Counseling and Psychotherapy of Religious Clients: A Developmental Approach

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This is a resource for helping professional caregivers respond sensitively and competently to individuals who present religious concerns in counseling and psychotherapy. The need for a guide to psychological treatment is underscored by evidence that the majority of Americans hold strong religious convictions. Genia shows how, regardless of particular religious allegiances, a person's faith normally progresses through five distinct stages over the course of a lifetime. Psychological conflicts may cause developmental aberrations that lead to unhealthy and destructive forms of faith. The book provides psychological profiles of adults who typify each stage and shows how spiritual and psychological problems are inextricably intertwined.

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.,."Genia's work urges health professionals to understand the spiritual aspects of clients' lives and psychological difficulties. Her model represents movement toward this important goal."-Contemporary Psychology
...Genia's work urges health professionals to understand the spiritual aspects of clients' lives and psychological difficulties. Her model represents movement toward this important goal.-Contemporary Psychology
..."Genia's work urges health professionals to understand the spiritual aspects of clients' lives and psychological difficulties. Her model represents movement toward this important goal."-Contemporary Psychology

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VICKY GENIA is a psychologist at the American University Center for Psychological and Learning Services in Washington, D.C. She has written well-received articles on psychospiritual counseling, one of which will be published in Counseling: The Spiritual Dimension (1995).