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Running Head: Therapists’ Integration of Religion and Spirituality in Counseling 1
Therapists’ Integration of Religion and Spirituality in Counseling: A Meta-Analysis
Therapists’ Integration of Religion and Spirituality in Counseling 2
A complete study was performed of meta-analysis that involved exactly 5,759 licensed therapists about their beliefs on how they all applied religion and spirituality into their practice in those seeking counseling. A majority of the therapist that were studied stated that they do take in consideration of spirituality with their own personal lives but do not share the same thought process to spirituality that involved in any form of religion (Walker, Gorsuch, & Tan). Some therapist prefer to keep their personal beliefs their own and not let it be an influence on the effects that it may have between the individual seeking therapy, their career in human services, and peers. Every individual who seeks counseling are not of the same background, religion, and culture so therapists have to keep that in mind with every single person they are to come into contact with. Other therapists such as marriage and family therapists have a similar way but are different for example they do advocate spirituality to be very important when counseling others (Walker, Gorsuch, & Tan). Spirituality can be used to guide a couple who both share the same religion to put their faith more into their God therefore basing that as a strong foundation towards a marriage that is in need of counseling and the attempts in making it succeed. For example a pastor may counsel couples in his congregation before marriage, during, and worst case scenario after the marriage has led to divorce. The pastor will use faith to help give them a better understanding to the cause of the marriage having problems and what the solution is to save the marriage. Although a majority therapists
Therapists’ Integration of Religion and Spirituality in Counseling: A Meta-Analysis
Therapists’ Integration of Religion and Spirituality in Counseling 2
A complete study was performed of meta-analysis that involved exactly 5,759 licensed therapists about their beliefs on how they all applied religion and spirituality into their practice in those seeking counseling. A majority of the therapist that were studied stated that they do take in consideration of spirituality with their own personal lives but do not share the same thought process to spirituality that involved in any form of religion (Walker, Gorsuch, & Tan). Some therapist prefer to keep their personal beliefs their own and not let it be an influence on the effects that it may have between the individual seeking therapy, their career in human services, and peers. Every individual who seeks counseling are not of the same background, religion, and culture so therapists have to keep that in mind with every single person they are to come into contact with. Other therapists such as marriage and family therapists have a similar way but are different for example they do advocate spirituality to be very important when counseling others (Walker, Gorsuch, & Tan). Spirituality can be used to guide a couple who both share the same religion to put their faith more into their God therefore basing that as a strong foundation towards a marriage that is in need of counseling and the attempts in making it succeed. For example a pastor may counsel couples in his congregation before marriage, during, and worst case scenario after the marriage has led to divorce. The pastor will use faith to help give them a better understanding to the cause of the marriage having problems and what the solution is to save the marriage. Although a majority therapists