

(5)

The DSM-IV's Diagnosis of Religious or Spiritual Problem

31

(1)

Religious Issues and Psychiatric Disorders

32

(5)

Conclusion

37

(2)

Chapter 3. Ethical Issues in Spirituality and Mental Health

39

(8)

American Psychological Association Ethical Guidelines

39

(1)

A Client-Centered Ethical Framework

40

(2)

Specific Ethical Issues

42

(3)

Conclusion

45

(2)

Chapter 4. Meditation

47

(8)

Benefits of Meditation

47

(2)

Applications of Mindfulness Meditation to Coping

49

(3)

Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy

52

(1)

Conclusion

53

(2)

Chapter 5. Letting-Go of Anger and Practicing Forgiveness

55

(18)

Forgiveness As a Religious Principle

55

(2)

Definitions and Types of Forgiveness

57

(1)

Theoretical Phases of Forgiveness

58

(2)

Therapeutic Efficacy of Forgiveness

60

(1)

Potential Disadvantages of Forgiveness

61

(1)

Continuum of Forgiveness

62

(3)

The Continuing Controversy over Forgiveness

65

(3)

Self-Forgiveness

68

(3)

Conclusion

71

(2)

Chapter 6. Spiritually Attuned Intervention

73

(12)

Substance-Abusing Clients: The Twelve-Step Tradition

73

(4)

Clients in Crisis: Crisis As Danger and Opportunity

77

(4)

Devoutly Religious Clients: Religiously Adapted Therapy

81

(2)

Conclusion

83

(2)

Chapter 7. The Psychoeducational Spirituality Group

85

(8)

Background

85

(1)

Facilitators

86

(2)

Overview of the Sessions

88

(3)

Conclusion

91

(2)

Appendix A. The Psychoeducational Spirituality Group: A Guide for Group Facilitators

93

(20)

Planning: Materials and Session Length

93

(1)

Session One: "What Is Spirituality for You?"

94

(5)

Session Two: Meditation Without Prescribed Religious Content

99

(2)

Session Three: Coping with Grief

101

(1)

Session Four: Letting Go of Anger and Practicing Forgiveness

102

(4)

Optional Additional Session on Self-Forgiveness

106

(1)

Session Five: Crisis As Danger and Opportunity

107

(4)

Session Six: Gratitude

111

(2)

Appendix B. Reproducible Material

113

(10)

References

123

(8)

Index

131

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