Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART ONE: EVIDENCE-BASED GENERAL PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC FACTORS -- 2 Evidence-based relationship and therapist factors in Christian and psychotherapy -- 3 Lay Christian counseling for general psychological problems -- 4 Christian devotional meditation for anxiety -- PART TWO: EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES TO PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS -- 5 Christian-accommodative cognitive therapy for depression -- 6 Christian-accommodative trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for children and adolescents -- 7 Evidence-based principles form psychodynamic and process-experiential psychotherapies -- PART THREE: EVIDENCE-BASED PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS FOR COUPLES AND GROUPS -- 8 Preparing couples for marriage -- 9 Christian PREP -- 10 The hope-focused couples approach to counseling and enrichment -- 11 The relational conflict restoration model -- 12 Marital couples and forgiveness intervention -- 13 Christian-accommodative group interventions to promote forgiveness for transgressions -- PART FOUR: REFLECTING ON EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENTS -- 14 Promising evidence-based treatments -- 15 Conducting clinical outcome studies in christian counseling and psychotherapy -- 16 Evidence-based practice in light of the Christian Tradition(s) reflection and future directions