Lecture Series on Psychology & Christianity (IV) How to Integrate Spirituality into Psychotherapy?

Speaker: 

Rev. Dr. Siang-Yang Tan was the director of the PsyD program in clinical psychology (1989–1997) and is now senior professor of psychology in the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He is a licensed psychologist with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from McGill University and a Fellow of APA. He has published numerous articles in different fields of spirituality and psychotherapy and fifteen books including three major textbooks: Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective (2011), Lay Counseling (2016), and Shepherding God’s People: A Guide to Faithful and Fruitful Pastoral Ministry (2019).  He has received seven professional awards from organizations such as NCSPP, CAPS, AACC, APA Division 36, and Fuller Theological Seminary. He has served on the editorial boards of five journals on psychotherapy and Christianity. He was president of Division 36 of APA (1998–1999). At the same time, Dr. Tan serves as senior pastor of First Evangelical Church Glendale in Glendale, California. He has also been an international speaker on the topic of psychotherapy and spirituality.

Abstract (Lecture in English)： 

The keynote address will cover how to integrate spirituality into psychotherapy and describe two major approaches: implicit integration that is a more covert approach that does not initiate the discussion of religious or spiritual issues and does not openly use spiritual resources, and explicit integration that is a more overt approach that directly and systematically deals with religious and spiritual issues in therapy, and uses spiritual resources such as prayer, Scripture or sacred texts, and referrals to church or religious groups or lay counselors, and other religious practices. They are two ends of a continuum and are equally substantial and important, with the critical factor being intentional and prayerful integration, whether it involves implicit integration or explicit integration or both. It should be conducted in a professionally competent, ethically responsible, and clinically sensitive way, with clear informed consent from the client. The latest empirical evidence supporting the effectiveness of religious and spiritual therapies, including Christian therapies, will also be briefly reviewed. 

Respondents:

陳國平牧師博士是私人執業臨床心理學家，並任九龍堂中華基督教宣道會恩友堂顧問牧師。他是美國臨床心理學博士，美國職場領袖教牧學博士，也是美國婚姻與家庭研究哲學博士，曾受教於Dr. Tan。陳牧師曾任衛道神學研究院院長。

 

Abstract (Response in Cantonese)： 

陳國平牧師從神學，教牧輔導和臨床心理治療等角度，就陳教授所提供的心理與靈性結合的七個『明確性』治療，深入解構分析每一個步驟的原理和危機，讓大家能更好的掌握運用，同時亦會提供多一些身心靈結合治療模式，以供參考使用。

陳天祥博士是基督徒宗教心理學學會有限公司的主席及義務總幹事。他早期是電機工程師，獻身後畢業於海外神學院，短暫教會工作後於1973年開荒工業佈道並設立工業福音團契。因深感到人的靈性難題可從人的心理來探討，於1978年入港大攻讀心理學，在美國康州大學完成實驗心理學博士學位，回港任教於中文大學心理學系。退休後設立基督徒宗教心理學學會，推動有關研究與應用。在宗教心理學著有《觸摸看不見的上帝：從心理學探索基督信仰》。

 

Abstract (Response in Cantonese)： 

陳天祥博士認為純用宗教信仰的形式或許可以帶出心理治療果效。基督徒宗教心理學學會的聖經為本戒煙班卻將聖經教訓與心理學視作不同層面的學科，把有關戒煙的觀點與方法整合起來使用。陳博士會介紹一些整合模型，以及戒煙班如何使用層面的整合模型達成治療的功效。

Enquiry:

Telephone: 3411 5371 (Mr. Wong)

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