Spirituality in Systemic Family Therapy Supervision and Training

This book explores the implications of exploring spirituality through the lens of human relationships, providing an educational methodology and examples of practice in various training settings. It connects systemic practice with spirituality, addressing transcendence and immanence from clinical and spiritual perspectives, and educating students to be spiritually literate and sensitive.

Format: Hardback
Length: 220 pages
Publication date: 02 March 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into the profound implications of exploring spirituality through the lens of human relationships. It addresses systemic supervision and training, while also exploring a systemic approach to the development of the self. The book offers an educational methodology that establishes a solid foundation for describing an operational model of spirituality that can be applied from both theistic and nontheistic perspectives. Furthermore, it delves into the multifaceted nature of spirituality, highlighting its diversity and exploring it through a diverse lens.

In addition, a pilot research project on spirituality conducted within a MFT Live Supervision Group serves as a practical illustration of how to apply a systemic approach to spirituality. Finally, the book provides examples of practice utilizing spirituality in various training settings.

Key areas of coverage include:

How a systemic approach to spirituality empowers the lens of relationship and diversity to enrich supervising and teaching family therapy, emerging from the self-concerns of therapists.

Theoretical perspectives that connect systemic practice with spirituality in an approach for family therapy.

How a systemic spiritual approach can be effectively used in training marriage and family therapists.

Interventions that focus on how a relational systemic approach views transcendence and immanence from both clinical and spiritual perspectives.

Concepts that inform supervision and training with the goals of educating students to be spiritually literate and spiritually sensitive.

Barriers to implementing this approach, along with examples of how to address such obstacles.

Spirituality in Systemic Family Therapy Supervision and Training is an essential resource for researchers, professors, graduate students, as well as clinicians, supervisors, and professionals in clinical psychology. It offers valuable insights and practical applications that will enhance the understanding and practice of family therapy, promoting holistic well-being and healing for individuals and families.

Weight: 541g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030923686
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022