Psychotherapy with Roman Catholics.

Abstract

roman Catholicism provides its believers with a body of beliefs, sacraments, and moral principles on which Christian faith is to be lived. Given the authority of the church and its historical standing, one might assume uniformity of belief and practice among its faithful; however, closer inspection finds considerable internal diversity among its members involving theological and moral doctrine as well as generational and cultural differences. Indeed, rather than find singularity, one finds everybody with various degrees of belief, affiliation, and practice. Clinicians face this wide variability, which includes the degree to which spirituality is integrated in daily life, when they assess the role faith, religious practices, and moral principles serves in the lives of their Catholic clients. this chapter provides a framework to understand the ways in which Catholicism potentially impacts the psychological well-being of clients as well as influences their treatment. PsyChOthEraPy WIth rOMan CathOLICsEDWarD P. shaFransKEOur history attests to a Catholic culture of another sort that has coexisted all along. It is captured in James Joyce's overused but perfectly apt expression: "here comes everybody." (roberts, 2011, p. 193)

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