Fundamentalist Religious Childhoods and Adult Mental Health and Wellbeing

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book seeks to educate counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, and other professionals about the benefits and challenges of a fundamentalist religious upbringing and the impact on adult wellbeing. There is a lack of research-based literature on this topic, which can often be disregarded and overlooked in clinical work.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-06-11
Mått:148 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:217
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783032201393

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Gill Harvey is a therapeutic counsellor/psychotherapist, supervisor, researcher, and trainer from the UK, working mainly in private practice. Her specialist interest is in working with those affected by strict religious groups and/or cults and providing clinical supervision for therapists who work in this area. Gill also provides qualitative research supervision for Master’s and Doctoral students.

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Part I: The introduction.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Definitional challenges and contextual information.- Part II: The method of inquiry.- Chapter 3 The research project.- Chapter 4 A sense of belonging that can be found within religious families and communities.- Chapter 5 The gaining of knowledge about religious matters from a young age, and foundational beliefs and practices enabling resilience.- Chapter 6 The ‘them and us’ culture and imposed ‘all or nothing’ rigid rules.- Chapter 7 Power, control, and authoritarian fearmongering.- Chapter 8 The impact on mental health, wellbeing, and spirituality in adulthood.- Chapter 9 Healing and recovery.- Chapter 10 Implications for counsellors, psychotherapists, and other related professionals.- Chapter 11 Further implications.- Chapter 12 Concluding thoughts.