Psychologists and psychiatrists rarely receive any type of training or experience in how to talk about religion in therapy--let alone how to utilize a person's spirituality to promote growth and change. Enter psychologist David Rosmarin's SPIRIT intervention. Dr. Rosmarin explains the practical ways religion can be incorporated in psychotherapy and the surprising research findings on the type of clinician best suited to provide this intervention.

Hosts: Eyrn, Toshia

Guest: David Rosmarin, PhD

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Clinical Protocol for Spiritual Psychotherapy for Inpatient, Residential & Intensive Treatment (SPIRIT)

McClintock, Clayton & Worhunsky, Patrick & Balodis, Iris & Sinha, Rajita & Miller, Lisa & Potenza, Marc. (2019). How Spirituality May Mitigate Against Stress and Related Mental Disorders: a Review and Preliminary Neurobiological Evidence. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports. 6. 10.1007/s40473-019-00195-0.

Portnoff, Larissa & McClintock, Clayton & Lau, Elsa & Choi, Simon & Miller, Lisa. (2017). Spirituality cuts in half the relative risk for depression: Findings from the United States, China, and India.. Spirituality in Clinical Practice. 4. 22-31. 10.1037/scp0000127.

Rosmarin, D. H., Salcone, S., Harper, D., & Forester, B. P. (2019, September 19). Spiritual psychotherapy for inpatient, residential, and intensive treatment. American Journal of Psychotherapy. Retrieved from https://psychotherapy.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20180046.