The Value of Adapting Counseling to Client's Spirituality and Religion
Evidence-Based Relationship Factors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3594326 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amelia L Evans, Amelia Evans (Bethel University, corresponding author), Jennifer Koenig Nelson (Bethel University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 951 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12110951 |
| OpenAlex | W3211033732 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 43 |
There is a strong tradition of attention to relationship factors in the field of counseling. The research on the importance of the relationship and adapting to client factors continues to grow, supporting the importance of professional multicultural competence. The field of counseling, specifically within the United States context, has focused on Multicultural Counseling Competencies with more recent emphasis on social justice through the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies. Within these competencies, spirituality and religion are mentioned as multicultural components to consider as potentially salient to clients. Yet, there has been less emphasis on ways to adapt counseling to a client's spirituality and religion compared to other multicultural components of one's identity, such as race, gender, and culture. Historically, a lack of training, fear of causing offense, or concerns about influencing clients, resulted in clients' spirituality and religion being overlooked far too often in counseling. Despite this tendency, recent clinical evidence on relational responsiveness identifies the adaptation of counseling to a client's spirituality and religion as highly effective. In this article, the authors discuss how adapting counseling to a client's spirituality and religion, in relation to all multicultural factors salient to the client, enhances relational responsiveness and treatment effectiveness. The authors also discuss the implications for training, supervision, and practice
Cultural competence · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Psychotherapist · Spirituality · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Medicine · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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Negotiating Faith in Therapy
Addressing Spirituality in Counseling
The Great Psychotherapy Debate
The heart and soul of change
Psychotherapy and religious values.
Broaching the Subjects of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture During the Counseling Process
The generalizability of the psychoanalytic concept of the working alliance.
The empirical case for the common factors in therapy
Cultural humility
Client perceptions of therapists’ multicultural orientation
Religious and/or Spiritual Social Justice Advocacy
Humility, differentiation of self, and clinical training in spiritual and religious competence
Intellectual Humility, Spirituality, and Counselling
The Dimensions of Common Factors in Counseling
Does Spirituality or Religion Positively Affect Mental Health? Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies
Is Multicultural Counseling Competence Outdated or Underdeveloped, or in Need of Refinement? A Response to Ridley et al
Multicultural Counseling Competence
Position Paper
The Process Model of Multicultural Counseling Competence
Multicultural Counseling Competencies and Standards
"An "Afterthought
Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies
Integrating Religion and Spirituality into Mental Health Care, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Religious competence as cultural competence
| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |