Ebook: Counselling and spiritual accompaniment: bridging faith and person-centred therapy

Counselling and Spiritual Accompaniment presents the key spiritually-focused writings of Brian Thorne, one of the most influential thinkers on the convergence of spirituality with counselling, along with new material reflecting his recent work in spiritual accompaniment.

• Reflects the increasing focus on spiritual issues as an essential part of therapy
• Represents the culmination of an intellectual quest, undertaken by the most senior figure in the field, to integrate spirituality with counselling and the person-centred approach
• Features chapters that span thirty years of work, along with new writings that bring readers up to date with the author's most recent work in spiritual accompaniment
• An invaluable guide for counsellors and therapists who acknowledge the importance of spirituality to their clients, but doubt their abilities to help in this area

Content:
Chapter 1 In Search of Value and Meaning (1979) (pages 8–16):
Chapter 2 Intimacy (1982) (pages 17–30):
Chapter 3 The Quality of Tenderness (1985) (pages 31–41):
Chapter 4 The Blessing and the Curse of Empathy (1989) (pages 42–60):
Chapter 5 Carl Rogers and the Doctrine of Original Sin (pages 61–71):
Chapter 6 Carl Rogers: The Legacy and the Challenge (1990) (pages 72–85):
Chapter 7 The God Who Comes: Good Friday 1946 (1991) (pages 86–89):
Chapter 8 The Two Carls – Reflections on Jung and Rogers (1983) (pages 98–109):
Chapter 9 The Personality of Jesus and the Process of Therapy (1991) (pages 110–116):
Chapter 10 Spirituality and the Counsellor (1993) (pages 117–120):
Chapter 11 Julian of Norwich: Radical psychotherapist (1993) (pages 121–133):
Chapter 12 Jesus, the Incarnation of Holiness (Three Sermons, 1993) (pages 134–145):
Chapter 13 Developing a Spiritual Discipline (1994) (pages 146–149):
Chapter 14 The Counsellor as Prophet (1994) (pages 150–164):
Chapter 15 Counselling and the Spiritual Journey (1997) (pages 165–177):
Chapter 16 The Human Person: Hope or Despair? (pages 187–196):
Chapter 17 The Person?centred Therapist as Secular Priest and Prophet (pages 197–208):
Chapter 18 The Spiritual Discipline of the Person?centred Therapist (pages 209–219):
Chapter 19 The Use of Self (pages 220–230):
Chapter 20 Intimacy and Sexuality (pages 231–241):
Chapter 21 ‘Alive Alive’ (pages 242–254):
Chapter 22 When the World Stopped Turning (pages 255–263):
Chapter 23 The Heart's Surrender (2005) (pages 270–292):
Chapter 24 The Counsellor and the Lay Canon: Different Routes but the Same Journey (2007) (pages 293–305):
Chapter 25 A Collision of Worlds (2009) (pages 306–311):
Chapter 26 The Fully Human Jesus (2009) (pages 312–328):
Chapter 27 Sacred Intimacy: Spiritual Accompaniment for our Times (2010) (pages 329–340):
Chapter 28 In Correspondence (2010) (pages 341–342):