Counseling Arena

• ethically incorporating spirituality into the therapeutic setting
  
• professional disclosure
  
• building a spiritual referral source through local clergy
  
• assessment of spirituality
  
• the spirituality-focused genogram
  
• using spirituality in couples therapy
  
• helping couples face career transitions
  
• dealing with shame
  
• addiction recovery
  
• the use of scripture and prayer
  
• overcoming trauma in Christian clients
  
• and much more!
  
  

Table of Contents

• About the Editors
  
• Contributors
  
• Foreword (Douglas H. Sprenkle)
  
• Preface
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• SECTION I: THERAPIST PREPARATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  
• 1. Spiritual Self-Care of the Therapist (Catherine Ford Sori, Nancee Biank, and Karen B. Helmeke)
  
• 2. Incorporating Spirituality into the Therapeutic Setting: Safeguarding Ethical Use of Spirituality Through Therapist Self-Reflection (Anita Berardi Maher)
  
• 3. Spirituality and Professional Disclosure (Robert R. Powell and Stephen E. Craig)
  
• 4. Networking with Local Clergy: A Resource for Building a Spiritual Referral Source (Karen B. Helmeke and Phyllis L. White)
  
• SECTION II: ASSESSMENT OF SPIRITUALITY
  
• 5. Conducting Spiritual Dialogue in Therapy (J. Mark Killmer)
  
• 6. Using the Strengths Assessment to Mobilize Spiritual Resources (Monika Eichler, Gene Deegan, Edward R. Canda, and Sharilyn Wells)
  
• 7. The Spirituality-Focused Genogram: A Tool for Exploring Spirituality and the Spiritual Resources of Individuals, Couples, and Families in Context (Adriana Balaguer Dunn and Robert F. Massey)
  
• 8. Impact of Abuse on Internalized God Images: Spiritual Assessment and Treatment Using Guided Imagery (Anita Berardi Maher)
  
• 9. Developing Forgiveness (Terry D. Hargrave and Gwendolyn J. Williams)
  
• SECTION III: INTEGRATING SPIRITUALITY IN COUPLES THERAPY
  
• 10. Empathic Attunement in Marital Therapy As a Spiritual State: Some Thoughts and Strategies for Its Development (Bernard J. Baca, Shermie L. Schafer, and Karen B. Helmeke)
  
• 11. Developing a Couples Mission Statement: A Resource for Couples Facing Career Decisions/Transitions (Rand Michael)
  
• 12. WWJD: Using a Couple’s Faith to Fall Back in Love (Philip M. Mamalakis)
  
• 13. I Reject That Shame (Richard S. Shaw)
  
• SECTION IV: SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES AND/OR TOPICS USED IN INTEGRATING SPIRITUALITY
  
• 14. I Am Not Worthy: Shame and Spirituality (Joseph J. Horak)
  
• 15. Reconnection: The Spiritual Journey in Recovery (Julie A. States)
  
• 16. Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: Using Religious Humor in Therapy (Catherine Ford Sori, Karen B. Helmeke, Marvin L. Ford, and Jessica C. Roberson)
  
• 17. Using Popular Films to Integrate Spirituality in Counseling: Smoke Signals and Forgiveness (Paul E. Priester and Aaron H. Carlstrom)
  
• 18. “Any Life Can Be Fascinating”: Using Spiritual Autobiography As an Adjunct to Therapy (Marsha Vaughn and Karen Swanson)
  
• SECTION V: USE OF SCRIPTURE, PRAYER, AND OTHER SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
  
• 19. Free at Last! Using Scriptural Affirmations to Replace Self-Defeating Thoughts (Catherine Ford Sori and Lori McKinney)
  
• 20. Biblical Means to Therapeutic Healing (Judith K. Balswick)
  
• 21. Facilitating Change Through Contemplative Prayer (Peter J. Jankowski)
  
• 22. Using Concepts of NTU Psychotherapy to Encourage the Use of Prayer: Overcoming Distress and Trauma in Christian Clients (Lonnie E. Duncan)
  
• 23. The Use of Spiritual Practices in Conjunction with Therapy with Christian Examples (J. Mark Killmer)
  
• 24. Embracing Emotional Pain As a Means of Spiritual Growth: Tools from the East (Karen Horneffer)
  
• 25. Integrating the Discernment of Spiritual Guidance in Family and Couples Therapy: Use of the Examen (Paul E. Priester)
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included