“Any life can be fascinating”: Using spiritual autobiography as an adjunct to therapy

The Therapist’s Notebook for Integrating Spirituality in Counseling I: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in Psychotherapy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 211-222

  Vaughn, Marsha ^a   Swanson, Karen ^b  

^a Judson University   (United States)

^b WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203725962-30     Document Type: Chapter

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