Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy for Trauma - Hardcover

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9781433818165: Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy for Trauma

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ISBN 10: 1433818167 ISBN 13: 9781433818165

Publisher: American Psychological Association, 2014

Recent years have brought broader awareness and openness to talking about traumatic life events. Survivors of these events often experience spiritual struggles in the course of healing. Likewise, in helping clients process trauma, therapists too may struggle with spiritual questions such as why people suffer.

In this book, readers will learn how to apply spiritually oriented practices within their own setting, approach to therapy, and client populations. They will also learn how to work with the ethical challenges trauma treatment can pose to their own competence and world view.

This book describes empirical research and provides case studies showing its application to sexual abuse, partner violence, and trauma resulting from war and natural disasters.

Features:

� Provides concrete advice for psychotherapists who feel uncomfortable with raising spiritual issues or discussing them when they come up.

� Illustrates how to adopt a spiritual orientation in each stage of therapy—assessment, establishing working alliance, meaning making, and change.

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About the Author:

Donald F. Walker, PhD, directs the Child Trauma Institute, an interdisciplinary research center devoted to understanding the role of religious faith in recovery from childhood abuse, treating survivors of child abuse, and training professionals in addressing spiritual issues in treatment.

Dr. Walker also teaches in the PsyD program in clinical psychology at Regent University. As a professor, he teaches courses on trauma and clinical child psychology and supervises students at all levels of the program.

He is a member of the APA Division 36 (Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) and 56 (Trauma Psychology).

He is also the founder and executive director of Tidewater Child and Family Behavioral Health Center, PLLC, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is a clinical child psychologist and treats children, teens, and families.

Christine A. Courtois, PhD, ABPP, is a board certified counseling psychologist in independent practice in Washington, DC, and national clinical trauma consultant at Elements Behavioral Health/Promises.

Dr. Courtois has published three books in conjunction with Dr. Julian Ford on the topic of complex trauma and its treatment. She lectures widely and is currently chairing a committee on developing treatment guidelines for posttraumatic stress disorder for APA.

She is the recipient of a number of professional awards, among them the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Professional Practice and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Sarah Haley Award for Clinical Excellence.

Jamie D. Aten, PhD, is the founder and codirector of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute and Dr. Arthur P. Rech and Mrs. Jean May Rech Associate Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.

Dr. Aten's interests include the psychology of religion and disasters, disaster spiritual and emotional care, and faith-based relief and development. He has received more than $2 million in external funding to study disasters, trauma, and faith issues around the globe and has been recognized with APA's Division 36 (Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) Margaret Gorman Early Career Award and Mutual of America Merit Finalist Award. He is also the coeditor or author of seven books.

Review:

This skillfully written text is a must read for all psychotherapists in our field. ---PsycCRITIQUES

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