Spirituality in Counselling and Psychotherapy`Fascinating. There is much here that is controversial, thought provoking and very useful. It is encyclopaedic in its breadth and use of knowledge. [Like] rich food [it] needs to be taken in slowly, savouring every morsel!′ - Thresholds `[Spirituality] has been traditionally ′taboo′ within the counselling and psychotherapy profession. Denis Lines comes into this controversial scene with a rigorous-but-gentle, mystical-but-grounded, inspiring and thought-provoking voice.... The book is well written and presents the model in the context of other therapeutic modalities, which makes it interesting and useful for therapists from different backgrounds and practice settings. It could also be of use for those involved in religious education, pastoral care or anybody interested in the spiritual development of the self or the existential quest of humankind′ - Therapy Today ′This gentle, mystical, empirical and scholarly book is truly inspirational and it deserves the widest possible readership among therapists, religious educators and all those who care about the spiritual destiny of humankind′ - Professor Brian Thorne, Co-founder The Norwich Centre and Emeritus Professor of Counselling, University of East Anglia Spirituality in Counselling and Psychotherapy explores the idea that throughout the course of a therapeutic relationship between therapist and client, a spiritual level is reached by the two people involved. The author shows how this dimension can help clients who are living in an increasingly secular and faithless society to find some resolution with the issues they bring to therapy. By exploring different perspectives on religion and spirituality, the book provides therapists with the grounding they need to introduce spiritually-centred counselling into their practice. It describes the characteristics of spiritual counselling and covers practical considerations such as: " recognising indications from the client to move into a spiritual mode of therapy " exploring the ′self′ through spiritual work within the therapeutic process, and how this can lead to healing and growth " how to deal with doubt and scepticism over issues of spirituality. The book is illustrated throughout with transcripts and case studies to show how therapists can integrate the spiritual within their own approach to therapeutic work. It will be invaluable to all those who wish to explore this dimension in their work with clients. |
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... Jesus of Nazareth, Mohammed, the Buddha, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa or the Dalai Lama. But atheists counter-claim that venerated figures can be identified who are not driven by religious conviction but by humanistic ...
... Jesus was not divine, but born a human, that he rose from the dead and would come back again to Earth as God's appointed Messiah. Christadelphians believe the Bible is inerrant. After my adult baptism, becoming initiated into this ...
... Jesus. Nietzsche's reply was that no truth is discoverable except the truth which you yourself are. There is no sense or meaning in the world except the truth you yourself give it (Hollingdale, 1969: 25). The answer to Pilate's question ...
... Jesus) and by reinterpreting the Christian message in existential terms, following the philosophy of Martin Heidegger. A group of British theologians in 1997 confronted orthodoxy by disputing biblical inerrancy and by questioning the ...
... Jesus who is worshipped as Lord, and whose salvation is celebrated through the Eucharist in bread and wine. But Reality for the Muslim might equally be evident in the holy Qur'an, as a strictly unitary Being, who responds to the ...
Contents
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Chapter 3 | 40 |
Chapter 4 | 61 |
Chapter 5 | 83 |
Chapter 6 | 105 |
Chapter 7 | 123 |
Chapter 8 | 138 |
Chapter 9 | 158 |
Chapter 10 | 182 |
Appendix | 196 |
References | 201 |
Name Index | 208 |
Subject Index | 210 |
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References to this book
Brief Counselling in Schools: Working with Young People from 11 to 18 Mr Dennis Lines No preview available - 2006 |
Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective : Explorations at the Outer Reaches ... Peter Kenneth Chadwick No preview available - 2009 |