Healing With Spiritual Practices

Download or read book Healing with Spiritual Practices written by Thomas G. Plante and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 17 chapters in this volume describe techniques for using religious and spiritual practices to treat various disorders. Contributors working in psychology, nursing, medicine, occupational therapy, and other disciplines in North America and Israel address the role of spiritually formative practices in alleviating stress-related health problems and promoting well-being; tools for cultivating hopeful thinking and a meaningful life; applications of mindfulness for medical conditions, psychological disorders, and prevention and healthy stressed populations; portable mindful strategies for well-being; spiritual surrender to cope with illness; the use of yoga to promote physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, including in older adults; the use of the Eastern Christian spiritual text The Way of the Pilgrim with post-secondary students at risk of stress, depression, and anxiety; the use of expressive writing to promote resilience and posttraumatic growth among disaster-exposed pregnant women; mindfulness-based parenting programs for children experiencing adversity and trauma; Catholic interventions in behavioral healthcare; holistic healing in Eastern Orthodox Christianity; the effects of religious and spiritual interventions on pain, obsessive-compulsive disorder, recovery from addictions, and patients with cancer; and using a spiritually sensitive approach to treat problematic pornography consumption. -- Publisher's description.