BRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPY AND SPIRITUALITY [Paperback]

Thomas Galten (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 24, 2003

The overarching theme of this book is that spiritually-oriented psychotherapy is entirely consistent with brief psychotherapeutic relationships.In advancing this claim, I first present an overview of contemporary spirituality and the brief psychotherapy movement. I later seek to describe the subtle but powerful connections that exist between certain approaches to brief therapy and the experience commonly referred to as cosmic consciousness.Before beginning a deliberate description of what I call Brief Spiritual Psychotherapy (BSP), I describe the experience of cosmic consciousness from the perspectives of Christian doctrine, Eastern philosophy and transpersonal psychology. Throughout I attempt to show how it is that these bodies of thought lay the conceptual groundwork in our day for the practice of therapy that is based upon a spiritual outlook.I follow this preparation with a discussion of the specifics of BSP, using the elements that are inherently involved in any psychotherapy-view of the client, view of the problem, role of the therapist, and theory of change-as orienting structure.

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About the Author

Thomas Galten is a practicing psychotherapist and an adjunct instructor at Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He holds a Masters Degree in Social Work and a PhD in Jungian Psychotherapy. He has also pursued advanced study in theology and religion. Thomas Galten lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife and daughter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (November 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595304192
• ISBN-13: 978-0595304196
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,443,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)