Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook Alternative Methods for Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders

Increasing numbers of people are moving beyond psychological therapy to seek alternative spiritual perspectives to medical and mental health care such as yoga and meditation. The Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook: Alternative Methods for Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders provides leading-edge theoretical perspectives and practical applications by recognized experts in positive and integrative psychotherapy. The book find helpful illustrations of body positions used in yoga and meditation plus photographs, tables, figures, and detailed case studies that illustrate the process. The Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook highlights the importance of a therapist's worldview for effective therapeutic outcome; new perspectives on alternative treatments for depression, anxiety, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD, ADHD, Alzheimer's disease, and sexual dysfunction; how yoga and mindfulness meditation can be used in psychotherapy; the use and integration of meditation therapies in emergency situations; the therapeutic integration of other alternative treatments, such as Kundalini yoga; and more.Mijares, Sharon G. is the author of 'Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook Alternative Methods for Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders', published 2005 under ISBN 9780789023247 and ISBN 0789023245.