WILLIAM WEST Reader in Counselling Studies and Director of Counselling Courses at the University of Manchester, UK. He is a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and has written extensively on therapy and spirituality, qualitative research, supervision, humanistic therapy and culture.

• Foreword; B.ThorneIntroduction; W.WestPART I: THERAPY AND SPIRITUALITYSpirituality and Therapy: The Tensions and Possibilities; W.WestWhen the Client's Spirituality is Denied in Therapy; C.JenkinsCounselling and Pastoral Care; T.BiddingtonIntegrating Prayer in Counselling; P.GubiCompassion in Psychotherapy; B.Vivino& B.ThompsonCounselling, Spirituality and Culture; F.ChristodoulidiEmbodied Spirituality and the Therapeutic Encounter; D.YusefPART II: THERAPY AND HEALINGWhen Counselling Becomes Healing; W.WestTraditional Healing Alongside Counselling and Psychotherapy; R.Moodley& O.OulanovaAssessing a Counsellor's Use of a Seemingly Spiritual Gift; C.GorsedenePsychic Energy and the Client; M.WardlePART III: RESEARCH AND PRACTICEResearch inSpirituality and Healing; W.WestEmergent Spirituality; D.SmithPractice Around Therapy, Spirituality and Healing; W.West.

'The book is well structured, with much discussion of ethics, implications for practice, supervision and training. A plethora of examples and case studies make it accessible and engaging...It should be of interest to all therapists who are interested in the spiritual dimension of their work and willing to look beyond the confines of their own framework.' - Dr Els van Ooijen, Therapy Today 'This book has left me with an excitement about what we are engaging with when we enter into a therapeutic relationship, while acknowledging with West that we need to take great care, as 'therapeutic practice around spirituality and healing remains controversial". Victoria Sherratt, Thresholds