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This is the second book in a two book set on this subject. Inside you will find not only solid advice but very practical homework, handouts and activities that can be integrated into a psychotherapeutic practice. The subjects Using Religion or Spirituality in Solution-Oriented Brief Therapy, The Internal Family Systems Model, Exploration of Adolescent and Adult Spirituality, Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Religious Features, Enhancing Reliance on God as a Supportive Attachment Figure, Integrating Spirituality with Children and Families Experiencing Loss of a Parent, Exploring Spirituality with Children in Counseling, Online with Adolescent Spirituality,
Conducting a Spiritual Life Review with the Elderly, Assessing African-American Spiritual and Religious Orientation, Counseling with Jewish Clients and Families, Saints and Family Systems, Coping with Chronic Illness, Recovering from Fetal Loss, and Spirituality with Caregivers in Group Counseling.

All chapters follow the same basic format of background information, the rational for use, instructions, vignettes, contraindications, references, and lists of additional professional readings and resources. Throughout the book are illustrations, scales, self-assessment tests, and examples. With twenty-eight contributing professionals this is a collection of the thoughts and techniques of a wide range of practitioners who use practical psychotherapeutic techniques within the paradigm of the spiritually oriented client or therapist.

Practical, sensitive, and ethical The Therapist's Notebook for Integrating Spirituality in Counseling II is an essential resource for the Christian Counselor, Psychologist or any other professional wanting to integrate spirituality into counseling.

Editors: Karen B. Helmeke, Ph.D. and Catherine Ford Sori, Ph.D.
Publisher: The Haworth Press, Inc.
10 Alice Street
Binghamton, NY 13904-1580
Copyright: 2006
ISBN: 9780789032577
Pages: 258 plus index
Price: $79.90