George S. Stavros, PhD, is the executive director of the Danielsen Institute at Boston University and a licensed psychologist.Steven J. Sandage, PhD, is the Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Pastoral Psychology and Theology at Boston University. He is a licensed psychologist and director of the Center for Research in Religion and Psychology at the Danielsen Institute.

• ForewordChapter 1: The Skillful Soul of the PsychotherapistGeorge Stavros and Steve SandageChapter 2: Reflections on the Effects of a Protestant GirlhoodNancy McWilliamsChapter 3: The Welcome Return of the Suppressed: Religion and Psychoanalysis in DialogueMarie T. HoffmanChapter 4: Religion—“It’s Complicated!”: The Convergence of Race, Class, and Sexuality inClinicians’ Reflection on Religious ExperiencePhillis Isabella SheppardChapter 5: A Therapist’s Psycho-Spiritual Autobiography with Clinical Implications, David J. WallinChapter 6: Immanence and IntersubjectivityDaniel ShawChapter 7: Shared Histories. Emerging Horizons: The Jewish Search for Spirituality and thePsychoanalytic EthosCelia BrickmanChapter 8: Three Pillars of Therapeutic AttitudeSalman AkhtarChapter 9: Response to “Three Pillars of Therapeutic Attitude” Salman Akhtar, Chris R. SchlauchChapter 10: EvocationsThomas J. CottleConclusionMerle JordanIndex About the authors

In this one-of-a-kind text, Stavros invites master clinicians (and respondents) to reflect on how their religious backgrounds impact their approach to therapy. By taking a hermeneutic approach, this book places religion on par with culture, ethnicity, race and gender and reminds the reader that the history and person of the therapist matters. This book will be a delight to all therapists with religious or spiritual leanings and useful to those working with patients with religious and spiritual commitments.