Foreword, Kenneth Porter. Preface and Acknowledgements. Part I: Psychospirituality. 1. A Paradigm Shift. 2. Newer Perspectives in Science, Psychology and Medicine. 3. The Impact of Eastern Thought. 4. Building Bridges between Spirituality and Psychology through Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology. 5. Insights from Kleinian Object Relations Theory. 6. The Relational Matrix of Infancy and its Impact upon Spiritual Development. 7. The Self in Relation: Vulnerability and Mutuality as Gateways to Healing. 8. The Pyschospiritual Self. 9. Spiritual Development throughout the Life Cycle. 10. The Circles of Being: Towards a 'Pyschospiritual Map'. Part II: Spirituality and Psychological Healing. 11. Spirituality in Psychotherapy. 12 The Spiritual Journey: Story, Rite and Ritual as Metaphors for Psychotherapy and Healing. 13. The Therapist as Mystic: The Listening Process. 14. Conclusions: Optimistic and Cautionary. Addendum and Exemplification. Spirituality, the Twelve Step Model and Psychotherapy. References. Index.
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Victor Schermer tackled a gargantuan task when he planned this book: topull together depth psychology (especially object relations approaches), spirituality in both Eastern and Western forms, and the well-known Twelve Steps substance abuse program. He has successfully merged these ingredients into his clinical practice, and has made a good start in this book toward articulating this synthesis and blend of approaches.... Schermer's work gives us helpful material to consider in the ongoing dialogue between religion and psychotherapy.