Review article
Perspectives of Cooperation Between Integrative Psychotherapy and Pastoral Practice
Antun Volenik
orcid.org/0000-0002-1017-3218
; Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus in Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In the feature article "Perspectives of Cooperation Between Integrative Psychotherapy and Pastoral Practice," the author, Antun Volenik, explains the history and main characteristics of integrative psychotherapy as one of many psychotherapeutic schools that exist on the modern therapeutic scene. This scene is characterized by dissatisfaction with single-school approaches and a concomitant desire to look beyond school boundaries to see what can be learned from other methods of conducting psychotherapy. The goal is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency, and more benefits for the client/patient. Although it is based on clinical practices in the USA and the UK, this article also makes references to European sources, including Croatia. In the first part of the article, the author presents a brief history and the development of psychotherapy and its schools and movements, as well as the main characteristics of integrative psychotherapy. The main topic of the second part of the article are possibilities and restrictions for the integration of spirituality in general into the therapeutic process, and more specifically the Christian spirituality.
Keywords
psychotherapy - history; integrative psychotherapy; spirituality and psychotherapy; Christian psychotherapy
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147885
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Publication date:
3.11.2015.
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