In 2009, leaders in the Association for Spiritual, Ethical and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC) developed new competencies for addressing spiritual and religious issues in counseling. This article briefly addresses the need for new ASERVIC competencies, provides an overview of the process wh
Working With the Sacred: Four Approaches to Religious and Spiritual Issues in Counseling
โ Scribed by Brian J. Zinnbauer; Kenneth I. Pargament
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 401 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1556-6678
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โฆ Synopsis
This article examines the advantages and disadvantages of 4 helping orientations of the counselor to religious and spiritual issues in psychotherapy: rejectionism, exclusivism, constructivism, and pluralism. The constructivist and pluralist approaches are advocated as those orientations best suited to work with diverse clients and religious beliefs, and flexible enough to deal respectfully, ethically, and effectively with a variety of religious and spiritual issues in counseling.
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