Christotherapy II
The Fasting and Feasting Heart
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
Christotherapy II presents an holistic approach to healing and to facilitating psychological and spiritual maturation. The author's new model of psychological/spiritual synthesis brings together counseling and spiritual direction on a theoretical as well as practical level. His is one of the best available presentations of the precise relationship between the spiritual and the psychological spheres in practice and theory.
Persons seeking spiritual and psychological growth and healing will find Christotherapy II a rewarding practical resource. Spiritual directors and counselors will especially appreciate the author's synthesis of spirituality and psychology. The author presents a detailed plan for integrating key psychological and spiritual methods.
Individuals who are at various stages in struggles with ordinary emotional problems and with addictions will find concrete methods for self-therapy and for engaging in fruitful forms of prayer related to their particular struggles.
Ministers and theologians interested in evangelization will find in this book a treatment for ongoing stages of religious and moral conversion.
Dr. Bernard J. Tyrrell, S.J. is professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington. He offers institutes on Christotherapy and lectures on spiritual direction, the religious vows, and addiction. His book Christotherapy I was very well received and translated into several foreign languages.
"This book will be highly useful in psychotherapy, patient development, evangelism, and personal clarification of the interface of faith and psychology."
--Journal for Psychology and Christianity
"It can be highly recommended for those counselors and psychologists integrating Christian and psychological insights in therapeutic practice."
--Homiletic & Pastoral Review