Exploring Therapy, Spirituality and Healing

William N. West (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2010
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-0-230-55406-1 (ISBN)

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What place does spiritual need and healing have in the counselling room? Denying the spiritual dimension of personal distress can be potentially hurtful to clients, but the issue of spirituality is also fraught with professional and ethical issues for therapists. This book draws on original research to move the debate about spiritual need forwards in relation to therapeutic practice, supervision, and training.

An international team of contributors offer a diverse range of perspectives to critically explore a wide spectrum of spiritual issues, including prayer, pastoral care and traditional healing. Edited by a leading figure in the field, this book:

• Illuminates experiences of both clients and practitioners through detailed case vignettes
• Draws on cutting-edge research in this growing field
• Invites readers to address their own therapeutic practice with hands-on discussion points

This measured and thoughtful approach provides a fascinating insight to an often complex and controversial topic. As such, the book is essential reading for trainees and practitioners of counselling and psychotherapy.

WILLIAM WEST Reader in Counselling Studies and Director of Counselling Courses at the University of Manchester, UK. He is a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and has written extensively on therapy and spirituality, qualitative research, supervision, humanistic therapy and culture.

Foreword; B.Thorne.- Introduction; W.West.- PART I: THERAPY AND SPIRITUALITY.- Spirituality and Therapy: The Tensions and Possibilities; W.West.- When the Client's Spirituality is Denied in Therapy; C.Jenkins.- Counselling and Pastoral Care; T.Biddington.- Integrating Prayer in Counselling; P.Gubi.- Compassion in Psychotherapy; B.Vivino & B.Thompson.- Counselling, Spirituality and Culture; F.Christodoulidi.- Embodied Spirituality and the Therapeutic Encounter; D.Yusef.- PART II: THERAPY AND HEALING.- When Counselling Becomes Healing; W.West.- Traditional Healing Alongside Counselling and Psychotherapy; R.Moodley & O.Oulanova.- Assessing a Counsellor's Use of a Seemingly Spiritual Gift; C.Gorsedene.- Psychic Energy and the Client; M.Wardle.- PART III: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE.- Research in Spirituality and Healing; W.West.- Emergent Spirituality; D.Smith.- Practice Around Therapy, Spirituality and Healing; W.West.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.12.2010
Zusatzinfo	224 p.
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	350 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-230-55406-7 / 0230554067
ISBN-13	978-0-230-55406-1 / 9780230554061
Zustand	Neuware