First Christians feared and avoided the modern practice of psychotherapy. Then many uncritically embraced it. This book represents an emerging third stage in the complicated relationship between faith and psychology. That stage is the critical, theologically informed appropriation of psychotherapy.Stanton Jones and Richard Butman, respected Christian scholars and experienced clinical psychologists, survey the thirteen most significant psychotherapies now in use. They fair-mindedly introduce each therapy and evaluate its compatibility with orthodox Christianity. Opening and closing chapters discuss foundational concerns on the intergration of psychology and theology, and present the author's justification of "responsible eclecticism."Among the first of its kind, this comprehensive volume will be of invaluable assistance to teachers, students of psychology, and Christian psychologists and counselors.



Stanton L. Jones is provost and professor of psychology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. During his tenure as chair of the psychology department (1984-1996), he led the development of Wheaton's Doctor of Psychology program in clinical psychology. He received his B.S. in psychology from Texas A M University in 1976, and his M.A. (1978) and Ph.D. (1981) degrees in clinical psychology from Arizona State University. He is a member of the American Psychological Association and served onthe Council of Representatives, the central governing body of the APA, representing the Psychology of Religion division from 1999 to 2001. In 1994 he was named a Research Fellow of the Evangelical Scholars Program of the Pew Foundation. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Divinity School of the University of Cambridge and a Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, for the 1995-1996 academic year. Jones authored the lead article, "Religion and Psychology," for the Encyclopedia ofPsychology, jointly published in 2000 by the American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press. His article in the March 1994 American Psychologist, titled "A Constructive Relationship for Religion with the Science and Profession of Psychology: Perhaps the Best Model Yet," was a call for greater respect for and cooperation with religion by secular psychologists. Jones has also written, with his wife, Brenna, a five-book series on sex education in the Christian family called God's Design for Sex. He is also the coauthor of Modern Psychotherapies (with Richard E. Butman) and Homosexuality: The Use of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate (with Mark A. Yarhouse) and editor of Psychology and Christianity: Four Views. He has published many other professional and popular articles and chapters.



Richard E. Butman (PhD, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology) is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor of psychology emeritus at Wheaton College.



Acknowledgments



Introduction



1. The Integration of Christianity and Psychology



2. A Christian View of Persons

The Dynamic Psychologies



3. Classic Psychoanalysis



4. Contemporary Psychodynamic Psychotherapies - written with Michael W. Mangis



5. Jungian Therapy

The Behavioral Psychologies



6. Behavior Therapy



7. Rational Emotive Therapy



8. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy



9.Adlerian and Reality Therapies

The Humanistic Psychologies



10. Person-Centered Therapy



11. Existential Therapy



12. Gestalt Therapy



13. Transactional Analysis

The Family System Psychologies



14. Family Therapy

Toward Christian Psychologies



15. Responsible Eclecticism



16. Christian Psychotherapy



Subject Index



Author Index



"The thinking is keen, the writing is clear, and the communication is superb. This is a work that truly integrates psychology and theology."



"For any Christian student considering a career as a counselor, this book should be high on the list of required reading. For any teacher of a course related to counseling or therapy, this text should be a strong candidate."



"[Modern Psychotherapies] has an important place in courses on integration and psychotherapy."



"Jones and Butman demonstrate a respect for contemporary nonreligious scholarship on personality and therapy. . . . The book's bibliography and careful integration of [both Christian and non-Christian theorists] make it a valuable introduction for students of psychology-theology integration."