Integrating a Moral Conversation: A Framework for Counselors

Griffith, Brian A.; Duesterhaus, Molly

doi:10.1002/j.2164-490x.2000.tb00093.x

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“…In this sense, psychotherapy should be understood as culturally and morally bound rather than as universal, acultural, and morally-neutral. However, most practitioners and researchers in the field tend to reject the cultural and moral elements of psychotherapy because they consider such elements as something subjective; bringing their subjectivity into their practice is seen as unethical and thus needing to be avoided (Christopher, 1996;Cushman, 1993;Cusworth, 2000;Griffith & Duesterhaus, 2000). Cushman (1993), for example, observes that counsellors rarely perceive their work as an activity largely influenced by culture and history, and so may feel uncomfortable acknowledging that their counselling work is not in fact "neutral", but involves their ideas about how a good life should be lived.…”

Section: The Relevance Of Hermeneutics To Psychotherapymentioning

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Practise What you Preach: Counsellors’ Experience of Practising Buddhist Counselling in Thailand

Srichannil

Prior

2013

Int J Adv Counselling

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This thesis is concerned with an exploration of counsellors' and clients' lived experiences of Buddhist Counselling, an indigenous Buddhist-based counselling approach in Thailand. Over the past decade, Buddhist Counselling has received a growing interest from Thai counselling trainees and practitioners, and it has also expanded to serve Thai people in various settings.Research on Buddhist Counselling is very limited and most of the existing studies in the field have focused on measuring the effectiveness of the approach. While these studies have consistently indicated the positive effects of Buddhist Counselling on psychological improvement across several population groups, the significant questions of how Buddhist Counselling brings about such outcome and how it is experienced are still largely unanswered. Moreover, existing research is concentrated much more on clients' views than counsellors' views, although counsellors' views of their counselling practice can also serve as a knowledge base of the field. This thesis thus sets out to contribute to rectifying this omission by exploring Buddhist Counselling from the perspectives of both counsellors and clients.The thesis is based on two qualitative studies. The first study addressed Buddhist Counselling from the perspective of five counsellors through a focus group and semistructured interviews. The second study explored Buddhist Counselling from the perspective of three clients, using two semi-structured interviews with each of them. All data received were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).The study reveals counsellors' and clients' overall positive experience of engaging in Buddhist Counselling. Central to the accounts of the counsellors are the following perceptions: that their practice of Buddhist Counselling is culturally congruent with the existing values and beliefs of both themselves and their clients; that their personal and professional congruence is key to their therapeutic efficacy; and that they enhance such congruence through their application of Buddhist ideas and practices in their daily lives. Key to the clients' accounts is their emphasis on the significant roles of the counsellors' Buddhist ideas and personal qualities, and of their religious practices in facilitating healing and change. Key shared findings from both studies reveal that the participants' accounts of their cultural background and their experiences of Buddhist Counselling are intertwined. Adopting hermeneutics to address this intertwinement, I reveal the cultural and moral dimensions underlying the practice of Buddhist Counselling. Based on such revelation, I suggest that Buddhist Counselling in particular, as well as psychotherapy in general, should be better understood as a historically situated, culturally bound, and morally constituted activity of people who are concerned with improving the quality of their lives and their community, rather than the transcultural and merely relational work of morally-neutral practitioners.

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Section: The Relevance Of Hermeneutics To Psychotherapymentioning

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Practise What you Preach: Counsellors’ Experience of Practising Buddhist Counselling in Thailand

Srichannil

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2013

Int J Adv Counselling

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Religious Identity Status as a Model to Understand, Assess, and Interact With Client Spirituality

Griffith

Griggs

2001

Counseling and Values

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Spirituality and religion are important concerns for many people; consequently, counselors must possess the knowledge and skills required for assisting clients with these issues. Thi s article offers a conceptual framework, based on E. H. Erikson's (1 980) notion of identity formation, for understanding, assessing, and discussing spirituality and religion. Religion can play a significant role in the structure of identity and can be categorized into four statuses: Diffusion, Foreclosure, Moratorium, and Achievement. Religious identity stutus can provide direction and guidance for counselors who wish to integrate spirituality and religion into counseling.

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The Structure and Development of Internal Working Models: An Integrated Framework for Understanding Clients and Promoting Wellness

Griffith

2004

The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development

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The author describes internal working models as unique, individualized conceptualizations of self that are embedded in and influenced by the surrounding sociocultural environment. These models, composed of beliefs, goals, and strategies, provide a framework that defines identity. Distorted, damaged, or self‐defeating internal working models fail to provide stability and coherence and may lead to physical and emotional pain in the individual. Healthy psychosocial development requires an internal working model that includes accurate beliefs about self, others, and the world; meaningful goals; and effective strategies to accomplish those goals.

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Integrating a Moral Conversation: A Framework for Counselors

Cited by 4 publications

References 16 publications

Practise What you Preach: Counsellors’ Experience of Practising Buddhist Counselling in Thailand

Practise What you Preach: Counsellors’ Experience of Practising Buddhist Counselling in Thailand

Religious Identity Status as a Model to Understand, Assess, and Interact With Client Spirituality

The Structure and Development of Internal Working Models: An Integrated Framework for Understanding Clients and Promoting Wellness

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