Transpersonal Perspectives on Spirituality in Social Work

ISBN-13: 9780789013941 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 182 str.

Edward R. Canda; Elizabeth D. Smith

Opis

Nine contributions from Canada (social welfare, U. of Kansas), Smith (social service, The Catholic U. of America) and other scholars examine the relationship between transpersonal theory and spirituality. Topics include, for example, transpersonal themes in living with cystic fibrosis, the link betw

Spis treści

Contents

• Introduction
• Conceptual Models of Spirituality
• Transpersonal Psychology and Deep Ecological Philosophy: Exploring Linkages and Applications for Social Work
• Alleviating Suffering in the Face of Death: Insights from Constructivism and a Transpersonal Narrative Approach
• Transpersonalism and Social Work Practice: Awakening to New Dimensions for Client Self-Determination, Empowerment, and Growth
• Cosmic Consciousness: Path or Pathology
• The Relationship Between Spiritual Development and Ethnicity in Violent Men
• Transcending Through Disability and Death: Transpersonal Themes in Living with Cystic Fibrosis
• Addressing Spirituality in Hospice: Current Practices and a Proposed Role for Transpersonal Social Work
• Transpersonal Social Work with Couples: A Compatibility-Intimacy Model
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Edward R Canda, Elizabeth D Smith