Toward an Integrative Model of Psychospiritual Therapy: Bringing Spirituality and Psychotherapy Together

J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2020 Oct;74(3):159-165. doi: 10.1177/1542305020946282.

Abstract

As a supervisor-educator for the Canadian Association of Spiritual Care, my primary task is to help developing spiritual care providers and psychospiritual therapists learn how to use psychotherapy within the field of spiritual care. The purpose of this essay is to share a psychospiritual model that I teach my students that helps them see how psychospiritual therapy is a form of spiritual practice that helps their clients experience healing from the sacred.

Keywords: Psychotherapy; pastoral counselling; psychospiritual therapy; spiritual care; spiritual practices; spirituality.

MeSH terms

  • Canada
  • Ego
  • Emotion-Focused Therapy
  • Humans
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Pastoral Care / education
  • Psychotherapy / education*
  • Religion and Psychology*
  • Spirituality*