Working with Spirituality in Family Systemic Practice

Åse Holmberg is Associate Professor in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice at VID Specialised University, Oslo. She completed her PhD on family therapy and spirituality in 2018 and has developed a course on this topic. She has been practising as a family therapist for over twenty years.Per Jensen is Professor Emeritus in Family Therapy and Systemic Practice at VID Specialised University, Oslo. He gained his doctorate from the Tavistock Centre in London and is a member of the Taos Institute in Ohio, USA.

• 1. Introduction.- Part 1: Theory and Background.- 2.  Spirituality – what is it?.- 3. Experiences from the field.- 4. Spirituality in intercultural family therapy.- 5. Hindrances for including spirituality in therapy.- Part 2: Practice and Competence.- 6. Making room for spirituality.- 7. Developing spiritual literacy in dialogical practice.- 8. A map of spiritual literacy.- 9. Some concluding remarks.