The Role of Spirituality in Treatment Outcomes Following a Residential 12-Step Program

Ranes, Bethany; Johnson, Reid C.; Nelson, Lindsay M.; Slaymaker, Valerie

doi:10.1080/07347324.2016.1257275

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“…These narratives concur with studies conducted [50,57,63] that focused on professionals and laypersons' contention with issues of power, oppression and privilege in service delivery. These authors conclude that there must be differentiating functions of professionals such as social workers and laypersons such as recovering addicts in the helping relationship.…”

Section: Spirituality Of the Counsellorsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…Strategies employed in self-help groups [56,57] that focus on the cognitive, spiritual and behaviour changes of the persons with SUDs are more accessible because they are found across communities and are free of charge [52]. However, organisations should caution against whom and what such rituals entail so as not to exploit and/or impose religion or spirituality on clients.…”

Section: Spirituality As a Component In Treatment Programmesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is not uncommon that group work offered by NPOs is generally facilitated by laypersons such as spiritual counsellors [8,63,64]. In some instances these would be trained clergy [63]; however, in most cases these would be recovering addicts [8,51,57] who have had some 'supernatural' experience. This is similar to approaches used in self-help groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous.…”

Section: Spirituality Of the Counsellormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In pursuing a state of equilibrium, clients feel that it was important for them to take the first step of the 12-step programme [57,62] and admit that they were powerless over SUDs and that their lives had become unmanageable. In particular, clients in the 12-step programmes believed that a power greater than themselves could restore their emotional and spiritual well-being [62] where spirituality and a connection to a higher power are pivotal to their recovery process.…”

Section: Spirituality and Maintained Sobrietymentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Spirituality Discourse in Treating Substance Use Disorders with Marginalised Persons

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Effective Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders for Racial and Ethnic Minorities

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A spirituality discourse in substance abuse treatment offers useful unconventional constructs in treatment services to ethnic minority groups with substance use disorder (SUDs). It is important to locate spirituality within culture, place, and history in order to understand the spiritual needs of persons from minority groups with SUDs. There are many studies that merit a spiritual approach in treatment for ethnic minority groups with SUDs. However, spirituality is a broad concept that means different things to different people. Therefore, such an unconventional approach should be approached critically and cautiously. This chapter looks at the utilisation of an integrated eclectic approach with a focus on inclusion of spirituality in treatment services from a biopsychosocial-spiritual perspective. Tapping into the spiritual needs and the meaning that people ascribe to spirituality and religion (S&R) in treatment services is often more valued than conventional secular treatment services. Also, the client's spirituality is generally overlooked by professionals offering such services simply because it is so controversial. This chapter proposes an integrated eclectic methodology calling for a biopsychosocial-spiritual perspective to address the needs and well-being of ethnic minority groups with SUDs as a comprehensive person-centred and holistic approach, utilising mindfulness techniques.

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Section: Spirituality Of the Counsellorsupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Spirituality As a Component In Treatment Programmesmentioning

confidence: 99%