The Interplay of Psychology and Spirituality

A Resource for Counselors and Psychotherapists

Alexandra M. Hepburn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

384 Seiten

2019
She Writes Press (Verlag)
978-1-63152-650-3 (ISBN)

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Many counseling clients find comfort and meaning in their spiritual lives, in the context of religious affiliation or the diverse viewpoints of the 'spiritual but not religious.' But counselors and psychotherapists often lack training for work in this territory and may be wary of opening the door. The Interplay of Psychology and Spirituality is an exploration of the subtle, fluid relationship between psychology and spirituality that offers valuable perspectives and suggestions for embracing spirituality and religion in the helping professions. Drawing on Jungian, transpersonal, and integral perspectives, Hepburn highlights personal and cultural styles, spirituality as a therapeutic resource, and the potential for psychospiritual growth. She also emphasizes the importance of focusing on metaphors, stories, and direct experience rather than beliefs. Thoughtful attention is given to potential psychospiritual problems, ethical dilemmas, and diagnostic challenges. There are also frequent opportunities for personal reflection. Unique features of the book include consideration of the potential relationship of spirituality to therapeutic themes such as attachment, trauma, subpersonalities, and somatic experience, as well as application of the concepts in the stories of nine fictional characters based on the Enneagram. Thoughtful and thought provoking, The Interplay of Psychology and Spirituality is a valuable resource for helping professionals, spiritual directors, and for general readers with a particular interest in the subject.

Alexandra Hepburn has a master's degree in special education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and received her PhD in human development from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. She has been in private practice as a counselor since 1994, focusing on loss and grief, life transitions, and spirituality. In her twenty-six-year faculty role at Antioch University Seattle, she taught courses on loss and grief, personality theory, developmental psychology, and the interplay of psychology and spirituality. She also coordinated a non-clinical master's degree program in psychology and spirituality. After living on both US coasts, Hepburn has now settled among cedar trees and near a beach in the Pacific Northwest.

Chapter One: Setting the Stage

Chapter Two: Personal and Cultural Styles: Different Flavors of Spirituality

Chapter Three: The Broader Context of Religion and Spirituality in Today's World

Chapter Four: Spirituality as a Resource

Chapter Five: Journeys Unfolding: Meaning, Wholeness, and Depth

Chapter Six: Consciousness Evolving: Development, Identity, and Perspective

Chapter Seven: Obstacles and Openings to Psychospiritual Growth

Chapter Eight: Glimpsing Beyond the Personal

Chapter Nine: Potential Psychospiritual Challenges

Afterimages: Roots and Wings

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	04.02.2019
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Historische Romane
	Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	1-63152-650-2 / 1631526502
ISBN-13	978-1-63152-650-3 / 9781631526503
Zustand	Neuware