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Behavior Therapy and Religion: Integrating Spiritual and Behavioral Approaches to Change (SAGE Focus Editions)
Behavior Therapy and Religion Integrating Spiritual and Behavioral Approaches to Change - SAGE Focus Editions Author:William R. Miller, John E. Martin This pioneering volume explores the compatibility of behavioural psychology and spirituality. The contributors discuss ways in which spiritual perspectives can be incorporated in modern behavioural therapies, in the training of therapists and in behavioural psychology generally.Behaviour change methods, for instance, have been found effective in... more » relieving some common obstacles to spiritual growth including depression, anxiety and pain. Behavioural psychology also provides excellent tools which can be used to describe and understand spiritual experience. Rather than simply offering definitive prescriptions for integration of these two traditions, the contributors also raise questions, suggest possibilities and open up frontiers for further exploration.« less