A model of spirituality for psychotherapy and other fields of mind-body medicine.
The spiritual revolution that has permeated our culture challenges psychotherapists and other health practitioners to address the spiritual concerns of their clients and themselves. This challenge is particularly critical in view of the confused, meaningless, and faulty so-called "spiritual" ideas that affect some clients in ways that are toxic to their psychological (and possibly physical) health. However, given the nonspiritual tradition of professional psychology and medicine as a whole, practitioners as a group have no clear and cogent concept or standards with which to acknowledge and address these concerns. The aim of this article is to formulate a concept of spirituality that allows practitioners to include spirituality in their work in a clear, sound, and meaningful way.