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Integrating Spiritual Healing Approaches and Techniques into Psychotherapy

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The institution of verbal psychotherapy, as such, is a relatively recent historical development and one that first occurred in industrialized, Western societies. The precursor of contemporary verbal psychotherapy was a model that attributed the causes and cures of psychological problems to the levels of biology and physiology. Both models replaced millenia of traditional spiritual approaches to a variety of forms of malaise.

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    Jerold R. Gold

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Sollod, R.N. (1993). Integrating Spiritual Healing Approaches and Techniques into Psychotherapy. In: Stricker, G., Gold, J.R. (eds) Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy Integration. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9782-4_16

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