If the mountains, brooks and streams of spirituality can come together for a moment infused with psychological experience and theory, "Psychotherapy and Religion" has accomplished this feat.

The rift between psychotherapy and spirituality disappears as you read this collection of essays that demonstrate an interconnectedness of psychotherapy and the religious experience (spirituality) as part of "being" for the contributors to this book.

Each author speaks from his or her own life and describes simply and movingly what it was like for them as the mystery of "being" evolved. There is a rich representation of Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Native American journeys with psychotherapeutic growth and theory. The authors are analysts or very well trained therapists from varied sources. It became apparent that the blending of spirituality and psychotherapy is the backbone of the contributors work and thinking and "being".

These essays represent views from numerous schools of thought as well as varied religious underpinnings. The wall of religion and psychotherapy join effortlessly as you read the essays. There is abundant clinical material from each author as well as their personal experience in combing psychotherapy and religion, and each piece shows how the interplay between psychotherapy and religion lends a rich understanding of the human condition and experience. After reading these essays, one is left with a deep appreciation of life . It enables the reader to look through a different and more intense lens at his/her life and those they touch. The beauty of this book enables the reader to appreciate psychotherapy and spirituality as a mutual experience but one that have different underpinnings that lead to the same direction. If you are questioning what life is about or have patients that do the same, "Psychotherapy and Religion" will be a breath of fresh perspective and a mind expanding experience.

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