This article is included in a book dedicated to studies on spiritually integrated psychotherapy aroun the globe, published by APA (American Psychological Association).
This article is unique in addressing the meetingplace between this realm and the Jewish tradition – the subject of our pioneering research project, that combined gathering data in quantitative and qualitatinve tools, and surveyed this emerging field in Israel which has yet to be studied. The article is chapter 14 in a volume that presents studies included in an international research project, funded by a competitive budjet from the Templeton fund. (For more information on the research project – click here.)
About the book (from its back):
Spirituality—our relationship with the sacred—is expressed through our beliefs, practices, emotions, values, and relationships. Spirituality can play a vital role in understanding the problems clients face and the solutions they seek in psychotherapy.
This volume brings together top scholars who show how therapists can ethically and competently integrate spiritual perspectives and interventions into their practices and thereby more effectively treat clients from diverse religious, spiritual, racial, and cultural backgrounds.
The chapters present research, clinical guidance, and case studies representing a wide variety of approaches and settings, including community mental health centers, private practice offices, hospitals and medical clinics, universities, and prisons.
Given the important role that spirituality plays in many people’s lives, this book will help practitioners bring attention, sensitivity, and evidence-based knowledge about the spiritual dimension into their psychotherapy practice.
The antology is comprised of four parts, each of them cosists of different chapters (ours is on the second part). Here are the subjects of the various parts:
Part I. General Approaches for Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy
Part II. Integrating Specific Spiritual Traditions into Psychotherapy
Part III. Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy for Specific Patient Populations
Part IV. Mainstreaming Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapies
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Bibliographical citation
Mayseless, Ofra, Marianna Ruah-Midbar Shapiro, Rice, Aya, and Liat Zucker, “Jewish Forms of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy”, in Richards, P. Scott G. E., Allen, Kawika, and Daniel K. Judd (Editors.) Handbook of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapies. APA Books: 2023, Ch. 14, pp. 268-283.
