This book presents the Relational Spirituality Model (RSM) of psychotherapy, a creative clinical process that engages existential themes to help people make sense of profound suffering or trauma.

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction: A Relational Model of Spiritually Integrative Psychotherapy

Part I: Theoretical Framework of Relational Spirituality
Chapter 1. Relational Spirituality After the Medical Gaze
Chapter 2. Varieties of Relational Spirituality
Chapter 3. Balancing Spiritual Dwelling and Seeking
Chapter 4. Anxiety, Relational Trauma, and Suffering

Part II: Three Relational Development Systems
Chapter 5. Attachment and Relational Spirituality
Chapter 6. Differentiation and Relational Spirituality
Chapter 7. Intersubjectivity and Relational Spirituality

Part III. Clinical Applications of the Relational Spirituality Model
Chapter 8. Relational Spirituality in Individual Psychotherapy
Chapter 9. Relational Spirituality in Couple Therapy
Chapter 10. Relational Spirituality in Group Therapy
Chapter 11. Relational Spiritual and Therapist Formation
Chapter 12: Summary and Future Research Directions

References

Index

About the Authors

Steven J. Sandage, David Rupert, George S. Stavros, and Nancy G. Devor