title: Connections and themes of spirituality in family therapy.
abstract: In this article, we provide an overview of current considerations of spirituality in family therapy literature and practice. We suggest that whatever practice of therapy is undertaken, implicity or explicitly it will reflect views on the connection between spirituality and family therapy--connections involving clients' and therapists' beliefs. A thematic framework based on dimensions of the instrumental and metaphysical is outlined. Clinical approaches and practices within these connections are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Family Therapy and Systemic Practice, Bristol University, Bristol, England.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivett
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Street
mesh_terms: D005196:Family Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D029181:Spirituality