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SPIRITUAL PRACTICES: MISSING IN ACTION?. The Spiritual/Religious Landscape “Hooked on Gadgets”: Digital Addiction Syndrome Positive Emotions, Neuroscience and Spiritual Experiences. SPIRITUAL PRACTICES: MISSING IN ACTION?. The Spiritual/Religious Landscape
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SPIRITUAL PRACTICES:MISSING IN ACTION? • The Spiritual/Religious Landscape • “Hooked on Gadgets”: Digital Addiction Syndrome • Positive Emotions, Neuroscience and Spiritual Experiences
SPIRITUAL PRACTICES:MISSING IN ACTION? The Spiritual/Religious Landscape • Clear majority seek more spirituality • Clear majority of Psychologists do not • Clear majority of Religious Professionals not trained nor skilled in spiritual practices Plante & Thoresen (in press). Spirituality, Religion and Psychological Counseling in Hdk of Counseling Psychology Oxford Press
SPIRITUAL PRACTICES:MISSING IN ACTION? “Hooked on Gadgets”: Digital Addiction Syndrome Richtel, M. NY Times, 6/6/10 Vitello, M. NY Times, 8/1/10
SPIRITUAL PRACTICES:MISSING IN ACTION? Positive Emotions, Spiritual Experiences plus Neurosciences/Evolution Vaillant, G. (2008) Fredrickson, B.( 2009) Lehrer, J. (2009)
Suggested Reading • Fredrickson, B. (2009) Positivity • Lehrer, J. How We Decide, (2009) • Plante,T.&Thoresen, C. (in press)Spirituality Religion& Psychological Counseling • Vaillant, G. ( 2008) Spiritual Evolution cthor@stanford.edu