Integrating Traditional Healing Practices Into Counseling and Psychotherapy (Multicultural Aspects of Counseling And Psychotherapy)

'If you are a student, professor, or practitioner of the ′talking cures′ – buy this book, read it, use it, and experience the difference it makes in your thoughts and actions.'–Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D., D.H.C., University of Hawaii, Honolulu, for PsycCritiques (Contemporary Psychology), APA, November 15, 2005 issue Integrating Traditional Healing Practices Into Counseling and Psychotherapy critically examines ethnic minority cultural and traditional healing in relation to counseling and psychotherapy. Authors Roy Moodley and William West highlight the challenges and changes in the field of multicultural counseling and psychotherapy by integrating current issues of traditional healing with contemporary practice. The book uniquely presents a range of accounts of the dilemmas and issues facing students, professional counselors, psychotherapists, social workers, researchers, and others who use multicultural counseling or transcultural psychotherapy as part of their professional practice. Key Features: Contributes to the wider debates about ethnic minority health care by focusing on how ethnic minority groups construct illness perceptions and the kinds of treatments they expect to solve health and mental health problems Analyzes traditional healing of racial, ethnic, and religious groups living in the United States, Canada, and Britain to consider the diffusion of healing practices across cultural boundaries Explores contemporary alternative health care movements such as paganism, New Age Spirituality and healing, transcendental meditation, and new religious movements to increase the knowledge and capacity of clinical expertise of students studying in this field Integrating Traditional Healing Practices Into Counseling and Psychotherapy is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate students studying multicultural counseling or psychotherapy. The book is also a valuable resource for academics, researchers, psychotherapists, counselors, and other practitioners. Content: pt. I. Indigenous performances, cultural worldviews, and supernatural healing. Shamanic performances: healing through magic and the supernatural / Roy Moodley -- Aboriginal worldview of healing: inclusion, blending, and bridging / Anne Poonwassie & Ann Charter -- The djinns: a sophisticated conceptualization of pathologies and therapies / Tobie Nathan -- Crossing the line between talking therapies and spiritual healing / William West -- pt. II. Healing and curing: traditional healers and healing. Indigenous healers and healing in a modern world / Anne Solomon & Njoki Nathani Wane -- Traditional healing practices in Southern Africa: ancestral spirits, ritual ceremonies, and holistic healing / Olaniyi Bojuwoye -- Caribbean healers and healing: awakening spiritual and cultural healing powers / Ronald Marshall -- Latin American healers and healing: healing as a redefinition process / Lilián González Chévez -- Traditional and cultural healing among the Chinese / Joseph K. So -- South Asian (Indian) traditional healing: ayurvedic, shamanic, and sahaja therapy / Manoj Kumar, Dinesh Bhugra & Jagmohan Singh -- pt. III. Spirituality, religion, and cultural healing. Animism: foundation of traditional healing in sub-Saharan Africa / Clemmont E. Vontress -- Hindu spirituality and healing practices / Pittu Laungani -- Inner healing prayer in "spirit-filled" Christianity / Fernando L. Garzon -- Islam, divinity, and spiritual healing / Qulsoom Inayat -- Jewish healing, spirituality, and modern psychology / Laura J. Praglin -- Buddhist moments in psychotherapy / Roshni Daya -- pt. IV. Traditional healing and its contemporary formulations. The sweat lodge as psychotherapy: congruence between traditional and modern healing / David Paul Smith -- Maat: an African-centered paradigm for psychological and spiritual healing / Mekada Graham -- Morita therapy: a philosophy of yin/yang coexistence / Charles P. Chen -- Pagan approaches to healing / Estelle Seymour -- Yoga and its practice in psychological healing / Josna Pankhania -- Holistic healing, paradigm shift, and the New Age / Patricia A. Poulin & William West -- pt. V. Finding the link between traditional healing and therapy. Spiritual and healing approaches in psychotherapeutic practice / Robert N. Sollod -- Psychotherapy as ritual: connecting the concrete with the symbolic / Michael Anderson -- The healing path: what can counselors learn from aboriginal people about how to heal? / Rod McCormick -- Herbalistas, curandeiros, and bruxas: valuable lessons from traditional systems of healing / Birdie J. Bezanson, Gary Foster & Susan James -- Sharing healing secrets: counselors and traditional healers in conversation / Rebecca Gawile Sima & William West.

