Step by Step: Avoiding Spiritual Bypass in 12-Step Work

✍ Scribed by Craig S. Cashwell; Philip B. Clarke; Elizabeth G. Graves

• Book ID: 102289706
• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 109 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1055-3835
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1874.2009.tb00055.x

✦ Synopsis

With spirituality as a cornerstone, 12‐step groups serve a vital role in the recovery community. It is important for counselors to be mindful, however, of the potential for clients to be in spiritual bypass, which likely will undermine the recovery process.