Common factors: where the soul of counseling and psychotherapy resides.

From: Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education andDevelopment | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

The authors show how theoretical and empirical findings from the common factors and psychotherapy integration literatures possess potential for infusing soul into psychotherapy. They describe the term soul, outline how the definition translates into soul-nurturing psychotherapy, examine the common factors and integration literatures, and discuss how their recommendations can reorient psychotherapy toward a more soulful practice.

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Lately, a burgeoning literature has emerged concerning religion and spirituality in psychotherapy, topics that the profession of ...

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