The Use of Christian Meditation with Religious Couples

Summary

Even though Eastern forms of meditation have received the most attention in clinical practice, Christian meditation may be a better fit for some Christian couples. Couples may benefit from treatment when this intervention is used within the context of Anderson's collaborative theoretical perspective. In this paper, key concepts of Anderson's approach are described and their compatibility with Christian meditation is examined. Clinical applications of this integrated approach are discussed and transcripts from a session are presented to illustrate its use.

Key Words:

• Christian meditation
• Harlene Anderson
• collaborative therapy
• couples therapy