"Spirituality is a powerful dimension of human experience, with growing importance and diversity in today's changing world." -- Froma Walsh
Jamie D. Aten, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM). He is also the Assistant Director of Health and Mental Health for the Katrina Research Center at USM and director of the Church Disaster Mental Health Project.
His research primarily focuses on religion and disasters, faith-community disaster preparedness and response, minority disaster mental health disparities, and religion/spirituality and psychotherapy. His primary teaching interests include spirituality, supervision, rural psychology, and qualitative methods.
Prior to USM he worked with spiritual and religious clients as a therapist and supervisor. He also taught as an adjunct instructor for Indiana Wesleyan University and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College.
New Release from APA Books...
Spirituality and the Therapeutic Process: A Comprehensive Resource from Intake through Termination (American Psychological Association Books) is co-edited by Drs. Jamie Aten and Mark Leach. This book is for therapists who want to enhance their effectiveness with clients whose spirituality is a salient part of their worldview. Whether or not the therapist has a spiritual background, the authors demonstrate that it is possible to honor clients' spiritual experience from the beginning to the end of the therapeutic process.