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This text is for mental health practitioners who want to enhance their clients' psychological wellbeing using therapeutic tools drawn from spiritual and religious thought. This book is for mental health practitioners who want to enhance their clients'psychological well-being using therapeutic tools drawn from spiritual and religious thought. What can a nonreligious therapist do when a client directly requests help with a problem involving spiritual matters? How can a therapist who is engaged in a religious tradition frame strategies such as discerning vocation, participating in spiritual or religious rituals, and forgiving in ways that are acceptable to secular clients? Thomas Plante answers these questions and more by presenting 13 tools to improve psychological and spiritual health that can be integrated into secular or religious-oriented practice. Spiritual Practices in Psychotherapy first reviews history, philosophy, and research behind and evidence for integrating tools such as meditation, learning from spiritual models, and becoming part of something larger than oneself into therapy practice. Dr. Plante makes a case for integrating spiritual and religious tools in therapy as part of ethical practice, and as a way to add value to services such as assessment, counseling, and consultation with other professionals. A rich and diverse collection of case illustrations shows how to conduct psychotherapy using these tools, and walks readers through real-world examples of how to consult with clergy. Finally, the book offers an agenda for continued research and education and a variety of resources for further study in this area. "This book is for mental health practitioners who want to enhance their clients' psychological well-being using therapeutic tools drawn from spiritual and religious thought. Thomas G. Plante examines the great religious and spiritual traditions and identifies several common tools that can easily be applied to psychotherapy treatment services. These include the benefits of (a) prayer; (b) meditation; (c) meaning, purpose, and calling in life; (d) bibliotherapy; (e) attending community services and rituals; (f) volunteerism and charity; (g) ethical values and behavior; (h) forgiveness, gratitude, and kindness; (i) social justice; (j) learning from spiritual models; (k) acceptance of self and others (even with faults); (l) being part of something larger than oneself; and (m) appreciating the sacredness of life. Regardless of whether mental health professionals and their clients are religious, spiritual, or identified with a faith community, these tools can be a valuable addition to the psychotherapy toolbox. Plante reviews the concepts and evidence that support spiritually integrated therapy and identifies what the great wisdom traditions can offer the psychotherapist. With a focus on the ethical issues to consider in spiritually integrated psychotherapy, he offers tools that will enhance the clinical work of both religious and nonreligious psychotherapists"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved) Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Religion–Spirituality in the Practice and Science of Psychology Chapter 2 Thirteen Tools From Religious–Spiritual Thought: Definitions and Philosophical Grounding Chapter 3 Assessment Issues Chapter 4 Internal Religious–Spiritual Tools Chapter 5 External and Other Religious–Spiritual Tools Chapter 6 Five Ethical Values to Guide Professional Behavior Chapter 7 Special Circumstances: Seven Types of Clients Chapter 8 Consultation With Religious Professionals: An Often-Overlooked Tool Chapter 9 Best Practices in Action Chapter 10 Next Steps: Focused Research and Training Additional Resources Appendix: Assessment References Index About the Author Why integrate religion, spirituality, and psychological treatment? The benefits of religiousness and spirituality Assessment issues Internal religious and spiritual tools External and other religious and spiritual tools Five ethical principles to guide our professional behavior Special issues and circumstances Consultation with religious professionals : an often-overlooked tool Best practices in action Next steps : questions that will yield more empirically-based guidance.

this Book Is For Therapists Who Want To Enhance Their Effectiveness With Clients Whose Spirituality Is A Salient Part Of Their Worldview. Whether Or Not The Therapist Has A Spiritual Background, The Authors Demonstrate That It Is Possible To Honor Clients' Spiritual Experience From The Beginning To The End Of The Therapeutic Process.