Therapy, Culture and Spirituality

Claire Barnes, University of Toronto, CanadaTerry Biddington, Manchester Higher Education Community, UKJeni Boyd, Independent Scholar, UKRachel Cleary, Independent Scholar, AustraliaKam Dhilllon, Therapist, UKChrista Gorsedene, Independent Scholar, UKPeter Madsen Gubi, University of Chester, UKNasreen Mansoor, The Manchester College, UKRoy Moodley, University of Toronto, CanadaGreg Nolan, University of Leeds, UKWayne Richards, Worcester University, UKRobert Schweitzer, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaDavid Paul Smith, Saybrook University, USAWilliam West, University of Manchester, UKDori Yusef, University of East London, UK

"In Therapy, Culture and Spirituality Nolan and West bring together writings exploring the interconnectivity of culture, religion, spirituality and 'race' in the context of therapeutic practice and research. The book is a welcome addition to the increasing scholarly interest in interrogating artificial dichotomies such as 'nature'/'culture' and 'objective' science and medicine/'subjective' counselling and therapy in understanding and working with human distress." (Dr. Jayasree Kalathil, The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, Vol. 15, December, 2015)

• Introduction; Greg Nolan and William West 1. Multiculturalism, Religion and Counselling: Freedom to Heal; Roy Moodley and Claire Barnes 2. Asking for Help is a Sign of Weakness; Jeni Boyd 3. Synchronicity; Christa Gorsedene 4. The Concept of Honour and Shame for South Asian British Muslim Men and Women; Nasreen Mansoor 5. One Western Size Fits All: Counsellor Training in Different Countries and Cultures; William West 6. Listening to the Grandmother Spirit: The Chance for Prophetic Change in Contemporary Healing; David Paul Smith 7. Embracing the Rainbow: Race and Therapy; Wayne Richards 8. Managing Therapeutic, Spiritual and Faith-based Pastoral Programmes in an International Multi-faith Higher Education Community; Terry Biddington 9. Embodied Witnessing; Dori Yusef 10. Perspectives at the Edge of Experiencing in Clinical Supervision; Greg Nolan 11. The Spiritual in Counsellor Training; Valda Swinton 12. Counselling and Spiritual Accompaniment; Peter Gubi 13 . Acculturation, Spirituality and Counselling Sikh Men Living in Britain; Kam Dhillon 14. Cultural Challenges when Working with People from Refugee Backgrounds; Robert Schweitzer and Rachel Cleary 15. Researching Therapy, Culture and Spirituality; Greg Nolan and William West 16 . Concluding; William West and Greg Nolan