Abstract
Recent research demonstrates a strong relationship between spirituality and the development of a resilient world view. This paper explores the meaning of spirituality, hope, and resilience as intervening factors in the treatment of and recovery from trauma and addictions and some distinctions between religion and spirituality. It provides a conceptual framework for understanding spirituality as a clinical resource for helping people expand and enliven their personal narratives of hope and resilience and a clinical method, influenced by narrative and transpersonal therapy, for engaging people in an exploration of a larger context within which universal meanings can transport them beyond survival of trauma to a richer, more meaning-filled experience of life.