Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2024
Keywords
clinical practice, religion, spirituality, Judaism, Sephardic
Abstract
This article presents a dialogue between two Jewish psychologists who share their respective personal and professional journeys on how spirituality and religious affiliation impacts their work as clinicians. They address the following questions: How would you identify your cultural background with respect to your religious or spiritual history and identity? How do you manage the competing demands of respecting both individual cultural identity and group cultural identity? How did your early experiences with Judaism influence your professional practice? What were your earliest academic influences on the question of spirituality in psychology? How have religion and spirituality manifested in your clinical practice? What are some of the specific challenges you have encountered along the way? It is the authors’ hope that their responses to these questions will provide insights to all clinicians, regardless of one’s religious or spiritual identity.
Publication Title
Spirituality in Clinical Practice
ISSN
ISSN: 2326-4500
Volume
11
First Page
14
Last Page
19
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/scp0000356
Recommended Citation
deMayo, Robert A. and Levy, David A., "At the intersection of religion, spirituality, and clinical psychology: A conversation with two Jewish psychologists" (2024). Pepperdine University, Psychology Division Scholarship. Paper 34.
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/gseppsych/34
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