The Integrative Mindset: Pathways to Practicing as a Christian Clinician (Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books | CAPS)

by Brad D. Strawn

Publisher:

IVP

, 2025

Overview

Discover the profound impact of integrating faith and psychology with The Integrative Mindset. Guided by the wisdom of veteran integrative clinicians Brad Strawn and Earl Bland, readers will learn how to cultivate an integrative mindset that harmonizes personal experiences and innate talents with therapeutic practice. Using their combined 60+ years of combined experience, Strawn, and Bland, present a compelling emergent model that celebrates the unique and dynamic complexity of each therapist-client relationship. Through the exploration of five key domains—hermeneutics, tradition, ethics, development, and resiliency—The Integrative Mindset offers a rich tapestry of case studies and reflective questions designed to spark introspection and dialogue.

By weaving together the threads of faith and psychology, The Integrative Mindset challenges mental health practitioners to rethink conventional approaches and embrace a more holistic, nuanced practice.

Key Features

• Discovers the profound impact of integrating faith and psychology with The Integrative Mindset.
• Presents a compelling emergent model.
• Celebrates the unique and dynamic complexity of each therapist-client relationship.

Contents

(A Kind of) Introduction
1. Emergence Matters: Illuminating the Integrative Moment
2. Hermeneutics Matter: Setting the Table
3. Tradition Matters: The Hermeneutic of Theological Location
4. Ethics Matter: The Hermeneutic of Ultimacy
5. Self-Development Matters: The Hermeneutic of Formation
6. Resiliency Matters: The Hermeneutic of Nourishing Emergence
(A Kind of) Conclusion

References
Index

Product Details

• Title: The Integrative Mindset: Pathways to Practicing as a Christian Clinician (Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books | CAPS)
• Author: Brad D. Strawn
• Series: Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
• Publisher: IVP
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Pages: 192
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781514002209, 1514002205
• Resource ID: LLS:THIGRVMSTPWSPNGCTN
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-11-21T21:30:29Z

About Brad D. Strawn

Brad D. Strawn, (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of the Integration of Psychology and Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Psychology. He has post-doctoral training in psychoanalysis and is a licensed psychologist. He is coauthor (with Warren S. Brown) of The Physical Nature of Christian Life: Neuroscience, Psychology and the Church (2012, Cambridge) and coeditor of Wesleyan Theology and Social Science: The Dance of Practical Divinity and Discovery (Cambridge). Strawn has also published widely on psychology, psychoanalysis and Wesleyan theology.