Author: Aten, Jamie D.; O’Grady, Kari A.; Worthington Jr, Everett L.
Title: The Psychology of Religion and Spirituality for Clinicians: Using Research in Your Practice.
Description: New York Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group, 2012. 1st ed. Hardback large octavo, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, tables, covers little rubbed, minor edgewear. 408 pp. Jamie Aten and colleagues look at the issue of many therapists and counselors finding themselves struggling to connect the research on the psychology of religion and spirituality to their clinical practice. The book provides a valuable resource for clinicians that will help translate basic research findings into useful clinical practice strategies. The editors and chapter authors, offer a practical and functional understanding of the empirical literature on the psychology of religion and spirituality, while at the same time outlining clinical implications, assessments, and strategies for counseling and psychotherapy. The chapters cover religious and spiritual identity, its development, and its relationship with a persons personality, spiritually transcendent experiences, forgiveness and reconciliation, and religion and spirituality in couples and families. ISBN: 9780415873437

Keywords: psychology, health, therapy, religion, spirituality 9780415873437


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