At a time when there is need to offer psychotherapeutic approaches which accommodate clients’ religious and spiritual beliefs, and acknowledge the potential for healing and growth offered by religious frameworks, this book explores psychology from an Islamic paradigm.

Human Interaction with the Divine, the Sacred, and the Deceased brings together empirical and theoretical contributions from scholars in fields including psychology, theology, ethics, neuroscience, medicine, and philosophy, to examine how and why humans engage in, or even seek spiritual experiences and connection with the immaterial world.

Whilst accounting for the present-day popularity and relevance of Alan Watts’ contributions to psychology, religion, arts and humanities, this interdisciplinary collection grapples with the ongoing criticisms which surround Watts’ life and work.

In this book the approach of the natural sciences is adopted to confront the ontological question of how far mystical experiences can be considered as reports of an objective reality rather than reports of subjective delusions.

This volume examines the psychological basis of moral judgments and asks what theories of concepts apply to moral concepts.

This practice-focused guide introduces The SmartStart Toolbox as a remedial program to help mental health professionals and adoptive parents promote the educational and social development of internationally adopted children aged 4–8.