God Image Handbook for Spiritual Counseling and Psychotherapy: Researc

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Learn seven clinical approaches to working with the God image in psychotherapy Each person has two ideas of God—the God concept and the God image. The God concept is intellectual in nature, while the God image is the subjective emotional experience of God that is shaped by a person’s family history. Those who struggle with mental health issues often have a God image that is distant,... Read more

Learn seven clinical approaches to working with the God image in psychotherapy

Each person has two ideas of God—the God concept and the God image. The God concept is intellectual in nature, while the God image is the subjective emotional experience of God that is shaped by a person’s family history. Those who struggle with mental health issues often have a God image that is distant, critical, and judgmental because they had parents who behaved that way. God Image Handbook for Spiritual Counseling and Psychotherapy: Research, Theory, and Practice provides therapists with the tools to effectively treat clients who harbor God image issues. This unique manual builds upon strong philosophical and research foundations to offer seven practical clinical approaches to working with the God image in psychotherapy. Leading clinicians and researchers from various disciplines offer expert insight and analysis to provide therapists with in-depth understanding of the God image.

God Image Handbook for Spiritual Counseling and Psychotherapy: Research, Theory, and Practice comprehensively discusses the psychodynamic foundation and research that contribute to the understanding of the God image, and then presents seven different theoretical and technical approaches to help those who have personal and religious problems. Case examples illustrate how the God image changes through the therapy process. The guidebook also explores future developments and the implications of race, culture, gender orientation, and economic conditions that impact the God image.

Each approach and theory in God Image Handbook for Spiritual Counseling and Psychotherapy: Research, Theory, and Practice examine:

background and philosophical assumptions
God image development
God image difficulties
God image change
strengths and weaknesses

Case examples discuss:
client history
presenting problem
case conceptualization
treatment plan
interventions
duration of treatment
termination
therapeutic outcomes

God Image Handbook for Spiritual Counseling and Psychotherapy: Research, Theory, and Practice is an interdisciplinary guide that provides a holistic understanding of psychological issues and the God image, and is a valuable practical addition to the libraries of psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, social workers, addiction professionals, clergy, spiritual directors, and pastoral counselors. Read less

Rizzuto, Foreword. Acknowledgments. About the Contributors. Part I: Foundations. Moriarty & Hoffman, Introduction and Overview. Grimes, God Image Research: A Literature Review. Jones, Psychodynamic Theories of the Evolution of the God Image. Part II: Clinical Theory and Applications. Noffke & Hall, Attachment Psychotherapy and God Image. Moriarty, Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy and God Image. Hoffman, Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy and God Image. Garzon, A Neuroscientific Approach and the God Image. Johnson, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and the God Image. O’Grady & Richards, Theistic Psychotherapy and the God Image. Doehring, A Liberal Protestant Pastoral Theological Approach and the God Image: The Role of God Images in Recovery from Sexual and Physical Abuse. Part III: Future Directions. Gibson, Measurement Issues in God Image Research and Practice. Moriarty, Thomas, & Allmond, God Image Psychotherapy: Comparing Approaches. Hoffman et al., Diversity Issues and the God Image. Epilogue. Schmidt, Postscript. Index.

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Glendon L. Moriarty, Louis Hoffman

God Image Handbook for Spiritual Counseling and Psychotherapy Research, Theory, and Practice

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