Integrating spirituality into treatment : resources for practitioners / edited by William R. Miller.

Contributor(s):

Miller, William R. (William Richard)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c1999.Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 293 p. ; 26 cmISBN:

1557985812 (casebound : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

616.89/14 21

LOC classification:

R C489.R46 I58

Contents:

Spirituality and treatment-- Addressing Spirituality in treatment-- Some spiritual issues in treatment-- Spirituality in professional training

Summary: Provides clinicians with practical advice on including clients' spiritual perspectives in the therapeutic relationship. The book offers a history of the often tense relationship between spirituality and psychology and addresses broad, transtheoretical aspects of spirituality, including acceptance, forgiveness, hope, prayer, and meditation. It also introduces reliable and valid measures that can be used for assessing spirituality and provides examples of spiritually based interventions and collaborations that can enhance successful treatment. Finally, the book discusses professionals' responsibility to teach future therapists to embrace a range of spiritual perspectives and to demonstrate a sincere respect for client diversity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
BOOKS	Saint Andrew's Theological Seminary Mosher Library	RC 489 .R46 I58 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	46193

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spirituality and treatment-- Addressing Spirituality in treatment-- Some spiritual issues in treatment-- Spirituality in professional training

Provides clinicians with practical advice on including clients' spiritual perspectives in the therapeutic relationship. The book offers a history of the often tense relationship between spirituality and psychology and addresses broad, transtheoretical aspects of spirituality, including acceptance, forgiveness, hope, prayer, and meditation. It also introduces reliable and valid measures that can be used for assessing spirituality and provides examples of spiritually based interventions and collaborations that can enhance successful treatment. Finally, the book discusses professionals' responsibility to teach future therapists to embrace a range of spiritual perspectives and to demonstrate a sincere respect for client diversity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)

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