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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... secular counterpart in education and social welfare, so has the therapist replaced the priest as 'father-confessor' but without ceremony and without reference to the sacred. But there is another parallel. Psychotherapy is indeed a broad ...
... secular, or atheist, or humanist, or even postmodern, may express diffidence and regard the world-wide atrocities that have occurred in the name of religion as indefensible. The Crusading battles between Christianity and Islam, the ...
... secular dimensions in that the term has become generic in accounting for aesthetic and artistic creativity in transcending natural limits of personal being. Religious people tend to view the Spirit as an ontological external agent ...
... secular society, the first chapter outlines postmodern consciousness as traced from the Enlightenment to our present time, where religious pluralism has become an ideal. We consider the rational mind as shaped by philosophy, critical ...
... secular world. Treating the mentally ill became institutionalised as the health service delivered professional psychiatry and psychotherapy. The third chapter examines the religious and spiritual insights of Carl Rogers, Sigmund Freud ...
Contents
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27 | |
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 |