Encountering the Sacred in Psychotherapy: How to Talk with People about Their Spiritual Lives

Encountering the Sacred in Psychotherapy: How to Talk with People about Their Spiritual Lives
ISBN-10
146250583X
ISBN-13
9781462505838
Category
Psychology
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2012-01-19
Publisher
Guilford Press
Authors
James L. Griffith, Melissa Elliott Griffith

Description

Drawing on narrative, postmodern, and other therapeutic perspectives, this book guides therapists in exploring the creative and healing possibilities in clients' spiritual and religious experience. Vivid personal accounts and dialogues bring to life the ways spirituality may influence the stories told in therapy, the language and metaphors used, and the meanings brought to key relationships and events. Applications are discussed for a wide variety of clinical situations, including helping people resolve relationship problems, manage psychiatric symptoms, and cope with medical illnesses.

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