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Couple and family therapists, clinical psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, psychiatrists, and pastoral counselors; instructors and students in these fields. Serves as a text in courses in couple and family therapy, social work practice with families, and spirituality in psychotherapy.
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Family systems scholars, educators, and practitioners explain how mental health, health care, human service, and pastoral care professionals can bring a spiritual dimension into family therapy from a broad multi-faith perspective. They focus on the meaning and significance of spiritual beliefs and practices in people's lives, spiritual sources of suffering and constraints to positive growth, and spiritual resources for healing and resilience that fit with the values and preferences of clients. No date is noted for the first edition, but the second contains new chapters on death and loss, refugee trauma, meditation practices, use of rituals, and forgiveness. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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