Description |
xv, 320 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-311) and index. |
Contents |
New Ways of Hearing Sacred Stories -- Opening the Door -- Metaphor and Spirituality -- Stories of Spiritual Experience -- Conversations between Person and God -- Spiritual and Religious Beliefs -- Rituals, Ceremonies, and Spiritual Practices -- The Community in Spirituality -- When Spirituality Turns Destructive -- Living beyond Medical and Psychiatric Illnesses. |
Summary |
"This book guides therapists in exploring the creative and healing possibilities in people's spiritual and religious experience, while countering ways it can do harm. James L. Griffith and Melissa Elliott Griffith integrate ideas from a range of therapeutic perspectives - as well as wisdom gleaned from over 20 years of work in the field - to help therapists listen and respond when spiritual or religious themes are invoked; ask appropriate questions about beliefs, practices, and communities; and work collaboratively to identify personally meaningful resources for change. Modeling an open, receptive stance, the book demonstrates ways to honor an individual's language, ideas, and traditions even in the absence of specific cultural knowledge or common traditions. |
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Filled with evocative personal accounts and therapeutic dialogues, this is a compelling resource for novice and experienced clinicians alike."--Jacket. |
Subject |
Psychotherapy -- Religious aspects.
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Psychotherapy patients -- Religious life.
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Psychotherapy -- methods.
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Religion.
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Spirituality.
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Patients -- psychology.
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Psychotherapy patients -- Religious life.
(OCoLC)fst01081823
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Psychotherapy -- Religious aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01081790
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Added Author |
Griffith, Melissa Elliott, 1952-
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ISBN |
1572307013 (hardcover) |
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9781572307018 (hardcover) |
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1572309385 |
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9781572309388 |
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