Setting the context -- Is prayer beneficial? -- Reflecting on potential problems -- The ethical use of prayer -- How prayer influences practice -- How prayer is integrated in counselling -- Meeting the challenge
Summary
Within mainstream counselling and psychotherapy there is growing interest in the spiritual dimension of counselling. Prayer is at the centre of most spirituality and prayer is important to many people's psychological well-being. Peter Madsen Gubi argues that philosophically, all counselling can be regarded as prayer, particularly when working at relational depth; that prayer plays an important part in maintaining many mainstream counsellors' well-being and, with caution and considered ethical awareness, prayer can be integrated ethically into counselling when working with people of faith. The
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-216) and indexes