"If you are a student, professor, or practitioner of the 'talking cures' -- buy this book, read it, use it, and experience the difference it makes in your thoughts and actions." --Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D., D.H.C., University of Hawaii, Honolulu, for PsycCritiques (Contemporary Psychology), APA, November 15, 2005 issue

Integrating Traditional Healing Practices Into Counseling and Psychotherapy critically examines ethnic minority cultural and traditional healing in relation to counseling and psychotherapy. Authors Roy Moodley and William West highlight the challenges and changes in the field of multicultural counseling and psychotherapy by integrating current issues of traditional healing with contemporary practice. The book uniquely presents a range of accounts of the dilemmas and issues facing students, professional counselors, psychotherapists, social workers, researchers, and others who use multicultural counseling or transcultural psychotherapy as part of their professional practice.

Key Features:

• Contributes to the wider debates about ethnic minority health care by focusing on how ethnic minority groups construct illness perceptions and the kinds of treatments they expect to solve health and mental health problems
• Analyzes traditional healing of racial, ethnic, and religious groups living in the United States, Canada, and Britain to consider the diffusion of healing practices across cultural boundaries
• Explores contemporary alternative healthcare movements such as paganism, New Age Spirituality and healing, transcendental meditation, and new religious movements to increase the knowledge and capacity of clinical expertise of students studying in this field

Integrating Traditional Healing Practices Into Counseling and Psychotherapy is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate students studying multicultural counseling or psychotherapy. The book is also a valuable resource for academics, researchers, psychotherapists, counselors, and other practitioners.

Cover 1 Contents 6 Foreword 10 Series Editor’s Foreword 12 Introduction 16 PART I: Indigenous Performances,Cultural Worldviews, and Supernatural Healing 30 1 - Shamanic Performances 31 2 - Aboriginal Worldview of Healing 44 3 - The Djinns 55 4 - Crossing the Line Between Talking Therapies and Spiritual Healing 67 PART II: Healing and Curing 80 5 - Indigenous Healers and Healing in a Modern World 81 6 - Traditional Healing Practices in Southern Africa 90 7 - Caribbean Healers and Healing 102 8 - Latin American Healers and Healing 114 9 - Traditional and Cultural Healing Among the Chinese 129 10 - South Asian (Indian) Traditional Healing 141 PART III: Spirituality, Religion, and Cultural Healing 152 11 - Animism 153 12 - Hindu Spirituality and Healing Practices 167 13 - Inner Healing Prayer in“Spirit-Filled” Christianity 177 14 - Islam, Divinity, and Spiritual Healing 188 15 - Jewish Healing, Spirituality, and Modern Psychology 199 16 - Buddhist Momentsin Psychotherapy 211 PART IV: Traditional Healing and Its Contemporary Formulations 224 17 - The Sweat Lodge as Psychotherapy 225 18 - Maat 239 19 - Morita Therapy 250 20 - Pagan Approaches to Healing 262 21 - Yoga and Its Practice in Psychological Healing 275 22 - Holistic Healing, Paradigm Shift, and the New Age 286 PART V: Finding the Link Between Traditional Healing and Therapy 298 23 - Spiritual and Healing Approaches in Psychotherapeutic Practice 299 24 - Psychotherapy as Ritual 311 25 - The Healing Path 322 26 - Herbalistas, Curandeiros, and Bruxas 334 27 - Sharing Healing Secrets 345 Index 355 About the Editors 373 About the Contributors 374 "Integrating Traditional Healing Practices Into Counseling and Psychotherapy critically examines ethnic minority cultural and traditional healing in relation to counseling and psychotherapy. Editors Roy Moodley and William West highlight the challenges and transformations within the field of multicultural counseling and psychotherapy by integrating current debates and issues of traditional healing with contemporary practice." "This book is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate students studying multicultural counseling or psychotherapy. The book is also a valuable resource for academics, researchers, psychotherapists, counselors, and other practitioners."--Jacket Aimed at students in the field of counselling and psychotherapy this book examines traditional and cultural healing from a wide variety of traditions focusing particularly of those communities that are living in the West It seems that for more than 5,000 years, human beings evolved a set of complex practices that involved religion, magic, and supernatural healing.