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Connections and Themes of Spirituality in Family Therapy
Author(s) -
Rivett Mark,
Street Eddy
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2001.4040100459.x
Subject(s) - spirituality , family therapy , psychotherapist , psychology , metaphysics , thematic analysis , clinical practice , connection (principal bundle) , epistemology , medicine , sociology , qualitative research , alternative medicine , nursing , philosophy , social science , pathology , structural engineering , engineering
In this article, we provide an overview of current considerations of spirituality in family therapy literature and practice. We suggest that whatever practice of therapy is undertaken, implicity or explicitly it will reflect views on the connection between spirituality and family therapy–connections involving clients' and therapists' beliefs. A thematic framework based on dimensions of the instrumental and metaphysical is outlined. Clinical approaches and practices within these connections are discussed.