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Psychotherapy and Spirituality

Psychotherapy and Spirituality

Integrating the Spiritual Dimension into Therapeutic Practice

Agneta Schreurs
Foreword by Malcolm Pines

Paperback: £22.99 / $39.95

2001, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp
ISBN: 978-1-85302-975-2, BIC 2: MMJT HRLK

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Foreword by Malcolm Pines. Introduction. Part 1. Spirituality in the therapeutic session. 1. Flight, fright or faith? 2. Groundless or reasonable fear? 3. Psychological or spiritual trauma? 4. Vision or hallucination? 5. Depression or spiritual darkness? 6. Narcissism or misdirected worship? Part 2. A Grammar of western consciousness. 7. The past complicates the present. 8. Bringing the background to the fore. 9. Psychotherapy and root metaphors. 10. Psychotherapy and spiritual root metaphors. 11. Spiritual metaphors and modern western consciousness. Part 3. Existential and cognitive aspects of spirituality. 12. Spirituality as a change process. 13. The existential aspect of spirituality. 14. Psychotherapy and the struggle for authentic spirituality. 15. The cognitive aspect of spirituality. 16. Psychotherapy and illuminative experience. Part 4. Relational aspects of spirituality. 17. The analysis of spiritual relationships. 18. Spirituality as a negative therapeutic factor. 19. Impersonal (or manipulative) relationships. 20. Mutual agreement (or contractual) relationships. 21. Mutual love (or fellowship) relationships. Further reading. References. Index.