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Biblical stories for psychotherapy and counseling : a sourcebook / Matthew B. Schwartz, Kalman J. Kaplan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Haworth religion and mental healthPublisher: New York : Haworth Pastoral Press, ©2004Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317787273 (electronic bk.)
  • 1317787277 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Biblical stories for psychotherapy and counselingDDC classification:
  • 296.3/71 22
LOC classification:
  • BS645 .S38 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The Greek bias in medicine -- The Greek bias in psychology and psychiatry -- Biblical stories -- Self-esteem: strengths, sources, disabilities, and healing. The basis of self-image : Adam and Narcissus -- Definitions of strength : David and Goliath -- Dealing with special gifts : Samson and Delilah -- The source of health : Elisha and Naaman -- The foundation of self-esteem : Saul -- The courage to emigrate : Abraham.
Obligations and loyalty to self and others. Assuming responsibility for others : Jonah -- Assuming responsibility for self : Lot's Wife -- Singing one's own song : Miriam -- Completing another's vision : Joshua and Moses -- Friendship and love : David and Jonathan -- Saving one's people: Esther -- Making difficult decisions. Weighing abilities : Rebecca and her two sons -- Focusing on one's main aim : Sarah and Hagar -- Distinguishing motivations : Michal, David, and Saul -- Two views of wisdom : Solomon and the two mothers -- Two types of giving : Cain and Abel.
Commandments, oaths, parables, and temptations. Dealing with commandments : Abraham and Isaac -- Dealing with oaths : Jephtha and his daughter -- Communicating through parables : Nathan and David -- Dealing with temptations : Adam and Eve -- Rejecting temptations : Joseph and Potiphar's Wife -- Good and bad anger. Confronting immorality : Phinehas -- Taking revenge : Simeon and Levi -- Misplaced mercy, misplaced violence : King Saul -- Protecting the innocent : Moses.
Escaping cynicism : Hezekiah versus Rabshakeh -- Various disorders. Overcoming eating disorders : Adam and Eve versus Erysichthon -- Drunkenness and disrespect : Noah -- Work versus workaholism : Adam -- Unrealistically heavy burdens : Cain -- Hoarding or enjoying : Manna.
Overcoming family problems. Forgiving deceit : Rachel and Jacob -- Covering a family problem : Achan -- Overcoming a bad start : David and Bathsheba -- Wise mate selection : Rebecca, Isaac and Eliezer -- Kindness for kindness : Boaz and Ruth -- Parental blessings, permission, and support. Being careful with a blessing : Isaac and his sons -- Spreading the blessing around : Joseph and his brothers -- Supporting one's son : Hannah and Samuel -- Reciprocity between generations : Naomi and Ruth.
Controlling one's daughter : Lot -- Good and bad development. Amoral intellectualism : Balaam -- Totalitarian utopianism : the tower of Babel -- Acquiring wisdom : Solomon -- Undone by ambition : Jereboam -- Using others : Amnon -- Recovery from misfortune, weariness, loss, and disability. Dealing with disaster : Jeremiah -- Feeling rejected : the curser -- Aging : Ecclesiastes -- The experience of almost-loss : Sarah -- Dealing with disability: Moses and Aaron -- Knowing that life has meaning : the fugitive.
Suicide prevention. Recovering from weariness : Elijah -- Feeling overwhelmed : Moses -- Friends in need : Job -- Abandonment : David -- Protected regression : Jonah versus Narcissus -- Epilogue : Freud, Oedipus, and the Hebrew Bible.
Review: "This sourcebook applies the stories from the Hebrew Bible to current psychological issues. From the familiar to the obscure, these stories can help us understand self-esteem, loyalty and obligations, decision making, temptation, anger, morality, various disorders, family dynamics, support systems, developmental issues, recovery issues, aging, suicidal behavior, and more. Each story concludes with a discussion of its clinical implications. For psychotherapists, these biblical foundation stories can be used as a basis for integrating spirituality into psychotherapy."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index.

The Greek bias in medicine -- The Greek bias in psychology and psychiatry -- Biblical stories -- Self-esteem: strengths, sources, disabilities, and healing. The basis of self-image : Adam and Narcissus -- Definitions of strength : David and Goliath -- Dealing with special gifts : Samson and Delilah -- The source of health : Elisha and Naaman -- The foundation of self-esteem : Saul -- The courage to emigrate : Abraham.

Obligations and loyalty to self and others. Assuming responsibility for others : Jonah -- Assuming responsibility for self : Lot's Wife -- Singing one's own song : Miriam -- Completing another's vision : Joshua and Moses -- Friendship and love : David and Jonathan -- Saving one's people: Esther -- Making difficult decisions. Weighing abilities : Rebecca and her two sons -- Focusing on one's main aim : Sarah and Hagar -- Distinguishing motivations : Michal, David, and Saul -- Two views of wisdom : Solomon and the two mothers -- Two types of giving : Cain and Abel.

Commandments, oaths, parables, and temptations. Dealing with commandments : Abraham and Isaac -- Dealing with oaths : Jephtha and his daughter -- Communicating through parables : Nathan and David -- Dealing with temptations : Adam and Eve -- Rejecting temptations : Joseph and Potiphar's Wife -- Good and bad anger. Confronting immorality : Phinehas -- Taking revenge : Simeon and Levi -- Misplaced mercy, misplaced violence : King Saul -- Protecting the innocent : Moses.

Escaping cynicism : Hezekiah versus Rabshakeh -- Various disorders. Overcoming eating disorders : Adam and Eve versus Erysichthon -- Drunkenness and disrespect : Noah -- Work versus workaholism : Adam -- Unrealistically heavy burdens : Cain -- Hoarding or enjoying : Manna.

Overcoming family problems. Forgiving deceit : Rachel and Jacob -- Covering a family problem : Achan -- Overcoming a bad start : David and Bathsheba -- Wise mate selection : Rebecca, Isaac and Eliezer -- Kindness for kindness : Boaz and Ruth -- Parental blessings, permission, and support. Being careful with a blessing : Isaac and his sons -- Spreading the blessing around : Joseph and his brothers -- Supporting one's son : Hannah and Samuel -- Reciprocity between generations : Naomi and Ruth.

Controlling one's daughter : Lot -- Good and bad development. Amoral intellectualism : Balaam -- Totalitarian utopianism : the tower of Babel -- Acquiring wisdom : Solomon -- Undone by ambition : Jereboam -- Using others : Amnon -- Recovery from misfortune, weariness, loss, and disability. Dealing with disaster : Jeremiah -- Feeling rejected : the curser -- Aging : Ecclesiastes -- The experience of almost-loss : Sarah -- Dealing with disability: Moses and Aaron -- Knowing that life has meaning : the fugitive.

Suicide prevention. Recovering from weariness : Elijah -- Feeling overwhelmed : Moses -- Friends in need : Job -- Abandonment : David -- Protected regression : Jonah versus Narcissus -- Epilogue : Freud, Oedipus, and the Hebrew Bible.

"This sourcebook applies the stories from the Hebrew Bible to current psychological issues. From the familiar to the obscure, these stories can help us understand self-esteem, loyalty and obligations, decision making, temptation, anger, morality, various disorders, family dynamics, support systems, developmental issues, recovery issues, aging, suicidal behavior, and more. Each story concludes with a discussion of its clinical implications. For psychotherapists, these biblical foundation stories can be used as a basis for integrating spirituality into psychotherapy."--Jacket.

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