Spirituality and Counselling: Experiential and Theoretical Perspectives

Editor : Judith Moore, Editor : Campbell Purton

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Publisher : PCCS Books
Published : January 2006
Category :
Counselling
Catalogue No : 24954
ISBN 13 : 9781898059745
ISBN 10 : 1898059748

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This book arises from a rich and lively international conference on The Spiritual Dimension in Therapy and Experiential Exploration, which was held at the University of East Anglia in July 2004. The varied chapters - including contributions from the keynote speakers: Brian Thorne, Rev Daishin Morgan and Richard Holloway - explore the conference theme in depth from many perspectives: experiential, philosophical, theological, psychological and personal.

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Section 1: Keynote Addresses
1. The process of transformation within Buddhism - Rev Daishin Morgan
2. Looking in the distance: Spirituality in God's Absence - Richard Holloway
3. The gift and cost of being fully present - Brian Thorne

Section 2: Philosophy
1. William James and Ludwig Wittenstein : A philosophical approach to spirituality - Hans Julius Schneider
2. Towards a phenomenology of the divine - C J Sharp
3. Towards a Rogerian theory of mysticism - Ivan Ellingham
4. Open-centred ecosophy - Or how to do environmentally interesting things with Dr Rogers' therapeutic conditions - Clive Perraton Mountford

Section 3: Presence and the Core Conditions
1. The power of presence - Veronika Prüller-Jagenteufel
2. A person-centred therapist's quest for presence - Dora Iseli Schudel
3. 'Naked saying'-Languages, selves and 'no-self' in therapy - Sarah Luczaj
4. The fabric of acceptance - Matis Nimetz
5. Person-centred psychotherapy as a spiritual discipline: A critical examination - Martin van Kalmthout

Section 4: Personal Reflections and Workshops
Imagine that this page is pink - Tess Sturrock
1. Cathedrals: Places of discovery - Mary Green and Stephen Platten
2. Longing in practice: Prayer and therapy - Mary Hill and Suzanne Keys
3. Honouring spirituality in therapy - William West and Chris Jenkins
4. PRH: Towards a deeper experience of who I am - Robina Scott

Section 5: Christian Perspectives
1. Self-giving and self-actualizing: Christianity and the person-centred approach - Jeff Leonardi
2. Seeing eyes, royal priests and living temples: A biblical perspective on the role of the counsellor - Stephen Hitchcock
3. In the beginning there is community: Implications and challenges of the belief in a triune God and a person-centred approach - Peter F Schmid
4. To be what you really are in reformed theology - Jan van Blarikom

Section 6: Humanism
1. Whose heaven? The spiritual dimension in humanist counselling - Suzette van IJssel
2. An exploration of the relationship between humanism and Christianity in the practice of counselling - Jack Earl