Spiritually conscious psychological care.

Saunders, Stephen M.; Miller, Melissa; Bright, Melissa M.

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“…Historically, psychotherapy has been a secular practice, with issues like spirituality, religion, and faith placed outside of the therapeutic relationship. However, more and more people are beginning to express the idea that incorporating these areas of an individual's experience can be immensely helpful in treatment (Bartz 2009;Richards and Potts 1995;Saunders et al 2010). There is an equally divided opinion as to whether religious beliefs in general are more helpful (Rosenfeld 2010;Van Ness 1999) or harmful (Montague 1977;Rosenfeld 2010;Van Ness 1999) to mental health.…”

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Psychotherapy and the Fundamentalist Client: The Aims and Challenges of Treating Jehovah’s Witnesses

Friedson

2014

J Relig Health

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Jehovah's Witnesses are a Fundamentalist Christian religious group well known for their door-to-door proselytism. As a result of their belief in spreading the word of god and converting others, Jehovah's Witness populations are growing across the globe. A primary element of Jehovah's Witness doctrine and other Fundamentalist groups is a mandate to not develop associations with people outside of the religion. As a result of this isolationism, many Fundamentalists who experience psychological distress may hesitate to obtain help from the mental health community. Their belief system and cultural values, including the practice of "disfellowshipping" or shunning members, influence the types of problems Jehovah's Witnesses and other Fundamentalists present with in therapy, obstacles to treatment, and issues that may arise within the therapeutic relationship.

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Psychotherapy and the Fundamentalist Client: The Aims and Challenges of Treating Jehovah’s Witnesses

Friedson

2014

J Relig Health

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“…31 This research reveals that participating clients and caregivers attributed everyday actions that prove to be supportive responses of others to spiritual engagement. This diagram provides a useful frame of reference for understanding concerns, decisions and actions of participants, and a potential tool for enhancing nurses' ability to explore and deepen their understanding of spirituality.…”

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“…It is important to consider the notion of spiritual engagement to facilitate holistic and compassionate spiritually conscious care. 31 This research reveals that participating clients and caregivers attributed everyday actions that prove to be supportive responses of others to spiritual engagement. Engaging in spirituality serves as a valuable resource for clients and caregivers for deriving comfort and strength in facing illness and for coping.…”

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The relational model of spiritual engagement depicted by palliative care clients and caregivers

Penman

Oliver

Harrington

2013

Int J of Nursing Practice

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This paper aims to explicate the essence of spiritual engagement from the perspective of palliative care clients and their caregivers. Van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological approach guided this study. In-depth interviews of 14 rural Australian participants with experience of a life-limiting condition provided rich discourse of the lived experience of spiritual engagement. This research highlights spiritual engagement represented in a relational model developed from a creative synthesis of the emerging themes. Spiritual engagement is associated with 'personal transformation', 'human values of love, compassion and altruism', 'maintaining relationships', 'participating in religious practices' and 'culture'. The findings of this research are supported by Mayes' observations on spirituality, that is, the 'pursuit of a trans-personal and trans-temporal reality that serves as the ontological ground for an ethic of compassion and service'.

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“…As a matter of fact, international contributions range from approaches where religion and spirituality can be integrated (or not), to a continuum of spiritual care, as advanced by Saunders, Miller and Bright (2010). These authors conceived integration of a patient' spiritual or religious beliefs and practices -SRBP (credits to Saunders et al, 2010) from: spiritually avoidant care, where the mental health professionals avoid issues related to a patient's SRBP, even if the patient indicates a need or desire to discuss them; to a spiritually conscious therapy as a respectful and sensitive way of determining the impact that religious and spiritual matters have on the patient and the patient's problems; whereas spiritually integrated care focus on patients' SRBP, without explicitly seeking the maintenance or transformation of those; and finally spiritually directive psychotherapy where the goal of therapy is to help a patient resolve psychological problems either by maintaining or transforming SRBP (Saunders et al, 2010; Figure 1). To highlight that, the latter three approaches differ not only in content, but also on the level of the competence needed and ethical concerns inherent to each type of care.…”

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Religiosity, Spirituality, and Mental Health in Portugal: A call for a conceptualisation, relationship, and guidelines for integration (a theoretical review)

Freire¹,

Moleiro²

2015

PSICOLOGIA

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Abstract:In the Portuguese research society, particularly in the mental health field, little has been done regarding religiosity, spirituality and mental health. Thus, this paper strives to stimulate the interest in this area by providing an overview of the body of research on religiosity, spirituality and mental health, highlighting the role and importance these dimensions represent in the life of many people, whether in health or mental distress and illness. A brief review of the conceptualisation of religion (religiosity) and spirituality is provided, as well as some areas of disagreement and contention. Guidelines for the integration and professional training are also included, not discarding the ethical considerations inherent in this process. Finally, reflections are offered as to why bringing religiosity and spirituality into mental health field is important, as well as some implications for clinical practice, with particular focus on Portuguese mental health system. Keywords: Religiosity; Spirituality; Mental Health; Conceptualisation; Integration; Guidelines; Ethical challenges Religiosidade, Espiritualidade e Saúde Mental: da conceptualização, à relação e às orientações para a integração (revisão teórica): Em Portugal, a investigação científica tem sido escassa no domínio do estudo da religiosidade, espiritualidade e saúde mental. Assim, este artigo propõe-se estimular o interesse pela área, fornecendo uma visão geral do corpo de investigação relativo a religiosidade, espiritualidade e saúde mental. Realça-se o papel e a importância que estas dimensões desempenham na vida de muitos indivíduos, quer estes sofram de doença ou mal-estar físico ou mental. É fornecido um resumo da conceptualização da religião (religiosidade) e espiritualidade, incluindo algumas áreas de desacordo e controvérsia. Incluem-se também orientações para a integração e formação profissional, tendo em consideração os aspectos éticos inerentes ao processo. Por fim, segue-se uma reflexão sobre a importância de integrar a religiosidade e a espiritualidade no campo da saúde mental, bem como algumas implicações para a prática clínica, com especial enfoque no sistema de saúde mental português.

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Spiritually conscious psychological care.

Cited by 67 publications

References 43 publications

Psychotherapy and the Fundamentalist Client: The Aims and Challenges of Treating Jehovah’s Witnesses

Psychotherapy and the Fundamentalist Client: The Aims and Challenges of Treating Jehovah’s Witnesses

The relational model of spiritual engagement depicted by palliative care clients and caregivers

Religiosity, Spirituality, and Mental Health in Portugal: A call for a conceptualisation, relationship, and guidelines for integration (a theoretical review)

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