Psychotherapy and Counselling Arena

Depression and the Soul

A Guide to Spiritually Integrated Treatment

• By John R. Peteet.

Published August 2010

In Depression and the Soul, John Peteet proves the old adage that the best physician is also a philosopher. He considers how to approach the problem of depression within a larger context, and reviews current concepts of successful living relative to the heart (emotion and volition), the mind (…
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The Spiritual Horizon of Psychotherapy

• Edited by William S. Schmidt, and Merle R. Jordan.

Published October 2009

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…
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Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience

Integrating Care in Disaster Relief Work

• Edited by Grant H. Brenner, Daniel H. Bush and Joshua Moses.

Published October 2009

Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience: Integrating Care in Disaster Relief Work explores the interface between spiritual and psychological care in the context of disaster recovery work, drawing upon recent disasters including but not limited to, the experiences of September 11, 2001. Each…
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Rediscovering Confession

The Practice of Forgiveness and Where it Leads

• By David A. Steere.

Published May 2009

Rediscovering Confession is about recovering the experience of confession, in danger now of becoming a lost art. It identifies four elements present in psychotherapy and confession: a state of heightened self-awareness, a growing realization that our predicament points in some…
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Self and No-Self

Continuing the Dialogue Between Buddhism and Psychotherapy

• Edited by Dale Mathers, Melvin E. Miller and Osamu Ando.

Published May 2009

This collection explores the growing interface between Eastern and Western concepts of what it is to be human from analytical psychology, psychoanalytic and Buddhist perspectives. The relationship between these different approaches has been discussed for decades, with each discipline inviting its…
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Coming Out, Coming Home

Making Room for Gay Spirituality in Therapy

• By Kenneth Burr.

Published March 2009

Coming Out, Coming Home has the potential for increasing spiritual growth and development in our society. Although many books have been written about gay rights and pro-gay theologies, few have provided people with an opportunity to enlarge belief systems advocating Scriptural principles while…
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The Therapist's Notebook for Integrating Spirituality in Counseling

• Edited by Catherine E. Ford Sori, and Karen Helmeke.

Published October 2008

This two-volume set includes The Therapist's Notebook for Integrating Spirituality in Counseling I: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy and The Therapist's Notebook for Integrating Spirituality in Counseling II: More Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in…
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Latina/o Healing Practices

Mestizo and Indigenous Perspectives

• Edited by Brian McNeill, and Jose M. Cervantes.

Published May 2008

This edited volume focuses on the role of traditional or indigenous healers, as well as the application of traditional healing practices in contemporary counseling and therapeutic modalities with Latina/o people. The book offers a broad coverage of important topics, such as traditional healer’s…
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Mindfulness and Mental Health

Therapy, Theory and Science

• By Chris Mace.

Published August 2007

Being mindful can help people feel calmer and more fully alive. Mindfulness and Mental Health examines other effects it can also have and presents a significant new model of how mindful awareness may influence different forms of mental suffering. The book assesses current understandings of what…
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Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes

• Edited by Adrian Tomer, Grafton T. Eliason and Paul T. P. Wong.

Published July 2007

Existential and Spiritual Issues in Death Attitudes provides: an in-depth examination of death attitudes, existentialism, and spirituality and their relationships; a review of the major theoretical models; clinical applications of these models to issues such as infertility, bereavement, anxiety,…
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