1st Edition

Religion and the Family When God Helps

By Laurel A Burton, William M Clements Copyright 1992
230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

This fascinating book guides family therapists in recognizing the importance of their clients’spirituality or religion to therapy. Experienced therapists demonstrate how to incorporate patients’spiritual beliefs in successful family therapy. Religion and the Family explains how the spirituality of individuals and families can be used as a valuable resource for understanding and healing... Read more

I. Introductory Issues, Does 'God' Enter the System?: A Review and Introduction, A Hermeneutical Approach to Religion and Family Therapy, Foundations for a Spiritually Based Psychotherapy, II. Applications, Therapeutic Change in Religious Families: Working With the God-Construct, Spirituality and Systems Therapy: Partners in Clinical Practice, Mixing Oil and Water Religiously: Counseling Interfaith Families, Family Therapy with the Faithful: Christians as Clients, III. Research, Assessing the Role of Religion in Family Functioning, Religion in Family Therapy Journals: A Review and Analysis, Reference Notes Included, Index

Biography

Burton, Laurel A; Clements, William M