Main description:

Exploring the role of spirituality in couple and family relationships, this successful text and practitioner guide illustrates ways to tap spiritual resources for coping, healing, and resilience. Leading experts in family therapy and pastoral care discuss how faith beliefs and practices can foster personal and relational well-being, how religious conflicts or a spiritual void can contribute to distress, and what therapists can gain from reflecting on their own spiritual journeys. The volume is rich with insights for working with multi-faith and culturally diverse clients.

Contents:

I. Overview 1. Religion, Spirituality, and the Family: Multifaith Perspectives, Froma Walsh
2. Integrating Spirituality in Family Therapy: Wellsprings for Health, Healing, and Resilience, Froma WalshII. Spiritual Resources in Families: Tapping the Wellsprings 3. Spirituality, Suffering, and Beliefs: The Soul of Healing with Families, Lorraine M. Wright
4. Spiritual Resources in Family Adaptation to Death and Loss, Froma Walsh
5. Religious Perspectives on Resilience: Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam, Steven J. Wolin, with Wayne Muller, Fred Taylor, Sybil Wolin, Shanthi Ranganathan, Dyaa Saymah, and Hasan Zeyada
6. The Stresses of Poverty and the Comfort of Spirituality, Harry J. Aponte
7. Spirituality and Religion: Implications for Psychotherapy with African American Clients and Families, Nancy Boyd-Franklin and Tonya Walker Lockwood
8. Religion and Spiritual Traditions in Immigrant Families: Significance for Latino Health and Mental Health, Celia Jaes Falicov
9. "Honor Your Father and Your Mother": Intergenerational Values and Jewish Tradition, Mona DeKoven Fishbane
10. A Spirituality for Family Living, Herbert AndersonIII. Spirituality in Therapeutic Practice 11. Morality and Spirituality in Therapy, William J. Doherty
12. Rituals and Spirituality in Family Therapy, Evan Imber-Black
13. Meditation and Relational Connectedness: Practices for Couples and Families, Jerry Gale
14. Healing from Relational Trauma: The Quest for Spirituality, Mary Jo Barrett
15. Healing from Refugee Trauma: The Significance of Spiritual Beliefs, Faith Community, and Faith-Based Services, Hugo Kamya
16. Forgiveness and Spirituality: Elements of Healing in Relationships, Terry D. Hargrave, Janet Froeschle, and Yvette Castillo
17. Opening Therapy to Conversations with a Personal God, Melissa Elliott
18. Stretching to Meet What's Given: Opportunities for a Spiritual Practice, Kaethe Weingarten
19. Heart and Soul: Experiential Exercises for Therapists and Clients, Janine Roberts
20. The Therapeutic Benefits of a Justice-Seeking Spirituality: Empowerment, Healing, and Hope, Alice de V. Perry and John S. Rolland