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Richard Uwakwe
Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
ruwakwe2001@yahoo.com; r.uwakwe@unizik.edu.ng
Integration Of Spirituality Into Psychotherapy – A Potential Model For Nigeria
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Although Sigmund Freud, reputed to be the father of psychoanalysis was not favourably disposed to religion, recent developments indicate that interest in religion and mental health and psychotherapy has grown. Most clients that come to psychotherapy are likely to have a religious orientation and will benefit from integrating spirituality into therapy. Psychotherapists need to learn the techniques and skills of how this integration can best be achieved especially in Nigeria where religion is a very sensitive issue.
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