Spiritual Interventions and Attachment: Seven Models for Clergy, Lay Ministers, and Mental Health Professionals

Author(s) : Geoff Goodman

Spiritual Interventions and Attachment: Seven Models for Clergy, Lay Ministers, and Mental Health Professionals

Book Details

  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Published : 2026
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Category :
    Attachment Theory
  • Category 2 :
    Counselling
  • Catalogue No : 98482
  • ISBN 13 : 9781041019510
  • ISBN 10 : 1041019513

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Part 1: Models of Spiritual Intervention Conducted by Lay Ministers
2. Stephen Ministry: Carrying Each Other’s Burdens
3. Spiritual Direction: An Invitation to the Practice of Contemplation 4. 12-Step Programs: Surrendering to the God of Our Understanding
5. Godly Play: Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me

Part 2: Models of Spiritual Intervention Conducted by Licensed Professionals
6. Using Drawing in a Spirituality Group to Discuss Mental Representations of God
7. Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Introducing Spirituality and Working Through Spiritual Struggles
8. Attachment-Informed Psychotherapy: Transforming Attachment Relationships to a Higher Power and to Parents
9. Final Reflections

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