Soul healing
Subtitle: a spiritual orientation in counseling and therapy
By: Dorothy S. Becvar.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Psychotherapy -- Religious aspects; Counseling -- Religious aspects; Spirituality
Description: In this groundbreaking book, Dorothy Becvar shows how a spiritual orientation can be used to facilitate healing at the deepest level. By incorporating a "soul healing" perspective into their practices, professionals may be able to help both themselves and their clients find meaning, wholeness, and a sense of the sacred in their lives, regardless of each person's beliefs about religion.

In Becvar's framework, spirituality accommodates the full range of belief systems. Therapy with a spiritual orientation focuses on the whole of the client, and is aimed at the co-creation of a new context within which healing at a soul level may be achieved. A pivotal part of this approach is the conscious awareness of both the relationship between client and therapist and the sacred trust bestowed on mental health professionals by their clients.

With compelling and sensitive case examples, Becvar illustrates ways in which clients and therapists may experience their connectedness and thereby co-create a therapeutic relationship infused with a spiritual dimension - whether or not they explicitly acknowledge this dimension.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.