In The Skillful Soul of the Psychotherapist, master clinicians reflect on their core spiritual values, beliefs, experiences, and the role these play in psychotherapy.

Foreword
Chapter 1: The Skillful Soul of the Psychotherapist
George Stavros and Steve Sandage
Chapter 2: Reflections on the Effects of a Protestant Girlhood
Nancy McWilliams
Chapter 3: The Welcome Return of the Suppressed: Religion and Psychoanalysis in Dialogue
Marie T. Hoffman
Chapter 4: Religion-"It's Complicated!": The Convergence of Race, Class, and Sexuality in
Clinicians' Reflection on Religious Experience
Phillis Isabella Sheppard
Chapter 5: A Therapist's Psycho-Spiritual Autobiography with Clinical Implications,
David J. Wallin
Chapter 6: Immanence and Intersubjectivity
Daniel Shaw
Chapter 7: Shared Histories. Emerging Horizons: The Jewish Search for Spirituality and the
Psychoanalytic Ethos
Celia Brickman
Chapter 8: Three Pillars of Therapeutic Attitude
Salman Akhtar
Chapter 9: Response to "Three Pillars of Therapeutic Attitude"
Salman Akhtar, Chris R. Schlauch
Chapter 10: Evocations
Thomas J. Cottle
Conclusion
Merle Jordan
Index
About the authors

George S. Stavros, PhD, is the executive director of the Danielsen Institute at Boston University and a licensed psychologist.
Steven J. Sandage, PhD, is the Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Pastoral Psychology and Theology at Boston University. He is a licensed psychologist and director of the Center for Research in Religion and Psychology at the Danielsen Institute.