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Contemplation and Counseling - An Integrative Model for Practitioners (Paperback)
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Contemplation and Counseling - An Integrative Model for Practitioners (Paperback)
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Interest in mindfulness and contemplative thought is growing among
Christians, and it's time to consider the place of contemplative
prayer within the field of counseling. Can contemplative prayer be
integrated into therapeutic work? Can it in fact serve as a
foundation on which to build a new approach to counseling? In
Contemplation and Counseling Gregg Blanton presents a new paradigm
for integrating contemplative prayer with counseling practice. He
contends that contemplative prayer can illuminate the purposes of
counseling and suggest interventions that help us accomplish these
goals. This paradigm builds an alliance between science, theology,
and Christian contemplative thought to create a dynamic approach to
counseling and balance various dimensions of the human person:
emotion, cognition, and action. And by recognizing the power of
both words and silence, it harmonizes their functions. Based on
this integrative foundation, Blanton offers eleven fundamental
interventions to fit the needs of clients (including silence,
empathy, and teaching contemplative prayer) and a practical
four-stage process for helping clients change, using examples from
his own counseling experience and from the Bible. Ultimately,
contemplative prayer leads us to the healing power of love. How we
view our clients, the ways that we relate with them, and the
strategies that we use to help them change are all informed by our
loving search for God in contemplative prayer. Particular topics
include how Christian contemplation compares with therapeutic uses
of mindfulness insights from interpersonal neurobiology understood
in light of Scripture psychological and spiritual benefits of
lectio divina and centering prayer how practicing contemplative
prayer can help counselors develop traits that correlate with
positive client outcomes when and how to teach contemplative
practices to clients the role of the body, emotions, conscious and
unconscious mind, and behavior in contemplative practice and
counseling Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS)
Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and
behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work,
and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian
clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.
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