Incorporating Spirituality Into Core Counseling Courses: Ideas for Classroom Application

Briggs, Michele Kielty; Rayle, Andrea Dixon

doi:10.1002/j.2161-007x.2005.tb00041.x

Cited by 42 publications

(44 citation statements)

References 24 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…This supports the literature about incorporating religious and spiritual variables in the training of practitioners (Allman, et al, 1992;Aten & Worthington Jr., 2009;Brawer, et al, 2002;Briggs & Rayle, 2005;Hage, et al, 2006;Shafranske & Malony, 1990;Young, et al, 2007). The discussion explored the way that the spiritual was either part of the process or could not be excluded from the whole endeavour of counselling.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

Research to develop spiritual pedagogy, awareness and change

Swinton

2016

British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A co-operative inquiry group consisting of 8 counsellors met for 11 months to explore their experience of spirituality in their counselling training and in their work with clients (Swinton, 2010; 2015). The aim was to explore whether spirituality was absent from the process of counselling training, specifically to discover (1) how counsellors perceived and described their experience of spirituality in their training and (2) with a view to developing spiritual pedagogy; how spirituality could be incorporated into the training process of practitioners. From these groups although four main themes were identified, what is being considered in this paper is how the inquiry group process proved to be a useful vehicle for transformative learning and a dynamic means for individuals to engage with the topic in counselling training.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

Research to develop spiritual pedagogy, awareness and change

Swinton

2016

British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…However, the separation between religion and mental health care's such as counseling and psychotherapy are indistinct. This is proved by the studies and scientific literature related to religious needs in the field of counseling and psychotherapy as set forth by Shafranske (1996), Miller (1999, Richards and Bergin (1999), Pargament (2007) and Briggs and Rayle (2005).…”

Section: The Significance Of Studymentioning

confidence: 90%

“…In addition, the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and Standards has also included religions as one of the component in human diversity and spiritual concerns known as the V-code in the DSM IV (Briggs & Rayle, 2005).…”

Section: Spiritual Competencementioning

confidence: 99%

Counselors’ Spiritual Competence in Malaysia

Dagang¹,

Ibrahim²,

Bakar³

2014

ASS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper presents a review of recent study that investigates the level of spiritual competence among registered counselors in Malaysia. This study also examined the different levels of spiritual competence based on demographic factors such as gender, age, religion, ethnicity, educational level and tenure approval. A descriptive survey was conducted by administering questionnaires which was translated from the original survey of "the spiritual competency scale" by Young, Cashwell, Wiggins-Frame and Belaire (2002). A total of 240 registered counselors participated in this study. Results suggest that the majority of the counselors surveyed have a moderate level of spiritual competence with a mean of 3.64. In terms of differences in the level of spiritual competence, this study found no significant differences based on gender, age, education level and years of service. Only the religious and ethnicity factors have a significant difference in the levels of counselors' spiritual competence. Furthermore, with the findings obtained, some suggestions have been made. Keywords: spiritual competence, registered counselors 1. Introduction Spiritual CompetenceSpiritual and religious aspect is a major component to be considered by the counselor to understand the issues or the problems raised by clients. These components are almost absence in counseling services even though the acceptance of spiritual elements in counseling had occurred during the transition period between these two theorists by the name of Alfred Adler and Sigmund Freud. Adler emphasizes on the approach of spiritual holism in order to comprehend clients' needs and problems in which will also lead to behavioural changes (Mohamed, 2005).Spiritual and religious components begin to be given serious consideration in the mid-1990s when a conference on spiritual issues and religion held in 1995 which lead to the existence of nine aspects associated with the counselor's ability to integrate spiritual and religion in counseling session (Miller, 1999). Lemkuil (2007) defined spiritual competence as the ability of the counselor to integrate understanding of religion in counseling process and it is based upon counselor's own belief towards their own ability or level of spiritual competence they possess.Spiritual competencies that have been outlined are as follows: 1) A counselor should be able to explain the relationship between religion and spirituality, including similarities and differences.2) A counselor should be able to describe religious and spiritual beliefs and practices in a cultural context.3) A counselor should be able to engage in self-exploration of his/her religious and spiritual beliefs in order to increase sensitivity, understanding and acceptance of his/her belief system. 4) A counselor should be able to describe one's religious and/or spiritual belief system and explain various models of religious/spiritual development across the lifespan. 5) A counselor should be able to demonstrate sensitivity to and acceptance of a variety of religions and/...

show abstract

“…This scale is based on an operational definition of spirituality that is inclusive of a diverse spiritual belief system and utilizes a 5-point Likert scaling system assessing 20 items to this end (Harper & Gill, 2005). Briggs and Rayle (2005a) also found that there are many other religious and spiritually oriented assessments, for example, the Religious Coping Scale and the Spiritual Transcendence Scale. In addition, Hill and Hood (1999) reviewed over 150 different religious and spiritual instruments.…”

Section: Spiritual Health Inventorymentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Briggs and Rayle (2005a) counsellors will become more confident in using them. This information can then be used as part of a holistic approach to client welfare leading to greater exploration and insight for therapy and can further be used toward the application of therapeutic interventions.…”

Section: Spiritual Health Inventorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Spirituality, religion and counselling practice: a guide to competent integration

Arnold¹

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Incorporating Spirituality Into Core Counseling Courses: Ideas for Classroom Application

Cited by 42 publications

References 24 publications

Research to develop spiritual pedagogy, awareness and change

Research to develop spiritual pedagogy, awareness and change

Counselors’ Spiritual Competence in Malaysia

Spirituality, religion and counselling practice: a guide to competent integration

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About