Psychotherapy and Spirituality: Integrating the Spiritual Dimension into Therapeutic Practice

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• Psychotherapy and Spirituality 1
• Title Page 3
• Contents 7
• Acknowledgements 11
• Foreword 13
• Introduction 15
• Part 1 - Spirituality in the Therapeutic Session 23
• Introducing Part 1 24
• Chapter 1 - Flight, Fright or Faith? 27
• Chapter 2 - Groundless or Reasonable Fear? 29
• Chapter 3 - Psychological or Spiritual Trauma? 34
• Chapter 4 - Vision or Hallucination? 37
• Chapter 5 - Depression or Spiritual Darkness? 43
• Chapter 6 - Narcissism or Misdirected Worship? 47
• Concluding Part 1 53
• Part 2 - A Grammar of Western Consciousness 59

• Psychotherapy and Spirituality 1
• Title Page 3
• Contents 7
• Acknowledgements 11
• Foreword 13
• Introduction 15
• Part 1 - Spirituality in the Therapeutic Session 23
• Introducing Part 1 24
• Chapter 1 - Flight, Fright or Faith? 27
• Chapter 2 - Groundless or Reasonable Fear? 29
• Chapter 3 - Psychological or Spiritual Trauma? 34
• Chapter 4 - Vision or Hallucination? 37
• Chapter 5 - Depression or Spiritual Darkness? 43
• Chapter 6 - Narcissism or Misdirected Worship? 47
• Concluding Part 1 53
• Part 2 - A Grammar of Western Consciousness 59
• Introducing Part 2 60
• Chapter 7 - The Past Complicates the Present 61
• Chapter 8 - Bringing the Background to the Fore 74
• Chapter 9 - Psychotherapy and Cultural Root Metaphors 85
• Chapter 10 - Psychotherapy and Spiritual Root Metaphors 97
• Chapter 11 - Spiritual Root Metaphors and Modern Western Consciousness 112
• Concluding Part 2 123
• Part 3 - Existential and Cognitive Aspects of Spirituality 127
• Introducing Part 3 128
• Chapter 12 - Spirituality as a Change Process 129
• Chapter 13 - The Existential Aspect of Spirituality 138
• Chapter 14 - Psychotherapy and the Struggle for Authentic Spirituality 148
• Chapter 15: The Cognitive Aspect of Spirituality 161
• Chapter 16 - Psychotherapy and Illuminative Experience 174
• Concluding Part 3 193
• Part 4 - Relational Aspects of Spirituality 195
• Introducing Part 4 196
• Chapter 17 - The Analysis of Spiritual Relationships 199
• Chapter 18 - Spirituality as a Negative Therapeutic Factor 216
• Chapter 19 - Impersonal (Or Manipulative) Relationships 232
• Chapter 20 - Predestination and Double Predestination 240
• Chapter 21 - Mutual Agreement (Or Contractual) Relationships 250
• Chapter 22 - Mutual Love (Or Fellowship) Relationships 263
• Concluding Part 4 274
• How to Proceed Further 276
• Recommended Titles Further Study 278
• Notes 284
• Bibliography 293
• Vignettes Index 306
• Author Index 307
• Subject Index 310