The authors sought to determine whether relationships existed between religiosity, gender, and preferences for a counselor's use of religious interventions in counseling. First, it was hypothesized that students with high religiosity would express stronger preferences for a counselor's use of religi
Therapists' Use of Religious and Spiritual Interventions in Christian Counseling: A Preliminary Report
β Scribed by Donald F. Walker; Richard L. Gorsuch; Siang-Yang Tan
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 919 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0160-7960
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β¦ Synopsis
Thi s study explored the use of religious and spiritual interventions in counseling by Christian therapists ( N = 100). Use of religious and spiritual interventions correlated with personal religiousness and clinical training involving religious clients and religious and spiritual interventions. Course work involving either psychology or theology did not correlate with use of or self-reported competency in using religious and spiritual interventions. Self-reported competency was associated with personal religiousness; professional beliefs, altitudes, and values; personal experiences with counseling; and clinical training involving religious clients and religious and spiritual interventions. It is suggested that training programs incorporate clinical rotations, workshops, and supervision involving religious clients and religious and spiritual interventions to teach therapists to use religious and spiritual interventions in counseling. esearchers have begun to identify factors that are associated with therapists' use of religious and spiritual interventions in counseling. The R use of religious and spiritual interventions in counseling has been found to correlate with therapists' personal religious attitudes or behaviors
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