Psychology Today Features IPS Faculty in New Blog Series
Arlington, VA, September 28, 2011 - In Psychology Today's new blog series, The Varieties of Religious Therapies, members of the IPS faculty were invited to present the Catholic perspective on how the faith is integrated with their approach to psychotherapy.
IPS participants include Founder and Academic Dean Gladys M. Sweeney, Ph.D., founding faculty member and Chairman of the Psychology Department William J. Nordling, Ph.D., and Director of Integrative Studies Craig S. Titus, S.T.D., Ph.D.
Throughout the series, blog host Ryan Howes, Ph.D., invites 14 therapists and researchers "who write, teach and practice in accordance with their belief system" to respond to seven questions about how their faith informs their approach to psychotherapy.
"We are grateful to Dr. Howes and Psychology Today for approaching IPS to represent the Catholic perspective in his new blog. It speaks volumes about the respect IPS has garnered in psychological circles," commented Dr. Sweeney.
To date, Jewish and Native American Indian psychologists, along with members of the IPS faculty, have been featured in the series. Responses from nine additional participants will be posted weekly.
In citing reasons for creating The Varieties of Religious Therapies blog, Dr. Howes explains,"A 1984 survey of academics found that 50% of psychology professors claimed no religious preferences, placing them among the least religious academics. In another survey, therapists found that religion and spirituality were never or rarely discussed in 81% of their graduate training programs. On the whole, therapists aren't as religious as the rest of society. In this series I'm talking with the exceptions."
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