Spirituality and Psychological Health

What people are saying:

“Psychotherapy and spirituality are now mainstream considerations for psychotherapists.  Since most have had little or no formal training in this area, therapists will find Spiritual and Psychological Health a most welcome resource. This is a useful and important book that uniquely emphasizes psychological health and the developmental aspects of spirituality. Highly recommended.”

Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D.
Author, Incorporating Spirituality in Clinical Practice,
and co-editor, Spiritually-Oriented Psychotherapy

"This text fills many important holes in the literature on psychological and spiritual health. First, it provides a variety of insightful perspectives on the integration of emotional and religious development. Second, it clearly describes many overlooked sociocultural and theoretical issues. Third, it illustrates how spiritual issues can be competently addressed in therapeutic settings. This is a book that both students and seasoned clinicians will find to be informative, practical, and illuminating."

Glen Moriarty, Psy.D
Regents University

Table of Contents

Forward by Francis Parks, Ph.D.
Introduction by H. Newton Malony, Ph.D.

Part I Foundational Issues

Chapter 1 - Training Issues in Spirituality and Psychotherapy: A Foundational Approach by Louis Hoffman, MAT, Ph.D., Richard H. Cox, MD, Ph.D., D.Min, ABPP, Betty Ervin-Cox, Ph.D., & Mike Mitchell, M.A.

Chapter 2 -The Dynamics of Faith: How Can the Psychologist Understand Religion and Spirituality? by Joey Pulleyking, MTS, Psy.D

Part II Developmental Perspectives

Chapter 3 - The Developmental Stages of Spirituality: A Proposed Paradigm by Richard H Cox. KMD, Ph.D., D.Min., ABPP

Chapter 4 - Spirituality and Children by Barry Nierenberg, Ph.D., ABPP & Alissa Shildon, Ph.D.

Chapter 5 - Spirituality in the Developmental Stages of Adolescence by Betty Schlesing, Psy.D

Chapter 6 - Spirituality and Aging by George Boone, MRE, Ph.D.

Chapter 7 - Spiritual Perspectives on Self-Harm and Suicide in Young Adults by David Tacey, Ph.D.

Chapter 8 - A Developmental Perspective on the God Image by Louis Hoffman, MAT, Ph.D.

Part III Theory and Diversity

Chapter 9 - Existential Spirituality and the Personality by Daryl S. Paulson, Ph.D.

Chapter 10 - Transcendence and Imminence in Psychotherapy by Richard H. Cox, M.D., Ph.D., D.Min., ABPP

Chapter 11 - Anomalies of Spirituality by Richard H. Cox, M.D., Ph.D., D.Min., ABPP

Chapter 12 - Secular Spirituality, Evil, and the Daimonic in Psychotherapy By Stephen A. Diamond, Ph.D.

Chapter 13 - Spirituality Across Cultures, Religions, and Ethnicities by Stanley Krippner, Ph.D.

Part IV Application

Chapter 14 - Values as the Basis for Spiritual Intervention by Billy B. Sharp, B.D., Ed.D.

Chapter 15 - Practical Applications of Spirituality to the Practice of Psychology by Clarence Leung, MACL, Ph.D. & Louis Hoffman, MAT, Ph.D.

Chapter 16 - Selected Literature on Spirituality and Health/Mental Health by Betty Ervin-Cox, Ph.D., Louis Hoffman, MAT, Ph.D., & Christopher S. M. Grimes, Psy.D

Epilogue - Enchanted Agnosticism by Kirk Schneider, Ph.D.