Spiritual and existential struggles tell a story about the quality of
clients’ lives, beyond what clinicians can learn from their mental
health symptoms alone. This book presents the relational spirituality
model (RSM) of psychotherapy, a creative clinical process that engages
existential themes to help people make sense of profound suffering or
trauma. To promote healing and growth, practitioners using the RSM
provide a secure yet challenging therapeutic space, while guiding
clients as they explore ways of relating to the sacred in their lives.
In this model, therapeutic change is seen as an intense yet safe
process of movement and tension between dwelling and seeking,
stability and disruption. Assessment and intervention strategies focus
on developmental systems—attachment, differentiation, and
intersubjectivity—to restructure relationships with the self,
others, and the sacred. In‑depth clinical case examples
demonstrate how to respect diverse client perspectives on suffering
and trauma, and apply the RSM in individual, couple, family, and group
psychotherapy. Readers will find new ways of working within the
spiritual, existential, religious, and theological concerns that
infuse their clients’ struggles and triumphs.
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Healing Suffering and Promoting Growth
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781433831782
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
American Psychological Association
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok