Integration of spirituality and religion into psychotherapy.
Integration of spirituality and religion into psychotherapy.
Dear All, for your information:
Worthington Jr., Everett L. (Norcross, John C. (Ed); VandenBos, Gary R. (Ed); Freedheim,
Donald K. (Ed). 2011, History of psychotherapy. Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association)
Abstract
"The history of the integration of religion and spirituality
into psychotherapy has been driven by several trends. All push toward more
religious and spiritual diversity for both clients and therapists. (...) Among therapists, the cognitive
revolution made it more reasonable to deal explicitly with values, hence
religion and spirituality have been addressed more openly than in previous decades.
Economic pressures—managed care, in particular—have changed practice to accept,
if not demand, practitioners willing to integrate religious and spiritual
considerations. Openness of secular therapists to spiritual, but less often
religious, approaches has been fueled by multicultural evolution. The
popularity and availability of peer counseling have moved much helping away
from value-free or value-neutral to a value-informed perspective. (...)".
keywords: religion and spirituality;psychotherapy;clinical research.
