I n this concluding chapter of the Handbook of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapies, we describe training opportunities and other resources about spiritually integrated psychotherapy (SIP) that are available for graduate students, mental health practitioners, and researchers. We conclude the chapter by making five recommendations that we think will help accelerate the adoption of SIPs into mainstream mental health practice.
GRADUATE TRAINING IN RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL COMPETENCIESSeveral dozen mental health graduate programs have faculty with interests in the psychology of religion and spirituality (R/S; 1 Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Division 36, n.d.). Faculty with such interests provide students with opportunities for mentoring and research in R/S aspects of diversity and treatment. Unfortunately, formal coursework that is required by 1 "R/S" in this chapter can refer to "religion and spirituality," "religious and spiritual," "religious/spiritual," or "religion/spirituality."
Finally, if science and religion are so broadly similar, and not arbitrarily limited in their domain, they should at some time converge. 1 believe this convergence is inevitable . . .
--Charles H. Townes Nobel Laureate in PhysicsIn this chapter we discuss what we believe are the needs and directions for the future relative to the advancement of a spiritual strategy in psychology and psychotherapy. We first discuss pressing theoretical and research questions that need investigation. We then discuss and make recommendations for education and clinical training. Finally, we briefly discuss a number of domains in which a spiritual strategy can make potentially important contributions to practice, including psychotherapy, medicine, health psychology, education and prevention, and religious institutions.
THEORY AND RESEARCHAlthough theory and research relevant to a spiritual strategy have increased greatly during the past decade (Shafranske, 1996; Worthington, Kurusu, McCullough, & Sanders, 1996), there are still many pressing ques-333
his book is for the practitioner who is curious about how to incorporate therapy that draws on clients' spirituality or religious background as a resource for recovery from eating disorders. There is growing empirical evidence that spiritual approaches to treating clients with eating disorders are as effective, and sometimes more effective, than secular ones, particularly with religiously devout clients. In this book, the authors seek to be catalysts in building up the body of literature documenting the influence of client religiousness and spirituality on the development and maintenance of eating disorders, as well as recovery from eating disorders.They propose an agenda for future research including valuable information on measures and research designs that will help investigators study the etiology of eating disorders as well as treatment outcomes, as they relate to client involvement in institutional and community religious life and clients' private devotion or expressions of spirituality. 2007. 312 pages. Hardcover.
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