Bursting Out in Praise: Spirituality & Mental Health

by Gavin Thomas Murphy

Overview

The author draws on his own hard-earned wisdom for this series of reflections on spirituality and mental health. He covers a range of experiences including: upsides, downsides, recovery, balance, loving life and spirituality. Bringing together wisdom from psychology and spirituality, he acknowledges the enormous benefit of psychological tools for wellness as well as a spirituality that aims to tell a different story. Ignatian Spirituality is a consistent thread throughout that offers a psycho-spirituality of great depth and awareness. This is a gentle introduction to spirituality and mental health. The real-life examples show that there is no dividing line between mental illness and normality. Everyone is somewhere along the mental health continuum and God is with them every step of the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788120869
Publisher:	Messenger Publications
Publication date:	09/09/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	56
File size:	747 KB

About the Author

Gavin Thomas Murphy is from Coolock, Dublin and lives with bipolar disorder. A psychology graduate of the University of Scranton, USA, he volunteered with the Mercy Sisters as a HIV/Aids counsellor and mentor at a boys’ orphanage in Guyana, South America. He was an Irish Jesuit novice based in the UK and is a frequent writer on spirituality and mental health with the Irish Jesuits. He has a master’s in applied spirituality and draws much strength and inspiration from the Jesuit contemplative tradition.