Spiritual Accompaniment and Counselling: Journeying with Psyche and Soul - Paperback

by Kathy Kinmond (Contribution by), Philip Goss (Contribution by), Lisa Oakley (Contribution by)

The contributors, who each work with spiritual issues, either explicitly as spiritual directors or accompaniers, or as an implicit part of their therapeutic work, offer a psychologically-informed approach to Spiritual Accompaniment and Direction, and to working with others on a spiritual level more generally. They explore what it means to be attuned to the spiritual process of another, discuss what makes an effective relationship in Spiritual Accompaniment and counselling, and consider how best to work with spiritual crisis, spiritual abuse, and pain. The unconscious process informing the work, forgiveness, changing spiritual needs over the life-span, and models of supervision that can inform the practice of Spiritual Accompaniment are also explored. A case study is presented, providing psychological and theological insights into the accompaniment process.

Grounded in work with the spiritual dimension of others and aspiring to improve encounters at a spiritual level, this concise book has important implications for the practice of counsellors, psychotherapists, and spiritual accompaniers and directors.

Author Biography

Peter Madsen Gubi, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in Counselling at the University of Chester and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. He is a BACP Registered Senior Accredited Counsellor, a BACP Senior Accredited Supervisor, and a Person-Centred Spiritual Accompanier in Private Practice. He has two Masters degrees in Applied and Pastoral Theology and is an ordained Minister in the Moravian Church. He is the author of Prayer in Counselling and Psychotherapy, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.