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Chapter 14.3 - Religiously Integrated Cognitive–Behavioural Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2022

By
Michelle Pearce
Edited by
Christopher C. H. Cook  and
Andrew Powell
Christopher C. H. Cook
Affiliation:
Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University
Andrew Powell
Affiliation:
Formerly Warneford Hospital and University of Oxford
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Summary

This chapter examines religiously integrated cognitive–behavioural therapy (RCBT), an empirically validated psychological treatment for depression and anxiety. The goal of RCBT is to explicitly use the patient’s own religious tradition as a foundation for identifying and changing unhelpful and inaccurate thoughts and maladaptive behaviours that contribute to depression. The chapter begins with a description of RCBT as compared with conventional cognitive–behavioural therapy, briefly reviews the research supporting the use of this treatment, examines five of the primary tools used in this approach, and concludes by answering some frequently asked questions regarding the use of RCBT in clinical practice. To provide the most effective, patient-centred and culturally sensitive care, it is necessary to work with patients from within a more holistic model that integrates the mind, body and spirit. RCBT offers one psychotherapeutic approach to doing just that.

Keywords

CBTclient-centredcognitive–behavioural therapyintegrativemulticulturalism, psychotherapyreligionspirituality
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Spirituality and Psychiatry , pp. 273 - 280
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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