Mental Health, Spirituality and Well-being

Sarajane Aris is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She mentors both women leaders across the world in the not for profit sector and clinical psychologists across the career span. She is a committee member for both the British Psychological Society's Leadership and Management Faculty for the Division of Clinical Psychology, and the Political Psychology Section. Sarajane was the national lead for Spirituality for the British Psychological Society (2002-2010), and the psychology representative on the National Mental Health and Spirituality Forum during this time. She was responsible for setting up Derbyshire Mental Healthcare Foundation Trusts Spirituality Strategy and Steering Group (2009-11)) and founded the Transpersonal Network for Clinical and Counselling Psychologists and therapists in the UK (1997-2011). She was Head of Adult Psychology Services for Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust for 10 years and Director of Policy for the British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical psychology (2012/13). She has worked within the NHS for over 40 years. Sarajane has contributed various chapters to books and articles on leadership, consciousness, and spirituality in mental health, amongst others. Her life is informed by the principles of love, compassion, wisdom and truth, and a wish to serve and collaborate with whomever she connects with.Dr Hilary Garraway is an experienced consultant clinical psychologist with over thirty years of therapy experience in various settings. She is currently the Enfield Adult Psychology lead in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust. Previously, Hilary specialised in Early Intervention in Psychosis helping to establish the Barking and Dagenham team and then moving on to work in Waltham Forest and then Enfield EIS teams, as well as having a successful private practice. Hilary has trained as an adult education teacher and is a BABCP accredited CBT therapist, trainer and supervisor. Hilary is an honorary lecturer with UCL, Kings College London and Hertfordshire University and teaches on spirituality and psychology, psychosis and CBT. She is a trustee of the Whole Person Health Trust which seeks to promote a more holistic approach to medical care. She is trained as a spiritual director and has an interest in contemplative spirituality, as well as in creative and therapeutic writing. Dr Hannah Gilbert, PhD has a BA (Hons) in Anthropology from Durham University, and a PhD in Sociology from the University of York. Her doctoral thesis explore spiritual experiences within the British spirit medium community. She also has an MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy & Counselling from the University of Derby, and now works as a psychotherapist. She is also the Charity Development Officer for the Compassionate Mind Foundation.

• Foreword - Prof Jamie Hacker Hughes (neatly completed)Introduction (Where are we now?)1.Introduction 2.Integrating Spirituality into Mental Health Services 3.African Psychology & Spiritness in Twin Pandemics 4.Finding Meaning and Purpose in a Covid World Across the Life Cycle5.Children and Young People's Mental Health and Spirituality 6.Spirituality in an Older Generation 7.The Need for Spirituality in the Dying Process Therapeutic Practice8.Assessing Spirituality 9.Spiritual Crises 10.Therapy for the Whole Person; integrating spirituality within therapy 11.Faith and Mental Health - the Intersection: How Faith Brought me to a Place of Some Wholeness. An Expert by Experience Perspective12.Spirituality and Psychotherapy13.Research and spirituality in mental health: Generating, interpreting, and disseminating evidence 14.Spiritual Competencies: Key Ways to Address Spirituality in Mental Health CareThemes & Journeys15.Psychological and Christian Perspectives on Mental Health 16.Voices, Visions and the Spiritual Journey 17.Return to Eden... Two Journeys Spirituality, Services, Leadership and Training18.Love and Leadership Leads to Conscious Caring 19.Coming at it Obliquely: Spiritual training for Healthcare Staff in an Age of Uncertainty 20.Compassionate Leadership for an Interconnected World 21.Burnout: A Spiritual Crisis, from Trauma to Transformation 22.Spiritual Care in General Practice 23.Beyond the Here and How - The Challenges for the Formal Mental Health System of Embracing Spiritually Informed Models of Care New Landscapes24.Reflections on Race, Religion, and Well-Being 25.Ecology, Mental Health and Eco-spirituality26.The Call of the New Spiritualities: The Unfolding Mysteries of the Universe and Consciousness27.Beyond Separation: Transpersonal and Spiritual Approaches to Well-Being Conclusion & Reflections