1st Edition

The Spiritual Horizon of Psychotherapy

Edited By William S. Schmidt, Merle R. Jordan Copyright 2010
160 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the wise and conscious use of spiritual resources within counselling and psychotherapy. Written by veteran clinicians from different spiritual perspectives, and from various therapeutic schools of thought, this book provides a broad view of how the spiritual is present within therapeutic practice. The work of counselling and psychotherapy is increasingly seeking to ground its... Read more

1. Foreword  William S. Schmidt  2. Psychotherapy as an Operational Theology Process  Merle R. Jordan  3. The Inherent Spiritual and Theological Drama of Therapy  Philip J. Bauman  4. Do I Hear What You Hear? Thinking about Psychotherapy and Spirituality from a Self Psychological Approach  Chris R. Schlauch  5. Process and Politics in Pastoral Psychology: A Jungian Perspective on the Transformative Imago Dei in Depth Therapy  Terrill L. Gibson  6. Transformative Pilgrimage  William S. Schmidt  7. Beauty Heals  Douglas A. Anderson  8. Loss Through the Lens of Attachment to God  Melissa M. Kelley  9. Buddhist Practice-Based Psychotherapy  Joel Baehr  10. Mindful Psychotherapy  Linda G. Bell

Biography

William S. Schmidt is Associate Professor at Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago, USA. He is the former Graduate Director of Masters degree programs in both Pastoral Counseling and Spirituality. He is currently the Editor of the Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health.

Merle R. Jordan is Emeritus Professor of Pastoral Psychology at Boston University School of Theology, USA. He is the author of Taking On the Gods: The Task of the Pastoral Counselor and Reclaiming Your Story: Family History and Spiritual Growth.