Encountering the sacred in psychotherapy : how to talk with people about their spiritual lives

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910162801003321
• Autore: Griffith James L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : Guilford Press, 2002
• ISBN: 1-4625-0583-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (611 pages)
• Disciplina: 616.89/14
• Soggetti: Psychotherapy - Religious aspects; Psychotherapy patients - Religious life; Persons; Religion and Psychology; Humanities; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Psychological Phenomena and Processes; Named Groups; Psychiatry and Psychology; Spirituality; Patients; Religion; Psychotherapy; Psychiatry; Health & Biological Sciences; Psychiatry - General
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 New Ways of Hearing Sacred Stories -- 2 Opening the Door -- 3 Metaphor and Spirituality -- 4 Stories of Spiritual Experience -- 5 Conversations between Person and God -- 6 Spiritual and Religious Beliefs -- 7 Rituals, Ceremonies, and Spiritual Practices -- 8 The Community in ; Spirituality -- 9 When Spirituality Turns Destructive -- 10 Living beyond Medical and Psychiatric Illnesses -- References -- Index -- About Guilford Publications -- Discover More Guilford Titles.
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on narrative, postmodern, and other therapeutic perspectives, this book guides therapists in exploring the creative and healing possibilities in clients' spiritual and religious experience. Vivid personal accounts and dialogues bring to life the ways spirituality may influence the stories told in therapy, the language and metaphors used, and the meanings brought to key relationships and events. Applications are discussed for a wide variety of clinical situations, including helping people resolve relationship problems, manage psychiatric symptoms, and cope with medical illnesses.